1.9 – On the workbench

Saturday night, Andrew’s wife was out with the girls so the boys (aside from Jim who was too busy being a rockstar) came around to record the podcast.  Andrew decided the best place to do this was in the workshop, on the workbench.  Err…. The bedroom, around the bed.

Ollie and I tightened our belts a notch and went in to set up and record.

References

  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/godlesspaladin godlesspaladin

    Glad the exorcisms worked and that you're back to normal, was going to have to take up drinking if you continued in your possessed state. ~_^

    • Mare Vaporium

      Whiskey is the new holy water.

  • http://intensedebate.com/profiles/theguygd theguygd

    Jesus Christ, guys! A couple glasses of wine and you lose all ability to form coherent sentences? JK, entertaining as always.

  • Anonymous Atheist

44 – An Atheist Temple

BBC News – Row over Indonesia atheist Facebook post Priority is to protect marriage | Herald Sun No Fetus Can Feed Us | Unreasonable Faith Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0 | Video on TED.com


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Matt’s Human Morality

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Atheism 2.0

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The Bizarre Bible

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