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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • It took us years to compile the list and it’s paid for itself many times over.

    But to jump start the list in a future place, especially a traditional house, I’ve considered hiring a housing inspector or general contractor to give us a walkthrough of key maintenance timelines. Many things could be decades away but easy to forget until it’s a much bigger job. Notes from that interaction would essentially be the bones of “the list.”



  • Certainly, the whole idea is that theistic belief is separate from morality after all.

    And yet examples are remarkable. The one you met wouldn’t have been memorable otherwise. At a guess, it’s rare because atheism is the kind of hair-shirt or “kick me” sign that actual assholes rarely choose, as it tends to require a fair amount of introspection.

    But I have known a handful of assholes who go around telling everyone they’re an asshole, as if the negative attention is the point. Usually I associate that behavior with baggage related to abandonment and rejection.

    In that case, conservatism and other socially maladaptive ideologies might be secondary to unresolved trauma, shame, fear, and self-hate. And for that, therapy is the only solution I know, not religion.