Some Barack Obama Supporters Are Insane

I voted Barack Obama for president. I supported him, albeit somewhat reluctantly. Undoubtedly this was a historic election - Obama is the first black man voted president of this nation. But a lot of people get carried too far in their enthusiasm for him - and this is especially true of college students here.

According to this article, some nutjobs out in Topeka are trying to start a movement to create a national holiday honoring Obama. The man hasn't accomplished much yet; all he's done is won an election. It is hard to predict how the next four years will play out. My suspicion is that a lot of my friends are going to be disappointed when Obama doesn't live up to their optimistic standards and shit starts to go wrong.

I found this Onion video funny:


Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are

So I Went to Church Today...

I was feeling rather depressed this weekend, so I decided to go to church with my roommate. Even though I am an atheist, I went partly to have a new experience and partly because I am so tired of hanging around my dorm. Plus, it feels good to pretend that there is a purpose to your life, that there is an omnipotent God who is concerned about your welfare, if even for an hour or so. This was a big Protestant evangelical church - not quite a megachurch, but almost. I've never been in one of those before. Everything there was big and shiny and clean. It was a huge contrast to the dingy catholic churches that I've been used to. They had huge tv screens on which they displayed the lyrics for the songs and the Bible verses on which the day's sermon was based. They had a huge chorus and a group of people playing guitars, drums, and harmonicas. Everyone there seemed really happy and enthusiastic. I really enjoy these people, even though I know that their faith is misplaced.

I asked Quint if he was a Calvinist, and he didn't know what I meant by the term. I was slightly surprised, since I took a look at the Bible that he reads and it is says it is "Reformed." Religious labels don't mean as much as they used to, since everyone these days is slowly (albeit subconsciously, in most cases) realizing that all religion is bullshit, and therefore it doesn't do any good to argue about theology.

The Algorithm of Attractiveness

Scientists have created an algorithm for making people's faces more attractive in photographs. It would've been nice if they had this technology back when I took my high school yearbook pictures.

Nice chess puzzle

Here is a really nice chess puzzle.

I Hate My Species

Why is my species, and my gender specifically, so fucking retarded?

Cool Christopher Hitchens/Doug Wilson Debate

Here is a really good debate I listened to today. I had almost forgotten how eloquent Christopher Hitchens can be. Doug Wilson starts out giving a typical presuppositional spiel, but after Hitchen's reply it becomes apparent that it won't work with a formidable debater like Hitchens, and the debate moves on to other topics. Wilson got pawned.

Midway through the journey of my life...

So, this is my first post on my newly-created blog. My name is Charlie Keever, and I am a sophomore at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. I created this blog to express my thoughts and feelings as I make life's journey, day by day. I have made attempts at blogging in the past, but I never possessed the self-discipline to keep up with it. Hopefully I will be able to keep up with this.