I gave my third speech for Toastmasters today, and the title was “Why Evolution Matters.” My objective was to inform the audience of about the lack of acceptance of evolution in the United States when compared to the rest of the world, and why they should support the teaching of evolution in the public schools. [Read more...]
Jan 24, 2010
Observations of an atheist abortion clinic escort…
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I hadn’t been in a couple of months, but yesterday I decided to get up early to escort at the clinic. Thursday was the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, so the issue of choice and personal freedom was on my mind. After not being there for a while the scene was especially eery, or maybe that was the fog from the river. It’s easy to forget about the gauntlet these women are forced to run in order to go to the doctor. [Read more...]
Jan 1, 2010
New Year’s Resolutions
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I’ve never been a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. Most of the time they are nebulous and soon forgotten. However, I did actually manage to keep my resolutions for 2009. They were to play my flute more (I did that for the first few months), keep doing yoga (kept though most of the year), and get married (done 
). If there where any resolutions that made that I failed to keep, then I can’t remember what they were.
In keeping with the tradition of making resolutions for New Year’s Day, I would like to state my intentions to accomplish a few clear goals in 2010.
I want to:
- Get my passport. Not planning any international travel just yet, but I want to be ready if the opportunity arises.
- Make some progress towards getting my Masters degree. Even if I don’t start a program this coming year, I want to take the GRE and get my letters of recommendation before the end of the year.
- Finish rest of the 10 speeches in the Toastmaster’s Competent Communicator manual. I have done 2 of them, 8 to go!
Happy New Years!
