I WAS ONC3 A VARY HARD LIEBRAL!!!!1 OMG WTF LOL I WAS ACTUALY ONCE A CLU3LAS LIEBRAL!1!11!! IF ONLEY LIEBRALS WUD CHMPION DA RIGHTS OF DA US FIGHTNG M3N AND WOMAN INSTEAD OF ALWAYS LOKNG OUT FOR DA ENEMY DA WORLD MAY B A SAEFR PLAEC!11!1! OMG WTF AND LIEBRALS R DESTROYNG MERICA FROM WITHIN!1111!1!! WTF MUST MAEK U FEL GOD 2 KNOW TAHT T3RORIST R CHERNG U ON!1!!1 WTF Y SI IT TAHT SO MANY OF DA LEFT SEM 2 HAEV A HUGE CHIP ON THERE SHUDAR?!!?!!? WTF LOL R U A MIESRABL3 PARSON??!??!!! WTF LOL UR AROGANC3 SI VARY OF3NSIEV AS R UR UNBLEIVABLE ARGUMENTS IF U CAN AVEN CAL THAM TAHT!1!111! OMG LOL LIEBRALISM SEMS 2 PORTRAY EVERYTHNG TAHT SI NORMAL AS BAD WHIEL AVARYTHNG TAHT SI ABNORMAL SI 2 B CALABRAETD!111!!1! OMG WHIEL MANY PROBLEMS R BLAK AND WHIET LIEBRALS CANOT G3T OUT OF DA GR3Y AERA IN WHICH THEY AXIST!!!!! FACTS AND DA TRUTH DO MAT3R IN SOLVNG PROBLAMS!1111!!! WTF  2 BAD LIEBRALS DONT SE IT TAHT WAY!11!!!! LOL OUR MILITARY SURA DO3SNT SEM 2 WANT 2 LOS3 Y DO TEH DEMOCRATS???!?!!?! W3VE GOT 2 PROT3CT THES COUNTRY AT AL COSTS - FROM DA TERORISTS TAHT WANT 2 KIL US 2 TEH LIEBRALS WHO WANT 2 D3STROY IT!!111 I DO NOT GO ALONG WIT THERE HATRAD OF OUR PRESIEDNT NOR THEYRE BORDERNG-ON-TREASON RHA2RIC ABOUT TEH WAR IN IRAQ AND LAK OF TRUE SUPORT FOR OUR TROPS!11!1!1! LOL THEYRE SI A CLAAR AND PRES3NT DANGER WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS - JOURNALISTS LIEBRALS AND DEMOCRATS - WHO WUD PRAFER 2 SE MARICA LOSA AND OUR COUNTRY FALE!!!!! OMG WTF THEYRE SI A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANG3R WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS - JOURNALISTS LIEBRALS AND D3MOCRATS - WHO WUD PREF3R 2 SE MARICA LOS3 AND OUR COUNTRY FALE 2!!1111 OMG WTF BAD LIEBRALS ASIED FROM CHEATNG AT VOTNG TIEM DONT DO MUCH TAHT BORDERS ON ILEGAL!!!!11!! WTF LOL ALTHOUGH MANY OF THERE WORDS AND ACTIONS CUD FAL IN DA CAETGORY OF TR3ASON AGANEST DA UNIETD STAETS AT WHICH TIEM TH3Y SHUD B ARESTED!!1!1 WTF LOL CONGRES AND DA SENAET WUD HAEV A LOT OF EMPTY S3ATS
NO!11!1 OMG LOL MOST LIEBRALS CAN STIL B GROUPAD 2G3THER WIT TERORISTS!!!11 OMG BOTH GROUPS HAEV A COMON GOAL OF D3STROYNG DA UNIETD STAETS!!!1!! OMG WTF LOL FOR SOME RAASON I FIND TAHT 2 B BAD!1111 OMG

Since I've been publishing on LCL for the past month the response so far has been tremendous. I just wanted to give a big thanks to everyone that has made publishing again a very satisfying experience. I really appreciate every compliment and encouraging word, and every criticism I have received regarding length of posts to even my tone. And I really would like to thank the kind folks at LCL in letting me homestead here. My intention was never to bring light reading, but to offer something different and more than a hit-and-run, badly-hacked and un-vetted cut-n-paste job.  And of course, be confrontational if something was badly argued, or if an insult came my way. I hope that results have been instructive as well as entertaining for the reader as they have been for me.

The Hypatian Shore has so far come pretty close to what I had originally described in my conceptual and governing documents I wrote in the weeks before leading up to the publishing my first post. (If you like you can read it here.) I've not written as much stuff about science, religion and other woo that I wanted to, but have found other things of interest to opine about. Yet, there is still so much that I want to write about that it keeps me up at night sometimes.

In the weeks and months to come I hope to complete these essays on 

• Why I am not a Christian. • Why I am a liberal. • Is it Patriotism? Or is it Bush-Nationalism? • Hearing Gods Voice? • The implausibility of a single ideological news media • Pet Psychics • The End of Cartesian Dualism • In Defense of Pride • Why I bash religion • Why there is no god • Why right wing radio rhetoric is still so 80's • Holy War: Monotheism vs. Paganism of Battlestar Galactica

 And I hope to continue the regular features that I've developed.

Another thing I am interested is a podcast version of this blog. I will be developing the concept, but at first blush, I would like to have co-hosts. I'll keep you informed when I begin casting. Also be on the look out for a meet-up. I'll announce that too.

 Again, thanks so much for your participation. It is greatly appreciated.