Atheist, technopagan and vegan.

No. It is not Halloween. It's Samhain. See wikipedia if you don't believe me. ;-) Samhain is a Gaelic festival celebrating the end of harvest season and the beginning of winter. For Wiccans and Pagans it's considered a Sabbat to honour the ancestors who came before us and moved on to the Summerland (somewhat compared to heaven for Christians although different). It's usually held right between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice and a good time…

Woke up at the normal time. 5 in the morning. Which of course turned out to be 4 in the morning. Tried to sleep some more, which did not particularly work out well. Quite cold too with -4C/24F. Now it's officially 11:10 in the morning but I'm getting a taste for lunch already and I don't feel anything near well rested. Let it be known that I am not a fan, and unfortunately therefore not…

First good thing: Since long I participate on www.care2.org and yesterday I had accumulated enough butterflies (points) to do some good things. And a few minutes after that, this appeared! -=-=- Next good: Nanowrimo is coming. Only a few more days and the madness takes off again. Since a few weeks it feels as if there is a brake on my writing other stories. In a way as if I am holding back the writing…

It's getting more and more difficult in the Netherlands to obtain a gun permit. I think that is a good thing. Just too bad that this only affects the honest people who want to own and shoot a gun for hobby. It's not going to deter any criminally minded individuals from obtaining and using pieces of similar hardware...

Dutch Ministry Proposes Powers for Police to Hack into Computers, Install Spyware, Destroy Data Written by Ravi Mandalia The Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security has proposed some rather over the line measures and wants to extend such powers to the police that would allow them to break into computers and mobile phones in any part of the world. According to the proposal [PDF] (in Dutch), dated October 15, the ministry has asked for powers that would…

MEANWHILE . . . during my acid flashback

(NaturalNews) Unless the rice you buy is certified organic, or comes specifically from a farm that tests its rice crops for genetically modified (GM) traits, you could be eating rice tainted with actual human genes. The only known GMO with inbred human traits in cultivation today, a GM rice product made by biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience is currently being grown on 3,200 acres in Junction City, Kansas -- and possibly elsewhere -- and most people…

Proteus Biomedical has developed chip-in-a-pill technology that transmits patient data directly to a smartphone. Some people will say that this is awesome, amazing, magnificent. Of course, as a technological breakthrough this is something very clever. This invention gives doctors the closest and most direct way to go inside you and find out what's the matter. A nice detail here is that "It's biodegradable, made from things in your diet, that is activated by acids in…

Especially for fans of Dr. Who, Daleks and the extermination of stress! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e59guruVL4o

Having already downed a few power drinks, she turns around, faces him, looks him straight in the eye and says: "Listen here, good looking. I screw anybody, anytime, anywhere, your place, my place, in the car, front door, back door, on the ground, standing up, sitting down, naked or with clothes on; it doesn't matter to me. I just love it!" Eyes now wide with interest, he responds: "No kidding, I'm in banking too! Which one…