Random Thoughts – The Wayward Willis Podcast

What Even Is Podcasting?

February 4, 2018 No Comments

https://audioboom.com/posts/6639167-what-even-is-podcasting

Jon tries to compensate for the perfect storm of lameness that prevented a full episode this week and talks about starting a podcast and making friends along the way.

Catch our guest appearances on other podcasts!

Dumb All Over
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dumballoverpod/2017/09/22/what-even-is-the-wayward-willis-episode-035
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dumballoverpod/2018/01/19/proceed-with-caution-feat-the-wayward-willis-podcast-episode-052
Twitter: @DumbAllOverPod

SarahTalk
http://www.sarahtalk.com/ep087-what-even-is-a-wayward-willis/
Twitter: @SarahTalkRadio

Test Of Time
http://testoftime.libsyn.com/episode-70-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles
Twitter: @testoftimepod

Intro music by Austin Colón:
http://austincolon.wixsite.com/music

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Politics, Random Thoughts, Social Commentary

Respect Revisited: Drumpf

July 4, 2017 No Comments

Back in 2011 I wrote a blog post titled “Respect For Respect’s Sake” detailing the reasons why a request for respect without good reason is invalid and not worthy of consideration. Over the weekend I was told I needed to stop calling Donald J. by his original family name, Drumpf, because he obviously changed it and I should show him some respect. This imperative was given to me by a Drumpf voter in my immediate family and I said I would neither do it on the grounds of a legal name change nor on the grounds of showing respect. I’d like to detail my reasons, as though any reasonable person would need help figuring it out.

Drumpf Middle Finger — Fuck you, America! I’m president and you’re not!

First let me outline the reasons I don’t respect Donald J. Drumpf:

He behaves like a spoiled child
He revels in his ignorance of how the world works
He uses the words, “Trust Me”
He continues to demean women
He never tells the truth

Now, to my main points regarding respect:

Legal & Politics, Random Thoughts

Nonsense Laws: Window Tint

June 3, 2012 No Comments

This has nothing to do with religion but I’m kind of worked up over it and wanted to share some thoughts. Last night I was pulled over by a very courteous and friendly police officer who was (a) admiring my Mustang and (b) wondering if my windows were tinted too dark. They are, and I’m fully aware of this. However, I’ve chosen not to rectify the situation because I feel that the law makes no sense. I’ve essentially agreed that any tickets I may receive for my tinted windows are a tax for keeping my window tint. That aside, I’ll detail all of my thoughts on the law below and would love to have some feedback from my readers (if any are still hanging around).

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Facebook Affirmations, Vol. VI

February 8, 2012 2 Comments

In my news feed on Facebook I will be served a daily dose of Christian affirmations from friends. In this series of posts, which I call “Facebook Affirmations™,” I will post and discuss some of these gems. Here’s the affirmation for today:

Jesus Is My Plumber — Satan plugged my pipes.

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Hyper-Patriotism

February 8, 2012 2 Comments

I downloaded an app for my iPhone called “Thumb.” This app allows you to ask questions and get answers from random strangers, with thumbs-up and thumbs-down ratings. It’s mindless entertainment, as are most social apps. Anyway, while thumbing through questions I stumbled across one depicting a Marine Corps drill team with the caption, “Respect and honor????” I’m not sure why so many question marks were necessary.

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Spiritual vs. Imaginary

February 7, 2012 No Comments

Believers have long argued for the existence of beings in the “spiritual realm” which affect the physical universe but cannot be physically detected (except in very certain circumstances and with very few exceptions). This is convenient, of course, because the believer is free to posit whatever entity he or she wishes without having the arduous task of defending that assertion with actual evidence. What does “spiritual” mean though? The dictionary defines it as follows:

1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
2. of or pertaining to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature.

That doesn’t really tell me much. If we’re talking about incorporeal things apart from the physical nature, how is this any different from being imaginary or fictional? Why do we make such a concessionary definition for a word like “spiritual” when the end result is really the same?

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Mind Your Manners

January 26, 2012 No Comments

JT Eberhard’s contributor, Christina, wrote today of an article regarding atheist billboards in Colorado and the reaction of a “research fellow” from Focus on the Family named Glenn Stanton. He calls the billboards “bad manners” because they mock the beliefs of no less than 70% of Americans. The billboards read as follows:

God is an imaginary friend; Choose reality, it will be better for all of us.

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Facebook Affirmations, Vol. V: Pro-Life

January 24, 2012 2 Comments

In my news feed on Facebook I will be served a daily dose of Christian affirmations from friends. In this series of posts, which I call “Facebook Affirmations™,” I will post and discuss some of these gems. Here’s the affirmation for today:

Pro-Life Facebook Post — Think of the children!

I don’t often weigh in on abortion because my views on it are complicated and it’s an even more controversial topic than religion. Since I will never personally know the joy — or terror — of being pregnant I feel that any view I adopt regarding a woman’s reproductive rights ought to be every bit as compassionate as it is logical. Ultimately I feel it comes down to an individual woman’s right to decide whether or not her body will be used as an incubator for a potential human being. Let’s discuss the post above.

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Dispelling Egnorance

January 23, 2012 4 Comments

There’s a guy named Michael Egnor who has a blog he calls “Egnorance.” I’m not making this up. Anyway, he recently wrote a post directed at JT Eberhard asking a crapload of questions in the hopes that he’d be able to highlight how stupid he thinks the recent court decision on the Cranston High School prayer banner is. Nevermind the guy isn’t an expert on the Constitution and nevermind he’s not a judge — he just has a really strong opinion on how wrong the experts on the matter are. Well, because I’m bored and because it irritates me that these types of challenges sometimes go unanswered I’ll pick his post apart and address all of his questions to the best of my ability (JT already did).

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Atheism Sucks!

January 14, 2012 No Comments

I saw a video recently from some kid who seems to have it all figured out. His thought process is a lot like mine was when I was a kid: my parents told me what to think, I adopted it as my own, and I knew I was right. His video is titled, “Atheism Sucks.” Dislikes on this video currently outnumber likes 3,113 to 89. You can watch it here:

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