It was on this date, May 27, 1964, that American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor Adam Carolla was born. Host of the talk show/podcast “The Adam Carolla Show,” and “Loveline” prior to that, Carolla was a protégé of…
Monthly Archives: May 2013
May 27: Paul Bettany (1971)
It was on his date, May 27, 1971, that English actor Paul Bettany was born. He first came to the attention of American audiences when he appeared in Brian Helgeland’s 2001 film A Knight’s Tale. His later films include A…
Posted in Entertainer, Film
Sex, Drugs and … Coffee?
It’s funny, but the second cup doesn’t come close to the taste and touch of the first splash of that hot, black liquid against the soft palate in my fasting mouth, first thing in the morning. I keep trying to recreate the sensation.
Posted in Rant
This Week in Freethought History (May 19-25)
Read about Anne Boleyn and Adultery, politically divergent son Ron Reagan, Alexander Pope, Richard Wagner, non-divine Dante, God’s servant Samuel F.B. Morse, Sir Ian McKellen, and more …
Christians at the Door!
I had a feeling they were going to try to sell me something. The blonde woman started her pitch by musing on all the bad things happening in the world today. She wanted me to know that there is a way to deal with all the noise and confusion of life.
Posted in Rant
May 20: Ron Reagan Jr. (1958)
It was on this date, May 20, 1958, that talk radio host, political analyst and son of 40th President Ronald Reagan, Ron Reagan Jr. was born. Born in Los Angeles to his father’s second wife, Nancy Reagan née Davis, and…
Posted in Entertainer
This Week in Freethought History (May 12-18)
Read about George Carlin, Pope Gregory and calendar reform, creating Israel, churches vs. workers, Lady Mary’s skeptical letters from Turkey, journalist Studs Terkel, getting scared sacred with “Godspell,” Bertrand Russell, and more …
May 15: Lady Mary Wortley Montague (1689)
It was on this date, May 15, 1689, that English writer Lady Mary Wortley Montague was born Mary Pierrepont in London. Self-educated in her family’s extensive private library, Mary began writing prose and poetry at an early age. She taught…
Posted in Writer
This Week in Freethought History (May 5-11)
Read about John William Draper’s “Conflict,” Sigmund Freud, David Hume, Edward Gibbon, The Pill and freedom for women, book burning by Nazis and other fanatics, Irving “God Bless America” Berlin, and more …
About “Game of Thrones”
I’ve been thinking about Game of Thrones… Just once… I’d like to be treated to a popular TV show about a democratic republic with no games and no thrones and nobody is better than anybody because of what family they were…
Posted in Rant
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