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It has been a long, long, long, long freaking time since I had a DOUBLE UPDATE for you guys.  But there you go.  Enjoy!

From a Vanity Fair interview (emphasis mine):

You’ve said that you’re beyond atheism. What does that mean?

I have trouble believing that other people believe. (Laughs.)

You think they’re lying?

I’m sure they’re not lying. Their belief may be genuine. But it’s like arguing that fairies are coming out of my toaster in the middle of the night. You can’t prove to me that there aren’t fairies in my toaster, but that doesn’t mean you should take me seriously. What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart and therefore you can act on it, you have completely justified the 9/11 bombers. You have justified Charlie Manson. If it’s true for you, why isn’t it true for them? Why are you different? If you say “I believe there’s an all-powerful force of love in the universe that connects us all, and I have no evidence of that but I believe it in my heart,” then it’s perfectly okay to believe in your heart that Sharon Tate deserves to die. It’s perfectly okay to believe in your heart that you need to fly planes into buildings for Allah.

Well, as My Darling likes to say, “You got a life, John!”

As you may or may not have known, Faithful Readers, I am unemployed.  I prefer the term “at liberty”, but that’s another story.  Anyway, I’ve been pounding the electronic pavement for a year now.  I’m in better shape than most, but I’m beginning to feel the pinch of COBRA as a health care option.

I have had two job interviews in the past month, which is much better than the last time a group of assholes decided they were going to take down the U.S. economy.   So I spent some time “boning up”, because no matter how much experience you have, some asshole thinks you need to take a test.

Thank yew, Korporate Amuuica.  So that’s where I’ve been: Interview Hell.  Preparing, taking, and sweating about it when it’s all over.

I thought you might like to know.

Finally, FINALLY, an update.  I’ve been a leetle busy, I’m afeard. Oh, well.  Enjoy.