It's Too Bad I'm Not As Wonderful

I Still Don't Like The Word Agnostic. It's Too Fancy. I'm Simply Not A Believer. But, As Simple As This Notion Is, It Confuses Some People. Someone Wrote A Wikipedia Entry About Me, Identifying Me As An Atheist Because I'd Said In A Book I Wrote That I Wasn't A Believer. I Guess In A World Uncomfortable With Uncertainty, An Unbeliever Must Be An Atheist, And Possibly An Infidel. This Gets Us Back To That Most Pressing Of Human Questions: Why Do People Worry So Much About Other People's Holding Beliefs Other Than Their Own?

Republicans Are As Capable Of Coming Up With Great Ideas And Moving This Country Along As Anyone - They Just Don't Do It.

What Then Are Doing If Not Creating A Better Place Together? I Think, For Me The Key Has To Be, What Do I Want To Create? What Is It I Want To Leave Behind?

Awards Can Give You A Tremendous Amount Of Encouragement To Keep Getting Better, No Matter How Young Or Old You Are.

Your Assumptions Are Your Windows On The World. Scrub Them Off Every Once In A While Or The Light Won't Come In. If You Challenge Your Own, You Won't Be So Quick To Accept The Unchallenged Assumptions Of Others. You'll Be A Lot Less Likely To Be Caught Up In Bias Or Prejudice Or Be Influenced By People Who Ask You To Hand Over Your Brains, Your Soul Or Your Money Because They Have Everything All Figured Out For You.