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Miel Offers Cooking Class

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Thanks to my father's superstition that you should never give a knife as a gift because it will sever the friendship, I won't be giving any cutlery this season, and I hope I won't be receiving any e...

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You Say “Grief Hallucination,” I Say “Ghost”

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Via Sullivan, we learn that almost everyone sees dead people.  Oh, Science, I love you, I do, but the term “grief hallucination” has to be the most inadequate thing you’ve ever foisted on us.

According To Acorns

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Did you know, if the coming Winter is going to be more harsh than usual, oak trees will produce more acorns for the forest animals? No? Well, I didn't either. Matter of fact, I never heard that one before. Of course it reeks of superstition, but I thought I'd check it out anyway. And yes, it is only a myth. And if you think about it, it's pretty obvious. First of all, if acorn production

On The Baby Mama Drama

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While I think he perhaps hyper-inflates the severity of the issue, I think Kleinheider is probably correct in the essentials that attacking Palin on her family life is bad, bad strategy for the left.

Why Does This Remind Me More of Obama Than McCain

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My favorite Monty Python scene is where Arthur meets Dennis who explains his system of government. Arthur then explains how he got to be King after another peasant observes that she hadn’t voted for him.As I listened to the dialogue, again. I was reminded of nothing so much as Obama. All hype, story and superstition and no substance whatsoever.

Albert Einstein: Belief in God "Childish Superstition"

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Well I must say I love this revelation:
Albert Einstein described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people, in a letter to be sold in London this week, an auctioneer said Tuesday.

An intelligent person comments on religion

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Albert Einstein: belief in God is a “childish superstition.”
“The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can change this. … For me the Jewish [...]

Doctor, I Have A Pain

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2000 B.C.- “Here, eat this root.”

1000AD- “Roots are heathen, here, say this prayer.”

1850A.D.-”That prayer is superstition, here, drink this potion.”

1940A.D.-”That potion is snake-oil, here, take this pill.”

The Problem With Faith

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Stories like this one always make me sick:

An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday.

Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said Madeline Neumann died Sunday.

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