Humanism
There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.
Humanism is the view that we can make sense of the world using reason, experience and shared human values and that we can live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs. We are not certain there is no God, for that would be an act of faith.
Category Archives: Family Life
Garden furniture rotting
It is a good job my father-in-law enjoys working with wood and doing odd jobs for us. We bought an extensive amount of wooden garden furniture years ago but in hindsight it would appear our regime of reproofing the furniture … Continue reading
Haircut
I had my hair cut at a barbers today. It was at a new place in town, only been open a week, but I thought I would give it a try. The owner is Turkish but has an English wife … Continue reading
motorbike
I was checking out a few things on the internet archive and found an article from my site from before 2000 that does not seem to have made it to the current version, so I thought I would re-post it. … Continue reading
Mortal
A few Fridays ago, I was sat in the coffee bar at Stafford railway station waiting for a train to London. A rarity these days as I am mostly working in Swansea and normally work from home on Fridays. My … Continue reading
We used to have cats
I am not a cat person, by a long margin. We did not have any when I was a kid and what I did see of them in other people’s homes did nothing for me. I have long regarded them … Continue reading
Daughter turns 18
It is a strange feeling. Really, nothing has changed since the day before, but everything has changed. One of my two children (daughters both) has turned 18. As she is not the good-time, drinking, partying kind, there is no big … Continue reading
A weekend in Swansea
Last time I rented a flat, I was unmarried and living in Ripley in Derbyshire. The flat was something of a come-down from living in my own home, but I’d had to sell up because of some bad business deals … Continue reading
Am I undereducated?
I find myself in an odd position. My wife has just started an Access course at a local college with the objective of starting at University on an undergraduate physiotherapy course the following year, at the same time as our … Continue reading
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Tagged degree, education, learning, training, university
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Why are 17 year olds always tired and bored
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Burst pipe
The fire alarms went off in the house around 3am this morning and in my rush out of our bedroom door I forgot about the thin covering we had over pipes to our en-suite, fell through and damaged one of … Continue reading