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Yay! for Ben and Jerry's!
To celebrate the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Vermont, they've renamed their Tubby Hubby ice-cream in their Vermont stores for the month of September.
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Oh, and
I've made a few errors in the transcription, which I can't correct because you can only transcribe someone else's voice post once, I've discovered. So if anyone else would like to tidy it up I'd appreciate it. -
Bookczuk
For those who are on Bookczuk's friends list, you'll probably have heard her voice post by now.
If you haven't, or if you're not on her list, I'll just let you know that two close members of her family are very much in need of prayers and vibes - whatever you can send.
I've created a candle group at Gratefulness.org for those who want to light a ( Read more... ) -
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Open mic went really well, tired, a Bit tipsy. Going to bed, will updare tomorrow. -
This be the verse...
The best of me is a bestiary
You say ‘beast’ like it’s a bad thing,
An epithet for screaming headlines:
“Beast Attacks Women”, “Cage These Beasts Now”.
But I celebrate the beast in me -
The best of me is a bestiary.
I celebrate the boneless cat-stretch, unashamed and sensual -
Stroke me right and I purr.
I celebrate the magpie lust for glitter
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I have butterflies in my stomach
I am going to my first poetry open mic evening in about 7 hours. I am intending (if my bottle doesn't go) to read a newly-written poem, plus an older one if I have time.
And I'm beginning to think "Why the **** did I say I'd do this?"
Confident performance vibes would be much appreciated. -
The Queen of Beads and Bubble-blowing
The queen of beads and blowing bubbles
Stands in St Anne's Square sharing her shiny spheres;
In her jackets and jewels of purple splendour
She blows light airy bubbles that banish tears.
Yet I know fragments and elements of her life,
The findings that led only to pains and losses,
broken and lost beads,
The illnesses, the unkindnesses, the polluted ( Read more... ) -
I like this so I'll steal it.
'Suffering for your beliefs is called "principle". Making other people suffer because of your beliefs is called "being a jerk"'
(Seen in a comment in 'Ship of Fools' in this thread)
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