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Her name is Bramble: (Image ©2012 ~missmonster. Reprinted with permission.) Miss Monster sells her here, and describes her thusly: This is my friend Bramble. She’s a little monster but is super sweet and curious. Bramble loves Altoids and coffee. This doll is one of a kind and handmade. Her face/claws/horns are cast in plastic, hand painted and [...]
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The Case Against Literature As Moral Education
December 18th, 2011 
Daniel Fincke The other day, Corey Robin, author of The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism From Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin, eviscerated Christopher Hitchens over two morally dubious comments he made. Robin concluded from them that, contrary to his reputation, Hitchens was not at all an internationalist but rather “a narcissist, the most provincial spirit of all”. Robin ended his post quoting [...]
3 Jesus Christs And A Shrink With A God Complex: On Ariadne Blayde’s “Go Down Into Silence”
October 2nd, 2011 Daniel Fincke Last night I saw a terrific college play, based very loosely on the premise of a real life 1950s experiment in which three delusional psychiatric patients who each believed they were Jesus Christ were made to live together to see whether it could break their delusions. Before I share my reactions to the play, here [...]
Posted in Arts, Arts 
Tags: Ariadne Blayde, Fordham University, James Presson, Theater Review, White Box Studio Theatre 
4 Comments »As I Watch Laura Marling Perform
September 28th, 2011 Daniel Fincke I got very lucky and my one Wednesday night off this semester (and one of my only week nights off period this semester) coincides (tonight) with the genius Laura Marling’s one trip to New York City on her fall tour for her fantastic new album, A Creature I Don’t Know. I am about to head out [...]
Parrot (A Short Atheist Film)
September 28th, 2011 Daniel Fincke A 20 minute Australian short film about a closeted atheist wants to be the atheist’s Philadelphia or In the Heat of the Night. Here is the trailer: Parrot Short Film Trailer from Myrtle Street Pictures on Vimeo. It looks interesting, but I admit that I am squeamish about the whole idea of self-consciously atheistic filmmaking. So [...]
Posted in Arts, Arts, Atheism, Atheist Videos, Atheist Videos, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Film, Film, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism 2 Comments »“Stocking Is The New Planking”
September 6th, 2011 Daniel Fincke Remember that fad where people would lie face down like a board in uncomfortable public places and photograph themselves and put the picture online (until someone accidentally died doing it)? Well there is a website that has become the next big internet meme of imitation of the moment. Stocking Is The New Planking wants you to [...]
“Philosographics”
August 30th, 2011 Daniel Fincke Genis Carreras renders various philosophical views down to pastels in predominantly geometric shapes. I’m not sure if his representation of atheism is supposed to be an upside down cross or a middle finger (or if atheism should really be represented primarily by its opposition to Christianity or to the symbolic connotations of the cross, and [...]
van Gogh's Batman
July 31st, 2011 Daniel Fincke By James Hance. See more of, and support, his beautiful work here. See Grover as Captain America by going to his Facebook page. Link via Laughing Squid.
Posted in Arts, Arts, Comic Books, Comic Books, Comic Books, Culture, Featured, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Tags: Batman, Vincent van Gogh 1 Comment »Beau Obremski's "Think"
February 26th, 2011 Daniel Fincke The short film below was runner up in Project Reason’s 2011 Video Contest. You can see the winning video and backlash to it (in the comments section) here. The third place winner was “The Tutor”, which we have already featured. What do you think?
Posted in Arts, Arts, Atheist Videos, Atheist Videos, Secularism Tags: Animated Shorts No Comments »The Saga Of Biorn
February 21st, 2011 Daniel Fincke Just last night a friend lamented that when it came to religion he wanted to raise his daughter Norse, but there were no good resources for kids. If only he had seen this (or, at least seen only its first 5 minutes and 30 seconds): Seriously though, Nietzsche would love this cartoon. Your Thoughts?
The Clay Illustrations Of Irma Gruenholz
February 17th, 2011 Daniel Fincke See more of her gorgeous work at Sweet Station. Your Thoughts?
NYPD Blue Moons The FCC With Court Approval
January 4th, 2011 Daniel Fincke A good day for freedom of speech as the censorious FCC loses its case trying to levy a fine for a naked butt on NYPD Blue: NEW YORK – The Federal Communications Commission cannot fine broadcasters for showing a woman’s nude buttocks on a 2003 episode of “NYPD Blue,” a federal court ruled Tuesday, citing [...]
For When Cats And Mice Go To War
August 7th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Jeff DeBoer has created some exquisite armor for them: Many more to admire here. H/T: Laughing Squid. Your Thoughts?
Twain Uncensored
July 10th, 2010 Daniel Fincke The unabridged Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, delayed by Twain’s request for a century, is coming this fall. The New York Times describes choice passages: Twain excoriates “the iniquitous Cuban-Spanish War” and Gen. Leonard Wood’s “mephitic record” as governor general in Havana. In writing about an attack on a tribal group in the Philippines, [...]
Posted in Arts, Arts, Culture, History Tags: Cuban-Spanish War, Frances Cleveland, General Leonard Wood, Literature, Mark Twain 1 Comment »Penn Jillette On Magic, Atheism, And Libertarianism
July 9th, 2010 Daniel Fincke A really enjoyable video, especially for his remarks on magic, other magicians, and why magic on TV isn’t real magic. And I really appreciated his stress on the importance of having “out” atheists to identify with. In his case he discusses being joyed, inspired, loved, and comforted by having famous atheists like Martin Mull, Randy [...]
Posted in Arts, Arts, Atheism, Atheism, Atheist Videos, Atheist Videos, Atheistic Ethics, Atheistic Ethics, Cutural Criticism, Cutural Criticism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, New Atheism, Politics, Politics, Pop Culture, Pop Culture, Religion, Religion, Right Wing Politics, Right Wing Politics, Videos Tags: Libertarianism, Magic, Penn and Teller, Penn Jillette, Tolerance No Comments »Steamboat Willie
July 4th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Your Thoughts?
Posted in Arts, Pop Culture, Pop Culture Tags: Animation, Classic Animation, Disney, Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie No Comments »Conscientious Objector
July 4th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Edna St. Vincent Millay: Conscientious Objector I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death. I hear him leading his horse out of the stall; I hear the clatter on the barn-floor. He is in haste; he has business in Cuba, business in the Balkans, many calls to make this morning. [...]
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