I own Pepsi stock so I was delighted to read that Trump drinks 12 Diet Cokes a day.  Maybe I could start a rumor that drinking too much Diet Coke turns you into a liar or a bigot.  (That makes as much sense as a lot of what Trump says.)

I am an atheist.  I can honestly say I have never believed in God.  I’m not trying to convert you but, to me, this is what you have to accept in order to become an atheist:

There are things you can’t explain but you don’t need to know all of the answers.

I don’t know how the universe started but if you say God made it, to me, that sounds like you don’t know either.   I am fine with knowing there are things I don’t understand because they don’t affect my daily life.  If there was a National Geographic special on television tonight that explained how the universe was created, I would watch it but it wouldn’t change what I would do tomorrow.

I went to the Reason Rally in Washington, DC on June 4,2016.  It was enjoyable to be around thousands of other non-believers.

Lack of belief in God is still too often taken to mean the absence of any other meaningful moral beliefs, and that has made atheists an easy minority to revile. This is especially true in America. https://t.co/ySScT5w29t

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 5, 2024

I have experienced this. I have to explain I still believe in right and wrong.

The legalization of pot in California seems like the right time to post this which is based on my personal experience.

Four reasons why beer is better than drugs

1. Beer is cheaper
2. Beer is legal (everywhere)
3. You don’t have to buy beer from sleazeballs
4. Beer has quality control

#4 is clearly the most important reason.  I took stuff without knowing what was in it just because I trusted the person who I got it from.  I know that Miller Lite has quality control.

This seems appropriate for the day after New Year’s Eve:

You can tell how drunk you were the night before by where your clothes wind up.  If your keys, wallet, etc. are where you normally keep them, you were not that drunk last night.  If your clothes are still on or are they on the floor, well maybe you had too much.

The Mitchell Report on steroid usage in baseball was released 10 years ago this week.  The most amazing thing to me was that some of the accused steroid users paid with checks.  How dumb can you be?  When I bought things in college that you couldn’t buy in stores, I didn’t pay for them with checks which could easily be traced to me and had my signature.

These guys had so much money, they could have used cash or have other people sign the checks.  Sad!

Here’s the Mitchell Report