Last year I was invited to speak at several national conferences, but could not attend a single one because I was deployed. I gave this speech in Fort Lauderdale Florida last month, at the FLASH / American Atheists regional meetup. It was my first official public speaking engagement.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/9ryGnr7nKtY?

I had to follow a pretty awesome talk from my boss, Dave Silverman. To my relief, there was plenty of applause and laughter in all the right places.

A fellow foxhole atheist – whom I had not previously met – recorded this and I really appreciate all of his hard work here. I know it’s long, but please give it a shot – and let me know what you thought.

Unless you live in Dallas. Because I’ll be speaking to the Fellowship of Freethought in Dallas on Sunday, January 15th – no spoilers!