THE YEAR IN REVIEW…A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

“Do we inhabit some micro-space
and interface through wires.
Dance on a printed circuit board
throw the software to the fires.
My memory is slim -- so volatile
but I'm learning.
Plug yourself in. Stay for awhile
Un-discerning.”
- Ian Anderson, ‘User Friendly’, Walk Into Light

Unbelievably, the year I began my own blog flew by, as did my fingers over the QWERTY keyboard.

‘Time is that bridge of ashes each man must cross” – Roger Zelazny, Bridge of Ashes

This post was inspired by my friend, the Intolerant One, and I began to ponder the bulk the breadth and depth of my work over the year. Bordering on nearly 200 posts (the volume of which daunts even myself, and I wrote them all!), I muse upon the multitude of subjects I have, in my humble way, attempted to explore.

Allow me to indulge myself: break an arm patting myself on the back, so to speak.

I have laid into the No True Scotsman fallacy here. I have shown the Pavlovian conditioning of religion, illustrated the point of Original Intent in three parts, proven that homosexuality is only natural, have posted on evolution to the extent that only an irrational mind would reject it utterly (and truth is, there are other more eloquent pundits than I, whose work I have built upon, so I cannot take more than a footnote’s worth of credit), have demolished Paley’s Watchmaker theorem in my own way, shown that evolution is the parent of religion, and even dipped into the well of quantum physics.

Whew! In the meantime, I’ve shared some poetry, a couple of short stories, some quick slice-of-life hilarity, bashed a bigot or two, alternately defended and lambasted Islam, did a quick mockery on some bible stories, shared some fringe theories (religious and scientific), slammed Scienmythology and mulched Moronology, clobbered Christianity (multiple times: I’ve even used the bible to throw out the entire New Testament, no less!), been assaulted by the occasional troll, had a sock puppet play in my sandbox, and shared an in-depth look at my inception into the dubious honor of becoming an atheist. Not to mention that I have changed my moniker to the Krystalline Apostate. (There was one other reason that I took that name: aside from the nod to TNG – the little known fact that crystals…drum rolls, please... Tah dah! Design themselves.)

Are you exhausted yet? C’mon, I’m an old man! Pace yourself, that’s the secret. That, and lots and lots of java (the beverage, not the language, hehehehe).

And I have made some friends. Probably more enemies: ‘Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.’ What then, is the accurate measure of a man: his foes or friends?

It has been a full year. In that brief measurement of human time (what is short for a butterfly is long for an elephant), I have come to some conclusions, some preset, some startling:

1. Atheism is the default position (preset)


2. Every woman has the right to choose (preset)


3. Homosexuality is not only natural, but that gays deserve (like us) the right to marry (startling)


4. Evolution is the default position (preset)


5. Christ never existed (startling)


6. The bible should be sold in the Fantasy section of any bookstore (let’s relegate any and ALL religious propaganda to that area, shall we?) (Preset)


7. Relationships are better made with real people, not imaginary friends (preset)


8. Not all Christians are the enemy (preset/startling)


9. Creationism is for the hopeless romantic, not the real scientist (Preset)

I think I do a little bit of all right for an armchair philosopher.

In the coming year, I will endeavor to the fullest to bring you the best, the brightest, the strangest, the wildest, all from my unique and ‘quirky’ point of view.

To all my beloved readers (atheist and theist), my thanks. It’s been a memorable year – here’s to many, many more.

Your humble correspondent, signing off (for now).

Cheers.