I was reading a thread on a Christian forum a few minutes ago that debated when, exactly, a couple is married: when they say "I do?" When they sign the legal document? When the pastor pronounces a blessing?

Closing it out, I discovered ladyarkham has been (in my entirely biased opinion) doing a rocking job of arguing for what I think is a sensible view on ( Read more... )

Wait, The Authority crew are going to be part of mainstream DC continuity now?

What?

Also: what?

So the other day, Alli and I got a chance to listen to a splendidly heretical guest sermon by Drew Farley, author of the recent book God Without Religion

( Woo heresy! )

My little sister and her husband are having a kid!

Actually, on the topic of money, if anyone who reads this hasn't been checking out engelhardtlm1's summaries of the book Money, Greed, and God, I recommend doing so. They're a good bite-sized defense of why a Christian might favor capitalism as the best and most compassionate economic option available.

Thirty percent of companies plan to drop health insurance once the new laws are fully in effect. Among companies whom the surveyors considered better informed, that number is (not shockingly) higher, rising to about 50 ( Read more... )

I'm taking another spin at A Game of Thrones, and finding that I like it better this time. I still don't much care for the characters, but I'm more willing to get caught up in the plot.

But ( something does occur to me. )

If you're a student, and want to give your teacher really mixed reactions, try a comment like the following:

"You're a great teacher, despite my grades."

( Politics! )

I spent part of yesterday tucked inside my closet, as there was (apparently) a pretty decent-sized tornado a few miles away. Didn't last long, but a lot of limbs went down in those fifteen minutes ( Read more... )