“Those fanatical atheists”
Dan Gardner, who writes for the Ottawa Citizen, frames the atheism debate nicely in an article from last Saturday. Those making this case [for atheism lately] have been dubbed the “new atheists.” They...
View ArticleWrong Again
I took a moment to blast some National Post editors on Raise the Hammer today. Check it out: Wrong Again: The National Post on Climate Change, Part 2. Other semi-recent writings on RTH that I haven’t...
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The Arrival of Oliver
Oliver Mateo (Mah-TAY-oh – Spanish for Matthew) Duyzer was born last week Tuesday, August 7, 2007, at 3:04 pm. He weighed in at a whopping 10 pounds, 4 ounces. Oliver at three or four days old – thanks...
View ArticleWriting Away
Having a baby has inspired me, I think, because I’ve managed to put pen to paper more in the last couple of weeks than in all of the last few months. Literally pen to paper, since I’ve been writing on...
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Beware the big bad black wolf
These people didn’t notice that they weren’t alone until they looked at the photo on their computer. The photo was taken in Campbell River, British Columbia. The people in this photograph were hiking...
View ArticlePhotoshopped? No!
Some people who saw this remarkable photo of what appears to be a wolf have claimed that it is fake or altered. I contacted the person who sent me the photograph originally and she was kind enough to...
View ArticleThoughts on O
Our son Oliver is almost two years old (just a couple of months to go). I’ve been thinking lately that I’d like to record some memories from around this time, so here goes. Lately he’s been learning...
View ArticleRare Satisfaction
You’re driving, going at a decent clip. Some jerk is tailgating you anyway. He’s so close you can see his face in your rear view mirror. He looks like a douchebag. He keeps drifting to the left to see...
View ArticleThoughts on O, 2
Oliver is two years and three months old. He’s an amazing little man. He seems to get cuter every day, an impossible feat. He trucks around with determination, his little legs whipping along, always...
View ArticleThrottle: A Bookmarklet That Removes Turbo From RTH
Raise the Hammer has long been a favourite place of mine for both reading and writing. Unfortunately, in the last few weeks, a determined and apparently unemployed troll named Turbo has been attempting...
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