religion

I Don’t Understand PETA

entertainment

PETA’s president, Ingrid Newkirk once stated, “When it comes to feelings such as pain, fear, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.” In her eyes, we are all the same. Yet, their name is PETA which stands for: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Why do they [...]

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Consumerism has Secularized Christmas

business

I am a nerd. I have contacted the U.S. Census and Department of Forestry and have calculated the number of Christmas trees slain since 1830 here in the United States. After hours of geekish research, I have estimated 2.4 billion Christmas trees have been wiped out. With the average tree density of a normal forest, [...]

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Four Questions of Pesach (Passover)

food

Ultra-Orthodox Jew Orthodox Jew Mah nishtanah ha-lahylah ha-zeh mi-kol ha-layloht, mi-kol ha-layloht? 1.) She-b’khol ha-layloht anu okhlin chameytz u-matzah, chameytz u-matzah. Ha-lahylah ha-zeh, ha-lahylah ha-zeh, kooloh matzah? 2.) She-b’khol ha-layloht anu okhlin sh’ar y’rakot, sh’ar y’rakot. Ha-lahylah ha-zeh, ha-lahylah ha-zeh, maror? 3.) She-b’khol ha-layloht ayn anu mat’bilin afilu pa’am echat, afilu pa’am echat. Ha-lahylah ha-zeh, [...]

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my beard

poetry

a community of democracy without all the hypocracy a festivity of harmony, equality not bigotry, sympathy not apathy, and simple genorosity will end this planets poverty. you do not know the intricacy of what I see a land without myths a land without legends is a sea of blasphemy with no diety, there can be [...]

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Why Did Yoda Die So Young?

religion

Yoda was a creature called a Gherkin with an average life expectancy of 1000 years. At age 877 years old, he fought a stalemate battle with Emperor Palpatine, the most powerful Sith Lord in the universe. He exiled himself to the swampy planet of Dagobah and was able avoid detection from Darth Vader and Emperor [...]

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