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About AZAtheist

Retired--Researcher, Developer, Program Manager, Arizona Regional Director--American Atheists, Organizer--Tucson Atheists, Organizer--Skeptics of Tucson

Follow Me in the Sabino Canyon

Every Friday, I lead a group of hikers on the 7 P.M. Tucson Hiking Meetup Group Sabino Canyon stroll. I’ve been doing this for over 15 years. Everyone walks at their own pace. We leave at 7 P.M. We walk … Continue reading

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March 18, 2026–The Road Ahead

Greetings! Another day in paradise. Regular readers, if there are any, might recognize my “tree spirit.” I have the luxury of doing similar things over and over again. Currently, my routine is to walk over four miles every morning, except … Continue reading

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It’s December!

Winter Solstice is right around the corner. In fact, it is one week from today on a Sunday this year. What that means is that I can have the annual winter solstice celebration start a bit earlier. I can light … Continue reading

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In All, a Good Day

Today, started off a little iffy. Our garage refrigerator died. We didn’t always have a garage refrigerator. A while back we had only one refrigerator. It was a big one in the kitchen. While we were on vacation, it failed. … Continue reading

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Halloween 2025–Best Ever–Now it’s Over

Loyal readers, My Halloween display was the best ever. However, the experience this year was VERY demanding and could have been a bunch better. On the good side, I lost about 10 pounds, but I was worn to a frazzle. … Continue reading

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250202 Groundhog Day

It’s a pleasant day in Tucson today. During my morning walk, the bank style marquee sign outside the elementary school said the temperature was 80 degrees. It was too warm for a light jacket. Also, there was very little trash … Continue reading

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250128 It’s Time to Add a Post

Here it is 2025 and almost the end of January and I haven’t posted in a while. I’m going to try and post directly to WordPress instead of using Word then transferring the file. I liked using Word when there … Continue reading

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Refilling My Butter Bell

I am fond of my butter bell…Mine is made of marble and keeps a quarter pound of butter fresh and soft on my counter. However, reloading it is a mess. I get butter on my hands. Washing up required warm … Continue reading

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We Are Living in a Plastic World

Yesterday, I put up a couple of posts about our personality robots. I’ve always loved the idea of having robots. I remember asking Santa for a Robot Commando way back in 1961 when I was 8. My neighbor did get … Continue reading

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Second Blog Post for Today

Did you ever have a situation where something changed, and you’d pay a high price to get things back to where they used to be? That just happened on my computer and the way it talks to my WordPress blog. … Continue reading

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