Furious Purpose

Star Trek – Into Dreadfulness

Martin — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:37:31 +0000

I’ve seen it now. Paid my 15 bucks. It was of course inevitable, but I still wish I hadn’t. Because Star Trek – Into Darkness is horrible. It’s what George Lucas would do to the franchise to cause it the … Continue reading →

How to not do skepticism

Martin — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:48:49 +0000

Sounds like the attendants of the Women in Secularism 2 conference over in the US are having lots of fun, from what I can gather from what’s being tweeted about it. I have to say I’m slightly jealous that I’m … Continue reading →

It’s National Palliative Care Week!

Martin — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:41:20 +0000

“Palliative” means soothing, relieving, alleviating. Palliative care in Medicine is the discipline that deals with the terminally ill, where death is not a matter of “if”, but of “when”, and of days and weeks rather than months and years. National … Continue reading →

The agony of listening to ABC News Radio

Martin — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:53:08 +0000

Australia is a technological backwater as we all know, a decent rail network is considered too hard, internet speeds will be frozen at current levels should the conservative coalition of the dumb and dumber win September’s election, and with Digital … Continue reading →

Leadership Lessons we can learn from Captain Kirk

Martin — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:55:39 +0000

Forbes staffer Alex Knapp runs down the five lessons your organization can learn from Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk in this video with examples. Personally, I think the lesson I should have learned from Kirk is “Don’t screw the … Continue reading →

Here’s a thought for you

Martin — Sun, 12 May 2013 13:10:14 +0000

I appreciate that not all atheists are concerned about social justice issues, and I probably wouldn’t start a social justice debate with a random atheist I met in a bar who just want to have a drink. However atheists who … Continue reading →

Why organized Skeptics are nicer people

Martin — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:40:35 +0000

I know deep in my soul that there exists a magic pink unicorn with green ears, out there in the universe, you can’t exactly pinpoint it down because it’s kinda like everywhere at once and all-encompassing, but I just know … Continue reading →

You say that as if it’s a good thing

Martin — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:20:24 +0000

Not being a total stranger to online dating, I have read my fair share of women’s profiles on dating sites. And one of the words I used to come across quite frequently is “godfearing”. For example, a profile will state … Continue reading →

The Philippines have a long way to go

Martin — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:46 +0000

I’ve told you before how the huge country that is the Phils has suffered from exploitation through religious conquest over the centuries. This week, it was all over the news that the Philippines have had their credit rating upgraded to … Continue reading →

I can’t have what I want, and I don’t like what I can have

Martin — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:53:39 +0000

When I was a wee little confused teenager in 1980′s Germany I first thought this feeling might be due to my being weird or socially awkward or both, but curiously the notion expressed in the song I link to below … Continue reading →