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I've been doing this series of posts on my blog about Indian classical music, and, to a certain extent focusing a bit on the South Indian (Carnatic) classical style of music since it is the system in which I was originally trained (though I earned a music theory degree later on). While the...

For quite some time, I haven't really been in such a position as to worry about Ayurvedic bunkum within my own circle of contacts. Sure, I have a lot of elders in my family who believe in it, but many of them still put more stock in actual medicine, and if the two paths created conflicting...

I find myself perplexed by the nature of pretty much everything brought up in metaphysics. It seems to be built up entirely out of meaningless conjecture which doesn't actually offer any insight and allows assertions to slip through without any sort of justification by simply obfuscating...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/prop8-gay-marriage.html Ruled unconstitutional on 14th amendment basis. I would have figured that an establishment clause basis would never have been fully accepted by any of the right. It's one of those lovely little reminders that things have to...

Phil Collins (while still amongst Genesis) channels Televangelist Ernest Angley... I know this is an old song, but I ran across it about 2 months ago, and it almost seems like it should be mandatory viewing for people across America. It's catchy all right, but it's a sad truth at the same time...

Nice to find a board like this one. I go by ShootMyMonkey... it's one of a few handles I've used on various forums, and I'm a software engineer in the movie industry (previously in gaming) and atheist with strong anti-theist leanings. I basically grew up around academic publications, so even...