Category: Agnosticism
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Silent Sky‘s Closing Night
(Written September 16) I have a lot to say tonight, on two different subjects. It was our closing performance of Silent Sky, and yes, I do tend to gush at moments like these. Je ne regrette rien, Gentle Reader. Part 1: On Producing Silent Sky Producing a show this big was a first for me.…
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3 Impossible Questions
Given that it’s mentioned in the Fishnapped! program, I believe I can safely announce this now: A play I’m in the latter stages of writing, called 3 Impossible Questions, will be the fourth play in Olympia Family Theater‘s next mainstage season. It adapts fables from all over the Islamic world and introduces Western audiences to…
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Mistaken Identity
When I was a teenager, I had an experience that most of you haven’t. I realized over the course of a few years that everybody who loved me was wrong about pretty much everything.
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The Life of the Dead
“The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.”–Marcus Tullius Cicero The mother of some of our dearest friends passed away this morning, and it’s kicked me down the lane. Of course, I’m only experiencing a fraction of a fraction of the grief her family is undergoing, and it’d be wrong…
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Science Mike
I want to recommend the work of a guy named Mike McHargue, aka “Science Mike”…
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A Straight Meditation on National Themes, Part 1
Unless you’re an actor, it’s probable you know nothing about Tony Kushner’s landmark 1993 play Angels in America…
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#JeSuisCharlie
“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”–George Orwell
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A Happier, Sexier Me
Just once after a checkup, I’d like my doctor to look up from her clipboard and say, “Well, Mr. Carvajal, it says here you’re…sexy.” …
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“Something That God Intended”
I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that a Senate candidate from Indiana, Richard Mourdock, is in hot water over a reply he gave during a debate this week. He was asked if he’d allow abortion in cases of rape, and he said he believes “life begins at conception” and that “life is a gift…
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Be Excellent to Each Other
Present here is the second installment of Carv’s Unpleasant Truth podcast. This time, the subject is ethics for non-fundamentalists.