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Apr.04.2008 - 10:17 am
Top Ten Impossible Concerts
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An impossible concert is a performance by a musician who is currently deceased, a condition which makes standing and singing for extended periods extremely difficult. Here is my...
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Apr.03.2008 - 4:07 pm
Bertrand Russel
"No one can deny, in the face of the evidence, that it is easy, given military power, to produce a population of fanatical lunatics. It would be equally easy to produce a...
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Apr.03.2008 - 1:29 pm
let's go O's!
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Baseball season has started, and I am filled with a sort of elation that I rarely feel, particularly on weekdays. The Baltimore Orioles, who I love in a way that defies any sort...
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Article: Anti-theism
Article: Greatest 2nd Basemen in Baseball History (excepting Frankie Frisch, who I forgot)
Article: Greatest Shortstops in Baseball History

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Comments from Ben

May.20.2008 - 11:09 am
In response to: I'm far too skeptical to be an atheist.
On Atheism
I appreciate skepticism in any form, but I want to clarify my impression of what atheists "believe" in...
May.15.2008 - 2:42 pm
In response to: Thank You For Making My Day
The Top 5 seasons in history by a player named Chief
1. Chief Wilson - 1912 2. Chief Myers - 1913 3. Chief Bender - 1910 4. Chief ZImmer - 1892 5. Chief Zimmer - 1891 Ben...
Apr.24.2008 - 11:57 am
In response to: Is God On Your Side?
Susan Brownell Anthony said
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own...
Apr.02.2008 - 1:12 pm
In response to: Is it Pennsylvania yet?
Carter and Congress
I believe the Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate during the  entirety of Carter's presidency....
Apr.02.2008 - 10:00 am
In response to: Is God On Your Side?
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I am continually taken aback at the hubris required for the belief in this sort of interventionist God, a deity who is...
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About Ben

I was born in Annapolis, MD. I lived there for some time. I went to Kenyon College in Ohio, where I majored in American Studies, writing my thesis on Lenny Bruce, and conceptions of obscenity in American Society. I moved to San Francisco a couple of years ago...
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung The New Bill James Historical Abstract 40 Stories The Tidewater Tales Ficciones The End of Faith