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Let's Play Baldurs Gate part one: Cuthbert Begins

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edited October 2008 in Games and Technology
Welcome to this Let's Play of Baldurs Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast

I'll begin by quoting Wikipedia:
Baldur's Gate is a computer role-playing game in a high fantasy setting, developed by BioWare and released in 1998 by Interplay Entertainment. It is one of the premier single-player titles in the history of the computer role-playing genre. Some have even claimed that Baldur's Gate revived the computer role-playing game (CRPG) genre, which was struggling at the time. While other games had already rekindled interest in the CRPG genre, notably Fallout in 1997 and the action-oriented Diablo in 1996 (which has sold 2.5 million copies), the praise for Baldur's Gate is particularly significant because of its successful implementation of AD&D rules into a video game.

This is my first attempt at a Let's Play, so be gentle. I will be playing as a chaotic neutral half-orc berserker named Cuthbert, and I will be using the following mods:
NPC Kits
BG1 NPC Project
Sword coast stratagem

The theme of the Let's Play will be oddball characters. Baldurs Gate has a staggering 25 NPC's that can join your group, most of which are overlooked by the average player. I will attempt to meet and interact with most of these, while avoiding grouping with the most commonly used ones. This means that I will not be playing with the following NPCs: Minsc, Boo, Dynaheir, Imoen, Khalid, Jaheira and Edwin. I have been taking some liberties with the remaining characters, for example by making Kivan an archer and Faldorn an avenging druid by using the NPC Kits mod. My intended final party will consist of the following characters: Eldoth the blade, Faldorn the avenging druid, Kivan the archer, Qoayle the cleric/illusionist and Skie the swashbuckler. Any suggestions of change to this list will of course be considered.

I'll post the first part sometime tonight. Comments and feedback will be much appreciated!

Man, this is going to be so much work...

Vic on

  • RamiRami Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Are you going to use Xan? You should use Xan.

    You may as well save yourself the effort of playing the game and just lay down and die.

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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User
    edited October 2008
    I was confused by the title. I thought you were just going to play through the expansion.

  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Rami wrote: »
    Are you going to use Xan? You should use Xan.

    You may as well save yourself the effort of playing the game and just lay down and die.

    I'll certainly pick him up. I don't expect him to last long though, since at that point Montaron will still be in the group. Let's just say I won't be surprised if he gets found dead in our camp with multiple stab wounds within a day or two.

  • LeztaLezta Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Calling it now, you'll never finish this let's play. IIRC there have been about a dozen LPs on the SA forums that have no finished. Baldur'S Gate has a curse on it for let's plays. It's just too damn long.

    On the other hand, god speed sir, and good luck.

    scarab you have mental problems
  • BurguBurgu Registered User
    edited October 2008
    I just don't think the game is entertaining enough to watch. The game is awesome as fuck to play, but just doesn't lend itself well to screen shots or video because there is so much down time in those games.

    Good luck though!

  • GaruGaru Registered User
    edited October 2008
    I heartily recommend taking Tiax along. Stat wise he is awful, but he has my favorite banter. He also hates Quayle, which can be amusing if you don't mind the occasional reload.

    "Tiax does as ye will, but one day... BOOM! He rules! Heh-heh."

  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I figured this would practically be a new half-time job. I did not expect it to be a new full-time job.

    With that whining out of the way, let's see if I managed to write all my damn code correctly. Photobucket had better be working. There will undoubtedly be typos, but I will try to fix them as soon as possible.

    Part one: Cuthbert Begins

    In which Cuthbert leaves his home, meets two new friends and loses all that he loves.

    Meet Cuthbert:
    Likes: Long walks on the beach, axes, kittens and axes.

    Dislikes: Bears, crippling pain and the authorities.

    Enough of that, onto the story!

    Cuthbert has spent his entire life within the confines of Candlekeep, studying under Gorion and causing mischief. Now he has been told to pack his things and get ready to travel. Life is about to hit Cuthbert, and it has got spikes on it.

    Lets get on with it. First order of business is to buy supplies, and by supplies I mean axes. To the alehouse/weapon shop!

    Oh Winthrop, you are such a card. One axe, one suit of plate mail and one large shield thanks!

    What was that?

    Turns out I can't afford a whole kit even if I settle with Splint mail, the best armour this disgrace of an arms dealer has to offer. After some pleading I'm forced to settle with the axe and armour, the shield will have to wait. As for getting the rest of the money, surely there is someone in this town that needs some errands run?

    Jackpot! I hardly have to walk five steps to find the first citizen in need of aid. The scroll is quickly fetched and returned. Reward time!

    Protection from evil? Very thoughtful Firebeard, that'll sure be useful if I get attacked by any evil monsters within the next ten seconds.

    Well, no luck there. Moving outside I meet a desperate dame looking for her book. That's a start, anyway.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- House check, any side quests in here?

    Assassins! The man attacks me with a knife, but he is clumsy and hardly any threat so I try to lay him out with a backhand blow with my axe.

    Instead I manage to hit him so hard he explodes, splattering the room with gore. Shit! Okay, stay calm. No one saw me go in here. If I just walk out of here calmly...

    Phew, safe. Parda seemed to accept my story... wait, where is he going? Don't go in... dammit.

    I forgot that's his house.

    Alright, I'm getting the hell out of here. Better get working on those sidequests.

    Who the hell leaves their books in hay bales?

    Alright, quest two done. I had better work fast, Parda might be fetching the guards right now. I had better do a montage.

    Rat killing!

    Sword fetching!

    More exploding assassins!

    Alright, that's probably enough.

    The gate guard gave me an antidote potion I was supposed to give to the cow. Well screw that, I'm keeping this for myself, who knows what I'm going to face outside of Candlekeep? Scorpions, snakes, poisonous bears, it's a dangerous world out there. Time to buy my shield and get out of this joint anyway.

    While heading over to Gorion from the inn I bump into Imoen, my childhood friend and constant and annoying companion.

    imoen.jpgImoen- Little one? I'm not much younger than you, though you sure got tall fast. Relatively, anyway. A journey, eh? I never get to travel. Wish I could go with ya. Yep, I really wish I could. Yessir. Really do.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- There is no way you can come. Gorion would never allow it.

    imoen.jpgImoen- Oh I know. Old stick-in-the-mud that he is, all worried about nothing, I'm sure. Better go now, 'cause you've got a long ways to travel... not... not that I would know, especially since I didn't peek at old Mr. G's private letters. No sir. Better go now, byebye.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- Hmm.

  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited October 2008

    gorion.jpgGorion- Candlekeep is indeed a formidable obstacle for ne'er-do-wells, but it is not insurmountable. No matter how thick the mesh, at least one mosquito always finds its way through. No my child, we must leave as soon as possible, for our safety, and for that of our friends here.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- Right, I'm ready to go.

    We leave the city at nightfall...

    gorion.jpgGorion- Let's hurry child. The night can only get worse so we must find shelter soon...

    gorion.jpgGorion- ...Wait, we are not alone. We are in an ambush... prepare yourself!

    gorion.jpgGorion- You are a fool if you believe I would trust your benevolence. Step aside and you and your lackeys will be unhurt

    sarevok.jpgArmored Figure- I'm sorry that you feel that way, old man.

    A fierce battle breaks out. Gorion fights valiantly, but there can only be one outcome...

    Daddy! :(

    I hide away in the brushes until daylight comes.

    Morning finally arrives, and I know that I must get moving. As I find my way back to the road I meet a familiar face.

    imoen.jpgImoen- I... accidentally... read a letter on his desk the other day. Can't remember exactly what it said, but he might still have, it might be on his... his body. Anyway, I'm not gonna let you wander around out here all alone. Never let a friend down, no sir! Stick with you until you say otherwise, I will!

    imoen.jpgImoen- Don'tcha even know what attacked you? Whatever it was, looks like it was vicious.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- I can't remember much about last night... or... much about the attacker. But I remember that he... that it spoke.

    imoen.jpgImoen- So ya remember what it said?

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- Not really, just that it wanted to kill me.

    imoen.jpgImoen- That seemed obvious, from what you've said earlier.

    imoen.jpgImoen- *shrugging her shoulders and grinning* Well, we'll just have ta deal with 'em when they come again, but this time, it'll be their bodies rottin' in the sun.

    I find a letter on Gorion's body, mysteriously signed “E”. It is a warning that “The other side” is about to move, and instructs Gorion that he must flee. It suggests seeking aid from travellers along the way for protection and help. Good advice, but I wish I knew who it came from. The letter did not save Gorion's life, but I guess it saved mine. It also mentions that two friends of Gorion are staying at the Friendly Arms Inn. He was supposed to rendezvous with them there, and perhaps they can offer me some information.

    I resolve to head towards the Friendly Arm Inn as quickly as I can.

    As we head back to the road we are attacked by Gibberlings, small bluish creatures. They are no match for my axe.

    Soon we are back on track, and turning a corner Imoen and I get a pleasant surprise. The road trip has only just started and already we are meeting new and interesting people!

    montaron.jpgMontaron- And ye look a bit scuffed, too. A fine pair of troubles all your own.

    xzar.jpgXzar- Indeed. I can offer you healing potions, if you wish, as a token of good will.

    imoen.jpgImoen- Psst, Cuthbert, the mage speaks like he's layin' honey on bread, but I dunno, I don't like his eyes a single bit!

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- I'd be grateful for any assistance.

    xzar.jpgXzar- Nothing to fear from these simple potions, and I'll not even hold you in debt, though your conscience knows otherwise.

    montaron.jpgMontaron- Just like all good people.

    xzar.jpgXzar- Perhaps as payment you would go with us to Nashkel. It is a troubled area and we mean to investigate some troubling rumours surrounding the mine. Some acquaintances are very concerned about the iron shortage. Specifically, where to lay blame in the matter. You'll be useful, though I will not hold you to it. We are to meet the major of the town, a man named Berrun Ghastkill, I believe.

    montaron.jpgMontaron- Your conscience be your guide.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- I would join with you, but I must meet someone first. Perhaps you will go with me?

    xzar.jpgXzar- We've precious little time, but it's best to travel accompanied.

    imoen.jpgImoen- I don't like the looks of these two jokers, Cuthbert. Nope. I don't. Not at all.

    imoen.jpgImoen- Let's get to the Friendly Arm Inn soon, huh? I'd like to have some people I can trust travelling with us.

    montaron.jpgMontaron- Aye, we'll go wit ye. Ye owe us fer our time though.

    What nice people! With my new friends beside me, suddenly I'm not feeling quite as exposed as before. Now four of us we resume the trip, but just a couple of hours down the road we meet another stranger.

    imoen.jpgImoen- Heh, I... or do I need ta say “Ti”? I mean if “you” is “thou”... or was it “thee”? Uhm, in any case I'm not desperate and deranged. I'm excited! I am going to be a famous adventurer, like Elminister!

    Old Man- *smiles from behind his moustache* Thou art a spirited girl, Imoen. Now what of thy companion?

    imoen.jpgImoen- Wait, wait! How d'ya know my name?

    Old Man- One can acquire such knowledge in more ways than one, child. But let the quiet one speak.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert- A fair bit of desperate, actually. Might you know the way to the Friendly Arm Inn? I was told I might find some friends there.

    After the encounter with the old man Imoen decides to scout ahead for a while. I fear she does not like our new companions, but I know she will take to them soon enough. Who could hate Montaron?

    I am brought out of my thoughts by a scream ahead. It sounds like Imoen.

    When we get to her it is already too late. I lose myself to berserker rage.

    When the red rage finally settles I am standing in a circle of dead bodies.

    Imoen is not breathing. I can't get her to wake up.

    I bury her out in the woods by a large stone. As I carve her name into the rock, I find a glimmering ring that I toss over to Xzar. Rain begins to fall as I finish my work and kneel to say my last words to her.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert: Oh Imoen, I hardly knew ye.

    montaron.jpgMontaron: I thought ye said you two grew up together.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert: Uh, right.

    cuthbert.jpgCuthbert: Imoen, you were the truest friend one could hope for. Rest in peace.

    xzar.jpgXzar: I still don't see why I can't turn her into a zo-OUCH.

    montaron.jpgMontaron: Aye, as you were saying she was a true and honest friend. Yer lucky to have met us, lad, else ye would have been all alone in this dangerous world. We'll look after ye. That we will.

    End of part one

    That's it for the first part. It took a lot of effort and turned out huge. I am not sure if this is the format I will end up sticking to, ideas on how to do things differently are welcome.

  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Uhm, how do I change the thread title again?

  • TylerbroorTylerbroor Registered User
    edited October 2008
    I fucking hate candlekeep. It doesn't even yield that much experience, but I do every side quest every fucking time. Stupid Hull. Stupid Dreppin. I don't give a fuck about Nessie.

    You should pick up the Dwarf in beregost with 20 constitution. He's a champ.

    I never thought about it, but it would have been awesome to make Brage a NPC after saving him. Or Bassilus if you were evil.

  • HelloweenHelloween Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Vic wrote: »
    Uhm, how do I change the thread title again?

    Go to 'edit' in your first post. Then 'go advanced'.

    You can change it from there :)

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« on: June 11, 2006, 12:03:18 PM »
Hi AM Family

As some of you will know, Zephyr and I are invovled in research studies
In 3 days (Wednesday) Zephyr and I will be traveling to the NIH in Bethesda Maryland to continue in our efforts as research subjects in their Long Term Non Progressor (LTNP) studies. Zephie will be traveling from the West Coast and I'll be coming from Australia by way of NM. We travel all day Wednesday, arriving that evening. On Thursday we each will have a physical exam and a blood draw to do the basic blood screening. Friday morning she and I will be in adjoining chairs have a procedure called apherisis in which they take out our unique white blood cells then give us back our red cells. That procedure takes about 45  minutes. Also while were in the DC area Minh aka "Terpie82" will be our host, guide and dear 'family' friend and confidant. Thanks Minh in advance for your many kindnesses.

Zephie and I would like our Aids Meds family to know that we are passionately dedicated to the many LTNP research studies we are in. She and I are, for some miraculous reason able to control the virus, naturally. We are availing ourselves to these many researchers so as to hopefully help these researchers find a vaccine or cure for everyone around the Globe affected by HIV/AIDS. We are humbled beyond measure in our gift and thus we dedicate our journey to you all and many, many more.

We also want to thank those AM family members who donated money to the Zephyr Foundation. It is with those funds given with love and compassion that help make this trip to the NIH possible. We are deeply touched by your gift !!! Zephie and I will make a full accounting of these funds when we return home.

I'll write after we return and check in to let you all know of any news resulting from our trip.
Till then be well everyone.

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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2006, 05:34:55 PM »
Dear Paul,

thank you for the up-date i guess myself & other members of the AM would really wish to join all our forces in wishing you two 'smooth & swift wind '  :-* :-* :-*

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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2006, 06:50:03 PM »
Thanks Paul, thanks water duck!

I just wanted to say "I second" those emotions.

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Safe passage to you both!  Having just today returned home from the Desert Southwest and South Plains, I advise plenty of laughter and tenderness for your journey.  It means so much when family is together. Thank you for what you're doing (you too, Minh) and I hope to be joining you as a subject soon!

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Thank you Siang and Creighton for the good wishes.

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high blood pressure the result of PI regime? suggestions?
« on: June 15, 2006, 01:50:57 PM »
Hi All,
Is anyone registering high blood pressure as a direct result of NNRTI or PI based HAART?
My fiance, with HIV since 1983, on a recent new HAART switch regime: (Reyataz, Combivir, Norvir for two months) from Sustiva and Combivir, (two years) has been registering high blood pressure for a few months now. He does take medication for asthma, and infuses with Factor 8 products for Hemophilia.  We are aware that all of these medications can cause high blood presuure, let alone the daily stress of our particular lives with these challenges.
We're working on improving this particular aspect of health right now, and wonder if others are experiencing high blood pressure relief from additional health lifestyle measures or blood pressure medications that will work with Reyataz/Combivir/Combivir?
Thank you for your help, and best health to you!

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Re: high blood pressure the result of PI regime? suggestions?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2006, 09:39:18 AM »
Your hubby's blood pressure is less to be related directly to his current combo than his age, body mass index and stuff like smoking.

Increased blood pressure does happen though for people on combo long-term, sometimes realted to diabetes and changes in (lipids) blood fats, which can be causes by some combos, and also by having HIV long-term perhaps.  No-one is quite sure....  Reyataz is the most favourable PI re: blood pressure increases etc (chances are 5 x less likely than Kaletra, for example), and generally good on lipids.  Sustiva, however, raises triglycerides, and these might take a while to drop after a switch.

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Re: high blood pressure the result of PI regime? suggestions?
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2006, 06:40:18 AM »
what meds is your other half on for asthma?? I know flovent and reyataz have a med interaction that will raise the blood pressure.I was on that when i wnet to a PI based regimen and had to stop the flovent.
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Re: high blood pressure the result of PI regime? suggestions?
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2006, 10:27:57 AM »
Hey akcol,

I've been on PI therapy for 5 years now and never have had a problem with high blood pressure.  In fact, I have extremely low blood pressure (get dizzy if I stand up too quickly and crap like that). The PIs did screw up my hdl, ldl and tryglicerides till I switched Kaletra for Atazanavir.  Fish oils can help but not sure about the BP.  Diet, exercise, smoking and other "lifestyle" choices may be more of a factor as Matt had previously mentioned.

Sorry, I wish I could be of more help.

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Re: high blood pressure the result of PI regime? suggestions?
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2006, 11:24:28 AM »
re; asthma

during the time i was on reyataz the doc thought it fine to give me an Rx for

it's a fast acting inhaler a.k.a. bronchodialator

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Re: high blood pressure the result of PI regime? suggestions?
« Reply #5 on: July 22, 2006, 11:19:18 AM »
the ashtma meds may be the culprit, having switched from Advair to Serevent and a second inhaler - the name of which I can't think of at this moment. He uses Flonase as well, and for our extreme allergy season here, a claritin D.

Something is making his heartwork more, and he's getting higher and higher pressure. Which he thinks add to the stress, which in turn, increases heart rate.
Beyond the crazy crisis we al go through with such sets of challenges, dealing with them with grace and strength, we may look for blood pressure med to give his heart a break.
Any recommendations and cautions with this therapy: Combiir, Reyataz, Norvir re: high blood pressure?

Also, Reyataz jaundice aside, how about this signicifant weight gain on his face and belly. Wow. It just showed up at about the two weeks off mark from the susutiva swutch, into his present Pi based regimez: reyataz and norvir/combivr regime.

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    Hi Folks,

    I have a really nice, complete Ten Tec Paragon station For Sale.The only flaws on the transceiver are that the printing has worn off of the soft "TUNE" and "ENTER" buttons on the keypad. The Paragon just came back from TenTec with a clean bill of health.It is doing what it is supposed to do on all bands. It also works on the mars frequencies. It comes with the #285 500HZ.CW filter installed. The paragon has a general coerage receiver also.

    The #961 POWER SUPPLY W/SPEAKER is in perfect operating condition, but does have a few scratches on the cabinet.

    This station also includes a LIKE-NEW TenTec #706 (not a typo) desk mic. It even still has the windscreen attached.

    It also has the original manual and will be shipped in the Ten Tec box that I just received it from the factory in.

    I will sell for $775.00 complete PLUS SHIPPING.

    I will also consider an interesting trade offer, but this is not junk and I don't want to trade for somebody's junk.

    73, and thanks for taking a look!

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well i feel bad cuz i paid ebay "scalper" prices but i couldnt wait for these darn things to become available. but i will say it is AWWSOME finally haveing the batsignal all complete! i know this is old news to everyone but i was late in the game. i still have a bunch of the MM figures on the way, but the catwoman came in today and the last piece i needed, and so heres a few pics of my collection thus far. the fact the signal actually WORKS and not just a prop is just amazing. im really happy with mattel here. i also love there Ghostbusters line, the bat signal is like the ecto containment unit of their batman line. unexpected, but certianly welcomed. the batpod i thought was brilliant enough, but THIS is just....beyond words. too cool. the figures have just been improving over time since the 2008 TDK movie masters. im so happy they may an alfred! they really included just about every important character and suit from the trilogy. very happy. of course there are certain figures i feel arent really needed, like batsuit with bruce wayne head, or the blake figure or police officer joker. but most of the figures are great.

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I'm 28. I've been wearing contacts since I was around 16. I've never had any problems until about a year and a half ago.

I started experiencing irritation in my eye when I had my contact lens in and just in my left eye. It felt almost like my eyelid was getting caught on the lens or vice versa. Just awkward like it wasn't sitting right on my eye. And it would make my eye water and it difficult to see clearly. After a couple hours of this (because sometimes I was trapped at work and couldn't take them out), my eye would start to actually ache a little from the irritation and would continue to do so for hours after taking the contact out. (It would also feel very... cold, I guess is the word, upon removing the contact.)

So I'd have to wait a good three days before trying to wear them again. I'd often toss the offending lens and get a new one at that point. I'd put in the new lens, it would feel better and I'd think it was okay and head out for the day. A couple hours later it would start with the irritation and repeat the last attempt.

So after going through a TON of lenses like that I gave up. When I went back to the eye doctor for an exam I got a new prescription and new glasses. The eye doctor said I didn't actually have an astigmatism and put me on regular lenses. I thought that would help, that surely the problem was with the toric lenses and my prescription had changed.

No such luck.

I've been through a dozen different brands, including dailies and used special drops from the doctor (who has thoroughly examined my eye, since I shared this problem with him) and NOTHING has helped.

I need an answer here.

I am nearsighted, but only at about 3.00 for my prescription. I have never had any eye injuries. I have fibromyalgia.

I have seasonal allergies and have had them for as long as I've been wearing contacts. They never affect me like this, mostly my eyes just itch and I sneeze a lot.

Basically nothing about my health or routine has changed in that decade except for the fibromyalgia and substantial weight loss that I achieve the old fashioned way.

Please HELP!
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I should probably add that I don't sleep in my lenses and change them regularly - about once a month, but I slide that a little if I don't hardly wear them at all that month (like now when I can't wear them for more than a trip to the movies).

And I forgot to mention I've also tried using that soak overnight with the peroxide and the carbon wheel or whatever that causes the liquid to bubble and you have to wait a minimum of six hours before wearing them again. That seemed to help at first and then did not.
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Contact lens intolerance in people who were previously perfectly comfortable in their contact lenses is a fairly common occurrence. The reasons include a contact lens regimen issue including sensitivity to solution or lens type, increasing dryness of the eye, and a form of pink eye caused by the contact lens called giant papillary conjunctivitis.

Our measures in these situation are to make sure that significant dry eye and contact lens related pink eye are not present. Then we may return the person to contact lenses and a disinfection regimen that was previously tolerated. If this is not sufficient and the eye(s) have become very sensitive to contacts or solutions, we may recommend daily disposable lenses. Finally, sometimes, when nothing else will restore comfort and wearing time, we will evaluate the person for possible LASIK correction if eyeglasses are not desired.
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LASIK even with Fibromyalgia? I've heard mixed reviews on how it affects the pain level and one place even listed it on the autoimmune diseases that rule you out.
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Fibromyalgia is a poorly defined condition and I would consider LASIK and related procedures when other non-surgical vision correction options are not acceptable to the patient and the eye exam shows no reason not to perform LASIK and other vision correction procedures.
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My son was born 11 weeks early (weighed in 1lb 15 oz at birth). He left the hospital 9 weeks later weighing 5lb, 5oz. The nurses at the NICU gave us instructions to continue on Similac Neosure with a recipe to make 24 calories formula. If you can't get the recipe, the 22 calorie formula by itself will help the baby gain weight. If you are breastfeeding, mix some forumla in with the breast milk. He would also eat every 3 1/2 to 4 hours (including nights) when we first brought him home.

He will be 7 months this week and weighs 13lbs which for his gast age (4 months 3 weeks) he is right on track. His NICU doctors that still follow up with him along with his pedicatrician actually say he's above average for his weight.

We have already started him on solids and he is loving it.

Hope this helps for you parents out there.
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when I jack off i get very rock hard I can hold back 30 min with out stopping after I ejaculate I still stay hard for very long time and it still sticks straight up some time I have to jack off again to get it to go down. why does it stay like that is this normal?
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Depends on your age whether this is normal or not. Most young men can keep an erection after ejaculation and can keep going. As you age your refractory period will get longer and longer before you can 'go at it' again.
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I'd say that there are wide bands of what's normal. And what you describes could be desirable! Just make sure you provide adequate time for having a 'high needs penis' and go ahead and give it the attention it requires. That might be inconvenient sometimes, I know, but it's a problem which could be pleasant to deal with.

And bring a partner into the situation and I see some long, wonderful times ahead! Consider yourself gifted and enjoy the gift.
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Yes it is normal. But just like the differant in sizes of man's penis average between 3 inches and over 12 inches. There is a differant in the average of men that can keep an erection after ejaculation and can keep going . Your not able to change either; but accept and enjoy using the penis you have hanging. Also enjoy using other part of your body to pleasure your female. If you are a member of the Sexual Health Community . Read Poor performance is becoming more than a slump. dxwayne posted at 24 age I'd really hate to see any part of it slip, especially sex.
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In 2012, Jews were supposed to vote on Israel and Medicare.They didn’t.

Jewish political groups spent millions making the case that Mitt Romney would be tougher on Iran or that that Obama would protect Florida seniors from Paul Ryan.

Their efforts didn’t have much of an impact. Obama won re-election with 69% of the Jewish vote, only a few percentage points fewer than he won in 2008.

That’s no surprise. On the ground in Jewish communities in some swing states, the approach of the Jewish political apparatus seemed outdated, even irrelevant. This year, in Jewish communities hit hard by the recession, the story of the Jewish vote seemed to be one of growing disenchantment with an entire political system.

In Florida , where seniors are increasingly destitute, voters said they don’t think that any outcome in the presidential election will help. In Ohio, where formerly middle-class Jewish families are struggling to get by, Jews told the Forward that they had tuned the race out.

“I do not think the election will fix the economic situation in our community,” wrote Barry Silver, 55, a Reform rabbi at a congregation in Lake Worth, Fla., and a vocal Obama supporter, in an email sent days before the vote. “If Obama is elected, the situation will be similar to how it was before unless some outside forces make it better.”

In places like Lake Worth, where the foreclosure rate outpaces even the Florida average, Silver isn’t alone. In conversations on the ground in the final weeks of the campaign, and interviews conducted on the eve of the election, some Jewish voters argued that no political outcome from the presidential race will solve the economic crisis still strangling their communities, a crisis still evident in high unemployment rates and stagnant housing markets.

The Jews in these communities are not without hope. But they’re not placing that hope in the political system. Anthony Fratello, 40, a Reform rabbi in Boynton Beach, Fla., wrote that the “fact of the matter is I don’t believe that whoever is elected is going to change much,” in an email days before the race. “I have read the news that suggests that things are on the uptick and will continue that way [through] natural forces. That is what I am putting my faith in, quite frankly.”

Arnold Menzer, 78, a member of Fratello’s synagogue, agreed. “The economic situation is improving slowly and will [continue to do so] whomever gets elected,” he wrote.

A vague faith that unspecified “natural” economic forces will end the ongoing economic crisis probably isn’t what Republican and Democratic operatives hoped American Jews would be bringing with them to polling stations on November 6.

For Republicans, this was supposed to be the year that Obama’s 2009 efforts to push Israel to freeze West Bank settlement growth would take a bite out of the 78% of American Jews who voted Democratic in the last presidential election. Democrats, for their part, were sure that Romney’s selection of Ryan as his running mate would drive wavering Florida Jews back to the Obama camp.

Both sides were wrong. In the end, the Democrats did lose a bit of ground – but not much. National exit polls, plus surveys by Republican and Democratic Jewish groups, all agree that Obama won about 69% of the Jewish vote this cycle. Republicans say that’s down from 78% in 2008, while Democrats maintain that the more accurate 2008 figure is 74%. Either way, it’s not a major shift.

The Republican drive to win Jewish Democrats shifted earnestly into gear in June 2011, when Anthony Weiner resigned from his seat in the House of Representatives. The resignation, brought on by a Tweeted photo of Weiner in his underpants, led to a special election in Queens in which Republican Bob Turner pulled off a shock victory.

Due in large part to the political wiles of Ed Koch , Turner’s victory in the heavily Jewish outer-borough district was portrayed as a Jewish rejection of Obama’s Israel policy. Republican Dan Senor, who later joined the Romney campaign as a key foreign policy adviser, argued in The Wall Street Journal in September 2011 that the Turner win pointed to the possibility that Obama would suffer steep losses among Jews in November 2012.

A handful of Republican Jewish groups spent millions pushing Senor’s argument. Bill Kristol’s Emergency Committee for Israel produced advertisements and lengthy online mini-documents describing the “daylight” between Obama and the Israeli government. The Republican Jewish Coalition lined swing state highways with billboards reading “Obama, Oy Vey

Early in the cycle, there were signs that the tactic was working, at least among the wealthy Jewish donors. As the Forward reported in March, some of the ultra-wealthy Jews donating to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future had no history of giving to Republican causes. A few had even given thousands in individual donations to Obama in 2008. In the meantime, some of Obama’s highest-profile Jewish fundraisers from 2008 were not giving to the 2012 effort.

Democrats took the attacks seriously. The Obama campaign released its own mini-doc in January. The National Jewish Democratic Council released a slightly ham-fisted video in August of Israelis praising Obama. Even the Jewish Council for Education and Research, a super PAC known for raunchy pro-Obama YouTube videos, posted an ad in October in which a young, dreadlocked Jewish woman broke from a string of cheesy Yiddishisms to gaze into the camera and earnestly describe the relationship between the United States and Israel in a crooned couplet: “Our alliance/stronger than ever.”

The war over whether Obama was a friend or an enemy of Israel was designed to whip up excitement among each side’s Jewish base in the swing districts. In the Las Vegas Jewish community, it worked. At a synagogue political forum attended by a Forward reporter in a suburb south of the city just weeks before the election, fired-up attendees booed hawkish Democratic Senate candidate Shelley Berkley as she defended Obama’s position on Iran.

Outside Las Vegas, however, Republicans seemed to have a harder time getting the message to stick. Emblematic of the difficulty was the case of Ed Koch, the former New York City mayor whose declaration that the Turner race was a referendum on Obama’s Israel policy rallied the entire Republican effort. Despite his harsh criticism, by the summer Koch was telling the Forward that he planned to stump for Obama in Florida. In a video released in late October by the Obama campaign, Koch endorsed the president, a silver menorah visible just over his shoulder.

“He’s listened to the Jewish community and proven himself a true friend of Israel,” Koch said.

But the Republican Jewish activists weren’t the only ones whose grand attacks seem to have sputtered. When Romney chose Ryan as his running mate in August, some Jewish Democrats declared Florida all but won. Ryan had advocated a budget plan that would have led to major changes in Medicare, the federal program that provides health insurance to retirees and on which millions of Florida seniors rely.

“Romney has made my job much easier,” Koch told the Forward in the days after the Ryan selection.

Yet the Florida bump Democrats expected never came. Obama held a slight lead in the state in August; it grew a bit in September, but was wiped out by Election Day. As of this writing the state is still too close to call.

In conversations with Jewish seniors, it was clear that the Ryan pick and the Medicare issue hadn’t changed many minds. Older Democrats expressed fears of the Ryan budget’s supposed designs on Medicare, while older Republicans talked about Obamacare’s supposed impact on Medicaid.

“They do not seem to grasp that the taxes will rise in Obamacare, that [Medicare] offers less, that some diseases will not be treated in the elderly,” said Tybee Zuckerman, a frustrated Romney supporter in Cleveland, of Jews backing Obama.

Those for whom the Medicare issue didn’t confirm previous biases mostly seemed put off by the charges and counter-charges.

“I don’t know who to believe when they’re talking to each other,” said Buddy Marks, 72, a resident of a retirement community in Boynton Beach, Fla.

Some young radicals whom the Forward interviewed in Lake Worth said they had decided not to vote at all. Older Jews said that they empathized with their alienation.

“I can understand these kids. I really do,” Menzer, the 78-year-old Floridian, told the Forward in September. “The society has changed.”

These expressions of a lack of faith that government can solve social and economic problems — admittedly anecdotal — are out of step with an American Jewish tradition that has historically bought heavily into the power of government to effect change.

Academic experts the Forward contacted who study the American Jewish community warned that there was no evidence that the disenchantment Forward reporters saw on the ground pointed to a broader Jewish communal trend. Still, some speculated on what these observations might mean.

Jacques Berlinerblau, director of Georgetown University’s Program for Jewish Civilization suggested that the demographic demise of the Jewish teacher and civil servant might be changing how Jews think about government. “I would venture that there has been a huge drop-off in Jews working in the public sector,” Berlinerblau said. “And that might be impacting Jewish views on government.”

Vast numbers of Jews worked as teachers and had joined teachers unions in past decades, he noted. “That generation is gone,” Berlinerblau said. “The era of the Jewish teacher, a heroic American icon — that’s passed.” Ira Sheskin, director of the Jewish Demography Project at the University of Miami’s Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, suggested that Jews are simply frustrated with congressional gridlock. “I can see people saying that right now who are pretty disgusted with the fact that Congress seems to be unable to get very much done,” he said.

Sheskin’s observation was borne out in some interviews with voters. “I am disenchanted with the refusal of so many members of Congress to be willing to cross party lines and do what is in the best interest of the country,” said Jim Samuels, a Jewish Obama supporter in Cleveland.

It’s possible, too, that the frustration and disenchantment are simply a function of a long election taking place in a troubled economy.

“I think people are just tired,” said Raphael Sonenshein, a professor at California State University in Los Angeles. “People are always annoyed at the government. That’s a no-brainer. That’s what we in political science would refer to as a ’ ‘duh.’”

The morning after the election, one young Jewish voter, at least, was hopeful. “You know, I’m optimistic for the future,” said Marty Paz, 33, a Las Vegas resident who was forced to take a lower paying job in the midst of the recession. Paz said he had settled on Obama after Romney picked Ryan as his running mate. “I think the country’s going in the right direction, ” Paz said. “I do see an improvement. ”

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The framework doesn't complain about the fact that the font cannot be embeded (any way, it is a free font that can be freely downloaded).

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The problem in this case would be one of 2: 1. the used PDF file prevents ZF_PDF to include the file. In this case, an exception should be thrown (as it is implemented for copyrighted fonts) 2. there is a problem to embed the font, which should be repaired.

Same problem here. All fonts embedded in a PDF always turn up like this:…

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    ii. Alecto
    iii. Tisiphone

    Slimed ghosts of the past given audio form. Released in physical media Feb 23rd. Contact me to get a copy.
    Tape Engineer - Matt Anderson

    You can dl a preview above or check it out in lofi streaming at the dustperiod myspace

    I've also just completed a pair of remixes for my mate Evan's bottomfeeder project. They're going to pop up on a mp3 web label shortly but if you want a preview of mine you can find it over here in mediafire.

    An alternate version of those remixes will pop up on an ep later once I finish some other goodies to go with them. It's looking like a remix of Megaera, an alt bottomfeeder remix, a nine inch nails remix i'm working on right now and maybe something else? So if you're interested in a dustperiod remix get in touch w/ me on myspace.

    Then on the DJ front I just dropped this lovely bomb.

    New Tacopunch Mix Album

    I Want to be What Killed the Dinosaurs!
    Download before extinction!

    And there should be a more glitch/metal/idm mix in the next month or so. A radio show asked me for a longer version of something like the 3rd track in the above mix so I'll get on that. There's also some DJ Tacopunch shows coming up in Chicago and Ann Arbor with info about those over at the DJ Tacopunch myspace

    I hope this isn't tl;dr
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
    I do, two part.

    My band ('the Shaolin Signal') finished an EP that we tried to get released through a label. That failed for a few different labels ("You guys have a laptop and playback? That's not metal, I can't do anything with it", "You guys have guitars and a drummer? We don't do music like that") and by the time we said "screw it, we'll self release" it was a year later and our full length was almost done.

    The EP is "Natura". Conceptually it's the overture to the next two LPs which will be "The End of the World" and "And What Came After". It's our interpretation of what cybermetal should sound like. The EP also has remixes of us by half of the South Cali powernoise/industrial scene since that's sorta who ended up adopting us into their fold more than anyone else.

    I'm new to Whitechapel, second post, so I'm not sure if it's ok to ask, but if you have a British version of a PO box or something like that, I'd be happy to send you a physical CD copy.
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
    I have to be again with the not-me-but-my-friend-ness.

    The Rosie Taylor Project, album released on 16 April 2008 on Bad Sneakers. Melancholy indie-folk with a cheeky splash of trumpet.

    They've a free .mp3 at, and a single plus B-sides on iTunes, plus the obligatory MySpace.
    • CommentAuthortreylane
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008

    conceptual noising from A Gaggle Of Panelouxx; a collective parade of free improvisers and the post-production clowns who walk behind, scooping up the detritus.

    done did in lovely Mobile, Alabama.

    available soonly and freely :
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008 edited
    My band Verbatim released a free EP just yesterday. 7-tracks recorded entirely in the last weekend, released under a CC license.

    members of Verbatim

    We will be re-mixing, mastering, and selling for real human money a CD this Spring.

    We're trying out some new business models. This is our heroin solution-- give out free copies of the cheap stuff first.

    I can share photos and videos later as they are edited.
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
    well, i've got two bands working on records that should be done before Summer, but who knows?

    The Orbz is working on the first full-length, called "Stop! The Reporters Will See", previews of which will be available once is finished

    Colvig is working on a new EP ("Glitch"), since it's been 5 years since the last one... Plus an album, tentatively titled "Laughing Gas Heart Attack", which should be finished by June, give or take.
  3.  (1251.10)
    I've got a new CD, "a song for everystation" just out:

    my website
    the new album, with links to lyrics, liner note illustrations, and audio.

    Like miriku a couple comments up, I'm new here, so I don't know how things work here, but if you do have PO-Box-or-the-like, I'd be happy to send you a copy of the CD, since it's not yet on CDBaby/iTunes/etc.
  4.  (1251.11)
    I play in a band called Thin Fevers. We have an EP that will be free to download after our release show April 4th. I'm not sure how long we will allow download after that, so if your interested, drop in your email. I have a cheap hosting account, so I am going to batch out downloads.

    If you have a podcast or blog or anything, feel free to drop me an email at and I will send you MP3 for your show or for review.

  5.  (1251.12)
    i know agrip of kids with records coming out, but the only one im marginally involved in is satans monk .its industrial/electronic/grindcore. im not on the recordings but will most likely be doing the live vocals when the shows happen. all songs about horror movies and terrible things...bleaaaaargh!
  6.  (1251.13)
    unless you count cdr's, then sadly no.
    • CommentAuthorMalt Jones.
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008 edited
    regular John.   ....i Hate it Here.

    We have our new Ep out '.....i Hate it Here.
    it's a good old slice of Homemade Sonik-pie featuring;

    a) Gsp.
    b) My Crooked Toe.
    3) Flight of The Wooden Bees.
    c) ....To The Teeth.

    We had one of the song ' My Crooked Toe. included in the 4am Podcast & here is the recently completed
    ...To The Teeth. Video

    Have a look see what yer think,

    Comments please.........
  7.  (1251.15)
    no authority, direction, or control

    My band released a new EP on Jan 25, 2008, No Authority, Direction, or Control, and you can buy it from us for $5 through CD Baby:

    All the artwork was by us, comes with lyrics insert (cuz you should get the lyrics, damnit).

    CD Baby also has it available as mp3s for only $3

  8.  (1251.16)
    Also, I saw this awesome riot grrl band at Death By Audio on Sunday night, The Coathangers from Atlanta, Georgia. And they fucking kick ass. Their CD is really really good. I was happy to spend $10 on it. Lili should totally have it, Warren. Well, maybe.
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
    Perfect timing. Our third full-length, ORIGIN & TECTONICS, is just out on CD. We pressed a small run of 180gram vinyl LP + CD about six months ago. We have some of those left as well.

    The cover is a mind-blowing original by the great Tony Millionaire:

    No Doctors

    You can find mp3 and purchase information (as well as a full-size cover image) at our site:

    We have all kinds of stuff, including weekly comics, rolled out at the main page:

  9.  (1251.18)
    I'm new to Whitechapel, second post, so I'm not sure if it's ok to ask, but if you have a British version of a PO box or something like that, I'd be happy to send you a physical CD copy.

    Miriku, you can probably send me stuff via my editor Nick Lowe at Marvel Comics, or possibly even through Jason Yarn at the Paradigm Agency in New York City (don't have addresses to hand, google will help you, I'll try to sort them later anyway)
  10.  (1251.19)
    We're currently working on our next release, should be out in June, and have samples up by May. 5 song EP of new material, and the first 100 will come with a 4 song 7" with two covers, one original, and one track we're trying to do some kind of active content thing. We'll be loading the CDs and records up with some neat little extras, and then offering the actual EP itself online for download. Can't wait to get into the studio and record this thing.

    We just got the cover art back, and I'm really happy with it:

    Worlds Fair 2012

    This was done by Nico Claux.

    We'll have updates on the album coming along and posted @
    • CommentAuthorReg NYC
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
    My band THE PARANOID CRITICAL REVOLUTION has a new CD, 'Death of the Cool'. We're sort of noisy, frantic Neo-No Wave.
    Photos, MP3s, etc. on MySpace.
    Any other info you need?

    Reg Bloor


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Islamophobia and Skepticism

Chris Stedman had a post published in Religion Dispatches yesterday suggesting that atheists aren’t addressing Islamophobia and that it’s going to come back to bite us on the butt. Stedman seems to suggest that his interfaith work has made him more likely to fight Islamophobia than the rest of us.

RationalWiki, an atheist wiki featuring a newsfeed and articles like “Atheism FAQ for the Newly Deconverted,” contained no mention of the Sikh shooting, but it did list an instance where a Florida door-to-door salesman was shot, and noted the recent mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. PZ Myers, who is among the most visible atheist bloggers in the world, did write about the shooting twice, though one of his posts simply referenced the shooting as a way to condemn America’s “gun culture,” while the other focused on Pat Robertson’s comments. (Most of the more than 35 other dedicated bloggers on Freethought Blogs—a massive atheist blog network he co-founded—didn’t address it at all.)

But while this silence is deeply troubling, I don’t want to suggest that, like some of those mentioned earlier, the atheist community at large necessarily has an Islamophobia problem—or that legitimate criticisms of Islam (or any other religions) constitutes Islamophobia. The problem, I think, lies in a lack of sensitivity to or awareness of the rampant Islamophobia sweeping our society. A key offender in this respect is bestselling atheist author Sam Harris.

The day after the shooting in Wisconsin, Harris published a lengthy blog post decrying Internet trolls; bizarrely, though, he included yet another defense of his position that Muslims should face extra scrutiny at airports.

There are a couple of points worth addressing here. [Read more…]

Atheists Talk: Teresa MacBain

Former pastor Teresa MacBain doesn’t appear to have ever done anything the easy way. When she felt called to preach, she had to leave her preacher father’s conservative denomination, which would not allow a woman to preach, and publicly profess values he preached. She became a pastor in a denomination that nominally welcomed women in the priesthood but did not actually support them.

Then MacBain began to have doubts. Instead of taking the simpler route of denying them, she attempted to reconcile her faith with the contradictory religion in front of her. When her searching led her to atheism, she didn’t hide this from herself. Eventually, she chose not to hide it from others, even though leaving her church meant leaving behind many of the programs she had set up to pursue her passion for social justice.

Nor did MacBain come out quietly, allowing friends and family to adjust before she had to deal with her whole world knowing she was an atheist. She came out on stage this June at the American Atheists national convention, with substantial press coverage. And finally, after leaving preaching behind, MacBain has taken on the task of public relations for one of the most hated atheist organizations in the U.S.

Join us this Sunday as we talk to Teresa MacBain about her remarkable–but never easy–journey and what lies ahead for her.

Listen to AM 950 KTNF this Sunday at 9 a.m. Central to hear Atheists Talk, produced by Minnesota Atheists. Stream live online. Call in to the studio at 952-946-6205, or send an e-mail to during the live show. If you miss the live show, listen to the podcast later.

Women in Secularism 2 Registration Now Open

An awful lot of people were sorry to have missed the Women in Secularism conference last year. They couldn’t afford to go after the Reason Rally. They didn’t know the conference was welcoming to men. They didn’t find out in time to make it a priority. Whatever the reason, they didn’t go.

If you were one of those people, you’ve got another chance. Registration for Women in Secularism 2 just opened today. It’s May 17-19, 2013, once again in D.C. And just look at that list of speakers:

Lauren Becker   educator, organizer, vice president & director of CFI Outreach

Ophelia Benson   author, editor, commentator, Butterflies & Wheels

Jamila Bey   author, editor, journalist

Soraya Chemaly   writer, activist

Greta Christina   writer, blogger, Greta Christina’s Blog

R. Elisabeth Cornwell   evolutionary psychologist, executive director of Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science US

Vykie Garrison   creator of No Longer Quivering

Debbie Goddard   activist, organizer, director of CFI On Campus and African Americans for Humanism

Adriana Heguy   biologist

Melody Hensley   executive director of CFI–Washington, DC, organizer, Women in Secularism

Teresa MacBain   public relations director, American Atheists

Amanda Marcotte   author, journalist, executive editor, Pandagon

Katha Pollitt   essayist, critic, poet

Edwina Rogers   executive director of the Secular Coalition for America

Amy Davis Roth   artist, blogger,

Desiree Schell   activist, podcast host, Skeptically Speaking

Shelley Segal   singer, songwriter

Rebecca Watson   cohost of Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, creator of

Stephanie Zvan   blogger, Almost Diamonds, radio host, Atheists Talk

Huh. Lookit that. Yes, I’ll be on one panel and moderating another next year. That means you won’t get the full benefit of my live-tweeting all the sessions, so you’d best see it in person.

Prices are discounted through March 15 of next year, but I wouldn’t wait that long. It won’t surprise me at all if registration is full this year.

Making Atheism+ Accessible

“But what will/does Atheism+ do?”

It’s a fair question. Luckily, it’s starting to have answers. Greta is working on a reading list for people who really do want to know more about social justice issues. The 101-level educational forum is up and running. I’m working on resources for event planners.

The project that excites me right now, though, is A+ Scribe. From its mission statement:

The mission of A+Scribe is to help improve the accessibility of resources in the A+ sphere (and eventually beyond) to Deaf and Hard of Hearing readers. We will strive to honestly, accurately, and completely transcribe as many inaccessible resources as we can.

This? This is practical service that will make organized atheism more accessible to more people. Contribute if you can.

This is what Atheism+ is supposed to do. Now it does.

“Legitimate Differences of Opinion”

One of the comments I’ve seen repeatedly in the discussions about Atheism+ goes something like this: “Well, everybody is for social justice. That doesn’t mean we’re all going to agree on how to achieve it, though. What happens when we don’t?” Debbie Goddard hit us with a version of the question during the Hangout we did last weekend (transcript now available).

I answered Debbie then, but honestly, Jen covered this right up front:

We are…
Atheists plus we care about social justice,
Atheists plus we support women’s rights,
Atheists plus we protest racism,
Atheists plus we fight homophobia and transphobia,
Atheists plus we use critical thinking and skepticism.

Emphasis added.

We have an excellent way to address our differences. It’s the same way we settle our other differences–with science and reason. We look at the claims made by both sides. We determine whether each is internally consistent. If they are, we look at the evidence available to us, interrogate the methods used to collect it, and weigh it to determine which claims are true. Sometimes one side wins. Sometimes there is compromise because both have basic flaws. Sometimes everyone goes their own way because the evidence doesn’t exist yet.

It isn’t a simple thing to do, but it is what best gets us at the truth. [Read more…]

Mock the Movie: Who Doesn’t Love Telepathic Canibals?

It’s time for another truly terrible movie. Tomorrow, August 30, we’ll be mocking In the Year 2889. This charming little post-nuclear-apocalyptic tale involves telepathic cannibals. Better yet, the principal characters spend most of the movie fighting amongst themselves, so you may end up rooting for the cannibals–even more than usual. I didn’t find a trailer, but this short clip will at least introduce you to our cannibal friends.

This movie is also available for free on YouTube or on

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Disassembling the Magic Button

This weekend, The New York Times once again demonstrated that one can say basically anything in print as long as it’s confined to the opinion pages. In this case, it was yet another theory of autism.

In autistic individuals, the immune system fails at this balancing act. Inflammatory signals dominate. Anti-inflammatory ones are inadequate. A state of chronic activation prevails. And the more skewed toward inflammation, the more acute the autistic symptoms.

Nowhere are the consequences of this dysregulation more evident than in the autistic brain. Spidery cells that help maintain neurons — called astroglia and microglia — are enlarged from chronic activation. Pro-inflammatory signaling molecules abound. Genes involved in inflammation are switched on.

These findings are important for many reasons, but perhaps the most noteworthy is that they provide evidence of an abnormal, continuing biological process. That means that there is finally a therapeutic target for a disorder defined by behavioral criteria like social impairments, difficulty communicating and repetitive behaviors.

It sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? A cause that points us toward treatment! It’s all in the immune system, and it can be cured by dirt. Well, parasitic worms in the dirt, which is kind of gross, but hey, hope! We can lick this autism stuff!

Of course, we’ve been promised that before. [Read more…]

We’ll Say That It Is Good

Bug Girl pointed me to a lovely little video originally made just before the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Stoplight is a Focus on the Patriarchy affiliate.

The money quote:

But if God decides–and it’s always up to God to decide–if God decides that rain of biblical proportions would be a good and proper meteorological condition for that evening, we’ll see it, and we’ll say that it is gooood.

Think that’s what they’re saying about Hurricane Isaac?

The Poison of Positive Thinking

I wrote this morning about a number of friends dealing with major depression recently. One of them (I’ll call her Jane, and you can assume that some of the nonessential details are not as accurate as they could be) has been suicidal multiple times in the years that I’ve known her.

Not too many years after we met, I found out from mutual friends that they’d just bundled Jane up into their car and taken her to the nearest hospital with in-patient mental treatment. She had been talking about being better off dead, and they weren’t taking any chances.

This was the first time Jane was diagnosed with depression. Luckily, she responded to the care and to the medication she was given. Sadly, because our health system treats people like disposable ATMs, she couldn’t always afford her treatment.

That last part changed when Jane was diagnosed with cancer. [Read more…]

For Juniper

I’ve talked to three friends with major depression in the last couple of weeks. One is working to keep from reaching the bottom. One is coming up out of a bad spot brought on by health problems. One, the one I got an email from this morning, is very close to the edge but throwing out a hand for help. I’m flattered and terrified that it was thrown my way.

They’re all incredibly talented people. They all have an amazing amount to offer the world, and they’re hardly alone in that among people with depression. For them, I repost this.

Depression is much like that abusive significant other. It’s always there, even after all your friends have gone home. It’s waiting for you after a day out or even the rare short vacation. And it never, ever stops lying to you*.

The lies are the worst part, the little whispers in your ear that tell you you’re nothing–not good enough, not loveable enough, not smart enough, not strong enough–not whatever it is you would need to be to get away. Because it doesn’t want you to get away. It doesn’t like it when you turn your back for even a second, when you’re happy for just a moment without it. It doesn’t like it when you realize that someone else wants you.

Depression is a jealous mate. It wants to possess every tiny bit of you, even if it has to kill you to be sure of you. It goes hardest after the people who love you and want to help you get away to someplace healthier. Sometimes it does it directly and sometimes by whispering more loudly. Sometimes both, because that weakens you more. [Read more…]


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5 Greatest “Glee” Quotes About Football

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The Glee kids are going to have an extra special Super Bowl Sunday.  The show-turn-phenomenon, is airing an amazing episode right after the big game.

As we prepare for the Bowl, we put together the 5 greatest quotes from your favorite Glee characters celebrating all that is wonderful about football… and Kurt Hummel.

5. Finn: Mr. Schue, kids are busier than when you went here. We’ve got homework, and football, teen pregnancy… lunch. (Source: Glee Wiki)

4.Kurt: But you’ve been getting so much pressure from the guerrillas on the football team. I guess they didn’t appreciate me resigning from the team and choosing Glee.

Finn: Probably would’ve went over better if you didn’t announce it in the showers. (Source: Glee Wiki)

3. Sue Sylvester: Female football coach… is that like a male nurse? (Source: TV Fanatic)

2. Puck (to a rival football player): Hey, ankle-grabber, I had sex with your mother. No seriously… I cleaned your pool and then I had sex with her in your bed. Nice Star Wars sheets. (Source: IMDB)

1. Kurt: “Hello. I’m Kurt Hummel and I will be auditioning for the role of the kicker.” (Source: IMDB)

Whether you’re rooting for the Packers or the Jets, we can all agree on one thing. There’s no better combination than a Glee dance number to Beyonce. Hit it.

Have a terrific Super Bowl Sunday!

Tune in to “Glee” each Tuesday (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. For more info on “GLEE” The Music visit: http://www.gleethemusic.com. In the mean time, catch up on all the greatest “Glee” hits on “Glee” Radio.

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Steve Blow Kills Me Dead

I will say it again: Steve Blow is an embarrassment to our city. I want you to imagine a well-educated, talented 26-year-old who is trying to decide where she wants to live. Could be a lawyer or a doctor or a writer or an urban planner. She comes to Dallas for a job interview. (God only knows what sort of job interview a writer might have, but just go with me here. Willing suspension of disbelief.) She has dinner in Bishop Arts, she checks out Klyde Warren Park, she has a swim through the Perot, and she thinks, “Wow, Dallas really has a lot going on. This feels like a world-class city.” And then she picks up the newspaper. She reads Steve Blow’s nomination for Texan of the Year, which is Big Tex. I won’t quibble with the choice. Heck, Gordon Keith nominated himself for Texan of the Year. It’s the cornpone execution that drives me nervous. It’s the fact that he’s joking about the nomination — but not really. The thing lies behind a paywall (because gold like this must be protected, don’t you know), so I can’t show you the entire column. But following are some excerpts. Imagine our talented 26-year-old reading this as she tries to decide whether she should live in Dallas or, say, Washington, D.C., where they publish a newspaper that delivers actual writing in fully formed paragraphs.

Blow’s nomination begins thusly:

A public meltdown is not the normal path to becoming the 2012 Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.

But there’s the painful Rick Perry “oops” sort of meltdown. And then there’s the spectacular, heart-stirring Big Tex kind of conflagration.

And until we saw him go up in flames, who knew we loved that gawky old cowpoke so much?

So as both an overdue show of appreciation and a big get-well wish, Big Tex deserves to be Texan of the Year.

He’s the toast of Texas. No, wait, scratch that. Let’s just say Big Tex is an outsize neighbor who needs a boost right now.

He concludes:

But there’s another possible explanation for Big Tex going up in flames. It may have been an act of self-immolation.

With that slow drawl of his, we always thought Big Tex was saying he’s Baptist. But maybe he’s been saying “Buddhist.”

And there has been a long history of some Buddhist monks setting themselves on fire to call attention to social and political ills.

With that lofty view, maybe Big Tex saw beyond the fairground fences, out to where the Texas miracle gives way to some of the worst economic conditions in the country.

Texas ranks near the very bottom in home ownership rates, credit scores and household net worth. Texas has the highest percentage of people without health insurance and recently scored the lowest on health care delivery to the poor.

We live in a strange state where both pride and despair are logical emotions.

So maybe the best reason to make Big Tex the Texan of the Year is simply because he’s coming back, better than before but still true to himself.

Big Tex inspires us to believe that Texas can do better, too — and still stay Texas through and through.

My 7-year-old daughter subscribes to Highlights magazine. I swear to you that the writing in that publication is superior to what Steve Blow often publishes.

  • heels

    the other idiot chose a mosquito

  • Dallas Ex-Pat in MT

    You lost me at the part where a 26 year-old reads a newspaper.

  • CollinBabs

    Oh calm down, Tim.

  • RAB

    And yet, Blow is still smarter than Perry, so think of that.

    (Yes, Steve, “Texas can do better.”)

  • mynameisbill

    I nominate puppy’s breath as Texan of the Year. Aren’t I cute?

  • Brandon

    I’m just going to copy and paste my comment from last week’s spat with Jim Schultze:

    Members of the media are mistakenly under the foolish notion that we care about the quarrels between members of the media.