To quote a friend's .sig file

[prog]

"Good job everybody."

Also:

• Is this the first time a sitting U.S. president gave a shout-out to nonreligious Americans in a major speech? (He used the word 'non-believers', which I also approve of.)

• I was glad that there didn't seem to be much chanting after his speech. The time for that stuff is done; now is the time to get to work.

Comments

[prog.livejournal.com]

I find a lot of people having this reaction to "atheist", too.

Many years ago I called myself "agnostic", but lots of people take this as meaning "just not sure" or "questioning", which doesn't fit me either.

[ahkond.livejournal.com]

Luckily for me I rarely find myself on the spot to pick an adjective. I can't remember the last time anybody put me on the spot with a "what are you, anyway" question. At a family gathering I might explain that I wasn't with my folks at a particular church service because "I don't go to church", that's all. I don't get asked "well what are you, then" much, if at all.

[rserocki.livejournal.com]

Maybe I should try that. Some Jehovah Witnesses came to my door once and when they went away, my upstairs neighbor asked who they were, I told her, she asked if I were a J.W. and I said no, but that wasn't enough for her. She said, "What are you?"