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CelticBear returning?

Aug16
2011 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear
CelticBear returning?

Sadly, not as much as I’d like. I’m still very skittish after the incident that happened last autumn that prompted me to give up expressing my opinions publicly; and then, at work yesterday, I had to deal with someone who seems to be obsessed and has been harassing people here at work multiple time a [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL

2011: Posting the first — and last-ish.

Jan01
2011 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear
2011: Posting the first — and last-ish.

I’ve kept my resolutions for a whole day already! Wee, I’m on a roll! I’ve deleted or hidden around 15 Facebook people/pages, 8 RSS feeds, and 6 podcast feeds. What I’ve kept are only media involving sci-fi, writing, literature, general philosophy, and technology news. That so means that this blog will probably go to sleep [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL, PODCASTS, WRITING

Atheism Resource

Nov16
2010 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear
Atheism Resource

It’s official, I am now a regular contributor to the new, up-and-coming blog site for atheism advocacy: Atheism Resource. Their… er, I guess our tagline, is: “Big questions deserve big answers.” In that spirit, my first offering over there is a two-part essay on atheism and its role (or lack of) in determining ethics and [...]

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Posted in Atheism, PERSONAL

Bloggy update

Oct29
2010 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

In case I have anyone new watching the blog, especially coming for the Alpha Course reaction posts, I thought I’d give a quick update: I’m currently working on the big-ole Weekend Retreat Alpha post. It was a 3-for-1 weekend of Nicky videos and some interesting group discussion — so look for that (and a regular [...]

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Quick update

Nov21
2008 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

Well, just a quick update from my iPhone (love this WordPress application for it, although sure limits my being able to post long posts). I’m really going to miss being able to post during the day, and I can’t copy n paste on iPhone, so that limits the ability for me to react to articles [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL

New job; less blogging.

Nov11
2008 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

I started a new job a couple of weeks ago: “E-Media Specialist.” Pretty fun. I get to do all the computery stuff I love (Web development, graphic design, playing with different e-media applications) without the stuff I’ve gotten to hate (computer repair). Unfortunately, it’s completely stopped my RSS/blog reading and writing. In my last job [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL

Interesting conversations.

Apr11
2008 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

It’s pretty sad when I have so few good conversations on here that when I do I feel compelled to make a blog post about it. I guess I actually need to link to my blog in my emails and message board postings and stuff more often… Anyway, there’s a conversation in the comments for [...]

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Posted in RELIGION, SKEPTICISM

iCoolness.

Jan12
2008 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

I happen to be writing this post on my knew iPhone! The Web browser is phenominal, and the virtual keyboard works great, even with my fat thumbs! (the auto-spellcheck is way better than Firefox,I have to admit). Although, the lack of being able to block and copy text is annoying. But, the one huge advantage [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL

The GrogMonkey lives! And pontificates.

Jan07
2008 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear
The GrogMonkey lives! And pontificates.

OK, so my 3rd blog is up and running now: ♦ The GrogMonkey Here’s the “About” page on the site: This blog is designed to feature my work in English/Cultural Studies education. I’m currently working on my Master’s Degree in English with a focus on Creative Writing. While I don’t plan, at the moment, to [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL, REVIEW, SCI-FI/FANTASY

As the world turns.

Sep14
2007 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

Been really busy lately, so I haven’t blooged much of late. In quick news, I’ve been having a discussion online regarding anarchism, socialism, and capitalism which I’ll share here later, and I’m thinking of applying for a job with MoveOn. Anyway… I came across this blog the other day: ♦ http://www.stephaniegunn.com/ an interesting blog in [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL

But bloggers aren’t REAL journalists like the connivers at the NY Times.

Sep05
2007 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

Evidently a science blogger broke a recent story about possibly hazardous chemical used in artificial popcorn butter. The Associated Press properly attributed the story to him, but The New York Times evidently decided bloggers don’t deserve credit for real journalism. ♦ New York Times uses story, neglects to mention blogger is the source

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Posted in SOCIAL and NEWS

Some bloggy stuff.

Aug10
2007 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

My blog tends to exist in this hazy middle-ground between pointless drivel and high-minded op-ed. (Let’s be honest: it’s all drivel and there’s nothing here that can be confused with “high-minded.”) What I mean is, nearly every time I post, it’s something that’s 500 words long and attempts to pontificate on some important subject, whether [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL

Blog probs

Sep29
2005 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

Well, I just realized that on good ole Internet Explorer, my blog is horribly misaligned. I’ve been using Opera and Firefox, so I haven’t realized until now. So if you’re reading this in a terribly messed up layout, stay tuned as I fix it later today. UPDATE: Well, I’ve been trying, but I simply can’t [...]

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CSS Are Your Friend!

Jul08
2005 1 Comment Written by CelticBear

There was a time in which Cascading Style Sheets didn’t exist…and that was the age I learned HTML in. Circa 1995. It was all TABLE and FONT tags, baby! Well, a few years ago I finally stopped using FONT tags and started using style sheets for all my font stuff at least. But I’ve been [...]

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Toss a Penguin Today?

Jul05
2005 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

This is a potential problem. I just discovered this post waiting for my approval…and I didn’t write it. There may be scripts out there that spam blog posts…not just comments! I’m going to have to see what settings can prevent this. In the meantime, this really IS a cool site. =) ..:::YETISPORTS:::.. by chris hilgert [...]

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New Blog Software

Jul05
2005 2 Comments Written by CelticBear

Well, I’ve switched from MoveableType to WordPress as my blog software. Nothing really against MoveableType…it was a fine piece of software for a couple of years, but the spam and comments issue has just gotten to be too much. I looked around and found WordPress appears to have the best comment solution. It has a [...]

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Comments Closed…Again

Apr30
2005 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

I don’t know what happened, but over the last few days I’ve been SWAMPED with hundreds of spam comments a day. Oh yeah…I turned MT-Blacklist off. And I guess my sneaky moving the default Moveable Type comment form to a different page name isn’t good enough to defend against those clever spammers. So, until I [...]

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Gimmie Gimmie

Apr18
2005 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

So I’m looking around at various Websites that I view daily, Web comics and whatnot, and I see “Donate” buttons here and there. And I thought, “Why not?” I don’t contribute anything of value, nothing helpful or useful, even artistic or interesting, and only maybe 5 people have ever even looked at my blog. But [...]

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Commenting Back, and Giving Back to the Opposition

Apr18
2005 Leave a Comment Written by CelticBear

Well, commenting is back on. Something weird happened with my MT-Blacklist causing it to reject EVERY comment, spam and legit. So, I turned off Blacklist for now until I get it fixed. Anyway. I feel bad that the only other blog out there I read is Vertias Center* and I’m constantly posting caustic vitriol over [...]

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Posted in PERSONAL

No Comment

Apr15
2005 1 Comment Written by CelticBear

This is weird. I’m getting no comments on the blog. And by no comments I mean no spam. I shouldn’t complain, but it’s really weird. Even with MT-Blacklist (anti blog spam plugin) I was still getting like 10 to 30 comment spams a day. Sometimes as few as one or five. But still, spam daily. [...]

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