http://students.washington.edu/mgamini Musings from a mind free of guilt, hate, and shame. Sat, 17 May 2008 21:09:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en May 17th is a day that will be forever etched on that part of the inside of my skull that I can actually see. Two years ago today: I lost my virginity. I left the woman I love. I said goodbye to friends, family. I flew to Provo, UT, to enter the Missionary Training ... http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2008/05/17/two-years-ago-today/ So tomorrow morning, between the hours of 730-930AM, I will be attending a private prayer breakfast with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. I help with a small group here on the University of Washington campus known as the Secular Student Union, and one of my local contacts ... http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2008/04/14/hanging-with-his-holiness/ He is risen... and He wants your brains! Happy Zombie Jesus day! Zombie Jesus' words and acts are recorded in one of the apocryphal books (books which were not included in the New Testament by the Catholic Church), the "Book of Brains". The most famous part of the "Book of Brains" is ... http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2008/03/23/happy-zombie-jesus-day/ My good friend Valerie Tarico has published an article for the Huffington Post, a wildly popular internet newspaper. The article is entitled "When Losing Faith Means Leaving Your Family," and uses pieces of my story to introduce the topic. Please visit and vote up her article! http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2008/03/23/my-story-picked-up-by-the-huffington-post/ So I suppose that it's high time that I post this on my own blog. I was contacted through a mutual friend by the man who runs FriendlyAtheist.com a month or two ago. Apparently, he had somehow heard the story of my de-conversion, and decided that it was fascinating enough to ... http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2008/03/23/my-story-on-friendlyatheistcom/ Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early I love the Onion. http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2008/02/27/diebold-accidently-leaks-results-of-2008-election/ "The word Catholic is actually a derivative of cat lick i.e. 'to lick a cat'. This has led many to speculate that the pope is addicted to kitten huffing, though he is on the record as saying he 'never inhaled.'" Dear Pope, I suppose that at this point, I ought to be ... http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2007/11/30/a-letter-to-the-pope/ http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2007/11/29/biblical-warnings/ The local missionaries set up a table in front of the HUB today, singing hymns, handing out pass-along cards, and generally pestering whoever happened to be so unfortunate to not be engaged in conversation right when they walked by. I happened to be one of these people. Leaving the church was ... http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2007/11/27/so-i-met-a-mormon-today/ Too many shadows in my room Too many hours in this midnight Too many corners in my mind So much to do to set my heart right Oh it's taking so long i could be wrong, i could be ready Oh but if i take my heart's advice I should assume it's still unsteady I am ... http://students.washington.edu/mgamini/2007/11/27/to-you/