A life in words
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Summary and comments on debate: William Lane Craig v. Christopher Hitchens, “Does God Exist?”
I was speaking to a Christian friend lately and so got in the mode of thinking through various arguments about evolution, existence of God and whatnot. I’ve been watching various debates on YouTube on the topic as a refresher, and wrote up some notes on one of them. They grew far too long for a…
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Five Albums from Years Ending In Five
For recent birthdays I’ve been selecting albums to represent years in my life. In the first installment, it was 1983, 1993, 2003, 2013, and 2023. The next installment, we incremented a year, so: 1984, 1994, 2004, etc. For this year, it was 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, and 2024/2025 (an album released since my last birthday.)…
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City water caused my acid reflux; filtering eliminates it
For over a decade I’ve had on-and-off heartburn. But mostly it was no big deal—just one of those discontents of modernity—until a few years ago, when out of nowhere I started to have acid reflux. Not just any acid reflux—it was nasty. I’d wake up with pains shooting through my entire body. Or not be…