Author Archives: AZAtheist

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About AZAtheist

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

If You Want Me to Donate, Don’t Call Me at Home!

Posted on April 9, 2015 by AZAtheist

This might be considered a public service. When someone calls me at home, I simply say, “I don’t give money to people that bother me by calling me at home. I’m sorry. Goodbye.” If you want money from me, don’t … Continue reading →

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Back from a Wonderful Place

Posted on April 2, 2015 by AZAtheist

Nancy and I just returned from “down under.” We visited Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand. It was a bucket list accomplishment and we’ll be paying for it for a while but it was worth it. We’ll be headed for … Continue reading →

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Plans for a New Year

Posted on January 13, 2015 by AZAtheist

2014 is over. We laughed. We cried. It was better than Cats. …and it’s references like these that helped me lose my open mic audiences at Laff’s during the 9 times I appeared there last year. Yes, the audiences sadly … Continue reading →

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A Good Thing to do After Election Day

Posted on November 6, 2014 by AZAtheist

I’ve been busy with Halloween for the last several weeks and I need to get back to the series on building a secular community but not today. Today, I want to offer an idea that is particularly suited to this … Continue reading →

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Building a Freethought Community Part II—the History

Posted on October 18, 2014 by AZAtheist

Tucson has had its freethinking community for quite some time but it consisted of small disassociated groups with small memberships. Prior to January 2000, small Atheist groups met for Sunday morning breakfasts. There was a used bookstore owned and operated … Continue reading →

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Growing a Freethought Community

Posted on October 6, 2014 by AZAtheist

This is the first in a series of short articles about the freethought community in southern Arizona. From Wikipedia: Freethought or free thought is a philosophical viewpoint which holds that positions regarding truth should be formed on the basis of … Continue reading →

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This is so wrong!

Posted on September 9, 2014 by AZAtheist

Recently, I read an article from the Huffington Post that stated that an airman was denied re-enlistment because he lined through the “so help me God” reference in his re-enlistment contract. Fearing that I was being set up by one … Continue reading →

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A High Technology Encounter in Georgia—the AUVSI International Aerial Robotics Competition

Posted on August 9, 2014 by AZAtheist

For the 23rd year in a row, several university teams have come together to do the impossible with autonomous aerial vehicles. This was the first year of “Mission 7” which tasked collegiate teams to build a system that used unmanned … Continue reading →

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TAM (The Amaz!ng Meeting)

Posted on July 20, 2014 by AZAtheist

This July, the JREF (James Randi Educational Foundation) put on their 16th TAM (The Amaz!ng Meeting). For us, this was our 8th and it was every bit as enjoyable as the first one we attended in 2007. The theme this … Continue reading →

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Supreme Failure

Posted on July 6, 2014 by AZAtheist

In the last blog entry, I talked about a Supreme Court decision and gave them the benefit of the doubt. It was a unanimous decision after all and needed the extra attention to find the thread of logic that united … Continue reading →

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