What is the one thing you want to accomplish, but for some reason or other have not?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Find a girlfriend who is a passionate about pottery as I am and would be a great partner!

Single Life

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

It'll be 2 years and 3 month on Wednesday! I think I'll keep it that way for a while:)

What is your best comedy movie ever?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Young Frankenstein.

I do not need Money ; money needs me.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Join a commune??

Does pineapple belong on pizza?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 9, 2018:

Never!!! That's what college cafeterias do with their leftovers. They make pizza toppings out of it. Yuk........

Cuddle buddy

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Hell no!!!

Got my sunflower seedlings potted and my new magnolia fig tree in the ground today.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I think I'll try some sunflowers!

Is gingerism a thing?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I can look at a picture of the sun and get burned! But that doesn't keep me out of it. That could be a good pick up line (yes, I like ginger women!) Hello, where do keep your melanocortin-1 receptor?

I would like to welcome all the new members to the group.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I'm Mark. I have 96 acres in Texas. Most in an environmental conservation easement; it's a restored short grass prairie. I have about 10,000 square feet of garden spaces that I can plant a farmer's market crop in. I'm building a tiny house on the site and hope to live there once again after having been in town since 1993.

Did you ever use one of these? I don't think I own one today.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I know what it is and I use one in my ceramics classroom. But not for its original purpose!

Anyone with experience growing butternut squash and/or romaine lettuce?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I grew some of those white squashes that were flat a few years ago. I treated those just like my regular squashed. I forget what they were called but I'm fairly sure they were not butternut. One thing I have learned is to not plant the edible squashes downwind of the ornamental ones. They'll cross-pollinate! Or at least that's my experience.

"Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived".

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

That's a reasonable observation.

What was the greatest day of your life?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Early May, 1986. I was back in the ceramics studio, mopping the floor, after taking my Final Exam in Chemistry. That was the last step in finishing my undergraduate coursework and the realization that I was going to graduate sunk in! Boy was I ever elated. And scared.

Should there be a legal minimum age for religious indoctrination?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

I recall an article that stated the human brain doesn't reach cognitive maturity until around age 25. So if there was an age that such a thing could take place, I'd vote for something way beyond high school or driver's license age.

Do people really talk and meet from here?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 8, 2018:

Not in my neck of the woods.

Do you go by the amount of positive reviews when you make a purchase online?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I do not.

Just do it.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I shot myself in the upper lip with an arrow when I was 13 or 14. Richoceted off an Empty antifreeze jug directly back into me. Screwy, huh...

My favourite charity shop, I do shop there because they help to get those poor girl out of the ...

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Reminds me of when I was younger, at the mall with my granddad when he saw some young girl (to him, anyway) wearing jeans shorts with the butt cheeks cut out and lace had been sewn onto the men's boxer underwear she had on and it was hanging out of the cut out parts. He looked at me and said "She's trolling with live bait". I almost fell over dead. My granddad never said anything off color.

Tell me your weird dreams.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Just this afternoon I dreamed that I was taking a nap. And...my ex-wife came 'home' and started to exercise (not exorcize) while she was smoking. That was just plain 'ole weird!! And I didn't recognize the house. Time to get up and go do something!!

Ever get songs in your head that are there for months.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

Judas Priest, 'Grinder'. Saw the video a few weeks ago and it's stuck in my brain. That and 'Trashed' by Black Sabbath. Damned YouTube....?

Does anyone else sit in with a book on Saturday night or am I dull as fuck?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I'm a reader, too. But tonight I'll be watching Band of Brothers on DVD.

At the age of 60 Snoop Dogg will be 420 in dog years. Thoughts?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

I thought he was 4/20 every day???:)

How do you watch your shows?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

No TV for me. I got divorced two years ago in January, moved into an apartment and never even hooked up the free basic cable that come with my 'all bills paid' new digs. I just go down to the public library and rent free movies on DVD.

Dating apps and sites in the U.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 7, 2018:

If the game fits you, then play it. If the game is designed for mass consumption then accept it. Kinda like music.

Do any of you get frustrated having a debate with Christians ?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 6, 2018:

Was it a John Wayne movie, maybe True Grit, where Rooster Cogburn is drunk and the girl is reproaching him when Glen Campbell responds by saying something like " You can't banty words with a drunk, all you've done is best a fool"? Or am I conflating that observation from two movies. Regardless, it's the same sentiment.

What is you favorite Beatles song?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 6, 2018:

Sorry. None of them.

What do some of you single Atheists, Humanists, and Free Thinkers do to meet folks for dating and ...

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 6, 2018:

Fantasize about it...

What's one everyday thing that makes you cringe?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 6, 2018:

All the men in my family served in the Navy. On board ship, there's never a ' cool stool'.

A fun bit of woo for you all this morning.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 5, 2018:

...former journalist...

Have I just invented a new word or remembered it from elsewhere?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 5, 2018:

Xinsanity comes from their xinsecurity over their lack of evidence or logic.

How about a childhood photo?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I sure was cute. What the heck happened!!!

Do you love to hike?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I want a hiking buddy. It's been 2 years since I've hiked. Great fun.

If you could go back in time to a time before your birth when and where would you go?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I'd go back to the American Dust Bowl and see if this farm boy could survive.

What record album/cassette/cd/8-track/reel-to-reel/song on the radio/VIDEO changed your life?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

AC/DC Back in Black

Going to spend the rest of this week with my ex. Is it the best thing for my heart?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Don't walk away. Run! That's what your gut is saying. Listen to it.

Failed birth control.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I thought this would be about Trump!

How would you describe your sexual appetite as you have grown older.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Once again, I'll let everyone know if I ever find another partner....... Or maybe I'll just keep it private between consenting adults.

What would you do if the end was near?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

I'd go to my farm and tend my plants. Hopefully the asteroid would hit my side of the earth so I'd be vaporized instantly instead of a slower death by suffocation or whatever it is that happens to the other side of the world. I'd want it to happen during the day. Night time can be so lonely.

We have a new sandwich

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Even Dagwood would be repulsed by this! Just think of opening the fridge at 3:00 a.m. after a loooong night at the bar and seeing this.

What is better than sex?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 4, 2018:

Snuggling afterwards

Sometimes inspiration hits, and art happens on the kitchen floor. My latest oil on canvas.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Awesome!!

Do you ever feel alone in a room full of people?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

All day, every day!

What made you stay here?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Good people. Good topics. And #2. No not that #2.....

Anybody participating in a community garden?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

Tonight, I set up an okra seed germination tray. It's on the left. The heirloom tomatoes are on the right

Do you grow food

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I do! I planted asparagus crowns the other day and I planted 20 heirloom tomatoes night before last to transplant around June 1. Tonight I'll plant some okra that I'll transplant down in June. I usually germinate indoors and transplant later on to get a head start on my season. I'd grow 20 acres if I had the acreage and a market. Oh, and someone to grow with:)

Recently moved to Plano, TX (north Texas region) and after just a week here I began to wonder “did...

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

You're smack dab in the thick of it!!!

What does it mean to you when a members starts to follow your posts?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I have no idea. I got a new follower a couple of days ago. Want me to ask her? Ha ha.

What Does Your Body Language Say About You To Others?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

I used to have this girlfriend (30 years ago in college) who used to say that when I walked across campus I looked like I was on a mission to kick someone's butt. I do have a sort of aggressive gait. I think it comes from all of those years of being a competitive middle distance runner. But, you'd never know it now!

90% of the American people say that it's okay to have "In God We trust" on U.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 3, 2018:

No, it shouldn't be on there. 'We' implies that I am in that group. If gawd is even mentioned it ought to say "IN God some of us trust and others laugh at mythology".

How do you guys rest/relax your brain when tired?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I take a nap!

And yet he still lives.....

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

He just won't go away, will he.

Does someone have to be college educated to be intelligent?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I teach at a college and some of our professors are dumb as a post! Knowledgeable in their field but plain 'ol stupid as people. Sad.

Holy Horrors: A Grim Pattern

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I'm going to order this book!

Is there any correlation between being an Atheist and liking Game of Thrones?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

Shows like that bore me to tears; The Boring Dead, Breaking Boring, Seinboring, Boring and the City, and the list goes on and on and on... Nope, no relationship.

Hey, gentlemen, do us both a favor and please add a picture to your profile! It's not so much about...

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

For a while I was pictureless but I went ahead and posted one. I'm a horrible selfie-taker and I dodge a camera whenever I can!! Now on a funnier note: When I was younger I may have been a hunk. Now, I'm more of a heap! Ha ha!

Men, do you agree with this quote from Christopher Hitchens?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I was never able to access the video link on my phone but I did find a computer and saw it. I think Hitch is right and men have disguised their resentment for their need of women. I could see it in the way my dad treated my mom and his dead brother's daughter. I can see it in most social institutions. I think it's very obvious. I wish I had some training in anthropology and sociology but I don't so maybe that's the limit of my ability to try and describe how that resentment is manifested.

What is the most adventurous thing you would go do with someone on a first date? (Keep it rated R)

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

I'll go out on a limb. I work with clay. I specialize in making pots on the Potter's wheel! Now, you imagine the rest...? Is that enough to earn an 'R' ??

Men, do you agree with this quote from Christopher Hitchens?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 2, 2018:

The fact that this site exists and we're talking amongst ourselves confirms the need for each other.

Do you like country living? For those that do, did, ? Or want to

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I'm building a tiny house 20 miles out of town. No electricity. No running water. Tomorrow, I plant my onions. Cities may be fine to visit but I don't want to live in one forever. I grew up on that land and I'm going home!

The Greatest Action Story Ever Told (MADtv) - YouTube

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Is it out on DVD? Yet?

Please guys as well as women answer - Do you consider yourself a feminist?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Definitions will vary as do individual agendas.

How do you feel about religious text associated with Easter?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

No one cares about me enought 'To Send Their Very Best', ha ha!

How would everyone feel about being refused a date because you’re an atheist?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I'm at the point where I'm not willing to waste another moment on someone else's religiosity. I've already had a lifetime of that so I'll take a pass on a date. Right now I'm trying to redirect my career away from such people and I don't know if that's entirely possible. I may have to work with them but I danged sure don't have to sleep with them!

I just found out what the little hearts near our names are about.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Why do we need the pink heart and the %, too? Do these change as we continue to comment and be silly and snarky? Or, are we doomed to be cursed with our original number? I wonder what my number is...

What's the most ridiculous thing you've bought?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

A marriage license.

What does compatible mean to you?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Beats me.

I thought this was pretty astute.

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Gotta love it!

How do you feel about the person you're dating talking about their ex?

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

I'll let everyone know as soon as I find someone to date.

What is the laziest thing that you have ever done

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Nothing...

What did the father buffalo say to his son when he went off to college? "Bison"

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Snort!

I feel like posting this in Cheesy Jokes but Reproduced from RT : "Hundreds of them ignored calls...

farmboy2017 comments on Apr 1, 2018:

Sad part is that many of Israeli leaders were actually terrorists, first, killing Palestinian women and children. Then they became military and Prime Minister material. The world needs to do it's homework and rethink what Israel really is.

Does anyone else here find it quite amusing that the Celebration of the Supposed Resurrection has ...

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Religion, itself, is amusing but people take it so damned seriously.

If I had it all to do again, I doubt very much I would meet my husband.

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 31, 2018:

No freaking way would I do it again!!!

Why is nudity considered "a bad thing"?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 31, 2018:

Christianity teaches us to loathe the body and pleasure. I tell my students to ignore that garbage.

Should women still act like women and men like men?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 31, 2018:

No one has mentioned Selective Service. As for dating, I'm open to being approached.

If I had it all to do again, I doubt very much I would meet my husband.

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Count me in. Or, rather, out.

20 Warning Signs of an Abusive Relationship 1.

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

This list describes alot of my ex and totally my father!!!

What type of home do you prefer?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Keep it simple!

What It's Like Living in the South (U.S) Easter Week

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

They're worshipping consumerism and we know who their real good is.

What are the atheists in this group doing for Passover?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Not a thing.

Is the era of men "wooing" or "Pursuing" over?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 30, 2018:

Well, I'm at a loss. I have no idea.

Why sports are dumb - YouTube

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 29, 2018:

They took a child's game and made a business out of it. College and Professional sports are nothing but business transactions designed to extract money and devotion from you. Personally, I'm not a very willing victim of salesmanship. No, I don't watch sports.

Sex or the opportunity to try 3800 different types of tater tots?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 29, 2018:

Man, those are beautiful!! That's art if I ever saw it. But, ya know...I am a farmboy!

I tried to get some photos of an iron pour down in Tucumcari about a month ago.

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I don't remember that tripod! I must have been preoccupied with molten iron, bwah ha ha ha!!

Never..... And I mean never..... fuck with a fat man's Donuts!

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Mayo, in any form, is just nasty.

I think I might agree...

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Occupational hazard.

Technically...

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

He had a nice stylus, too.

Warning! Warning!...

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

There's another joke in there; rhymes with hallow (kinda) but I'm not going there. '......' be his name. OK, I went there, I lied.

Does anyone else question themselves?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Every day, but not all day long.

Which one for you?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I came of age and chose Star Trek. Just so ya know.

I want to meet an educated and classy guy.

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I love it! You're straight to the point. That's refreshing.

Cat upgrades

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

He's shopping at Petsmart!

What are people listening to these days?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Seems like most current music is created and delivered by bands or singers that are 'groomed for consumption'. Think of Taylor Swift (vomit) and boy bands. Oh, and country music especially that red dirt nonsense. It's all formulaic. Just like Sienfeld....

Robots need civil rights, too - The Boston Globe

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

If they have AI then they shall be endowed with artificial rights. I vote NO.

Did anyone watch the season premier of Roseanne last night?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

Not me. It was ho hum the first time around. I can't understand it when these kinds of shows try to remain relevant. Kinda like Star Wars. It should have gone away after the first 3 movie releases. Even The Big Bang Theory has turned to crap. It needs to end instead of withering on the vine. I predict the new Roseanne won't last long.

Eating out alone?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I do it all the time, in fact, twice today already and the special at my favorite cafe tonight is hamburger steak. Not only will I dine alone, I'll sit at the counter! How many counter sitters are there out in A land? That could be a discussion post!

Aw yes, now we know the truth...

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

The Brotherhood of the Criciform Turd are now exposed. They kept pooping a secret for 1000 years and were willing to die to protect it from being revealed or was it reviled?

Do you enjoy nature and watching flowers bloom?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I have a bunch of asparagus crowns that need to be planted.

If you were ever married, did you wear a wedding ring?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I will not be branded in any fashion. I'm not an animal. I'm not to be marked. I'm not for sale. I NEVER wore a wedding ring and NEVER will. I will not get any tats, either. But, being the farmboy and welder, etc., I also had a practical concern.

Do you still have CDs, or is all your music on an MP3 player/cell phone?

farmboy2017 comments on Mar 28, 2018:

I bought a brand new truck a year ago and it came with 3 free months of Sirius XM(??) radio. It was a wonderful 3 month fling with the Black Sabbath Channel!! Man, I loved it!! I didn't renew the subscription, though. Sad...