Every time I approve new friends on Facebook, I end up checking out my own profile for about an hour after. Millions of things go through my head, but mostly, "have I talked smack about anyone/anything they might know or care about?" and "is my profile nerdy enough?" Ultimately, I end up going through all the photos I've posted through the years, ( Read more... )

I am the kind of person who has a favorite documentary. And, it's called "Page One: Inside The New York Times."

Growing up with your mother reading you the newspaper and listening to NPR on the 20 minute commute every morning and evening, it's a kind of cruel fate to want to work in the news and media industry. And so, when something like this comes ( Read more... )

God help me, I actually miss Reno right now ( Read more... )

Faith is one of those tricky things. Either you have it or don’t, or it’s a glass half-filled or half-empty, or it’s another ambiguous euphemism that describes its elusive nature. It’s never been tacked down, at least, not to my satisfaction.

When I was younger, heaven was my back yard. I would tell people that I grew up in Elysium, more accurately ( Read more... )

For a long time now, I have vacillated between the extremes of what I believe.
Like any other human being, I have cherry-picked my Catholic faith to fit my liberal politics; just like conservatives cherry-pick the Old Testament to fit their politics. This is pretty symptomatic of my life in the modern age of only being willing to digest what is ( Read more... )

Apropos of the last post, the most-appropriate thing ever.

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So Christmas Eve Eve is upon us and I'm generally feeling well, which, is a marked improvement from yesterday about this time.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, my mom had a fall and I called the ambulance. The doctor thought she had broken her hip, so she was flown to Rapid City. As it turns out, she did not break her hip (for which I am grateful) ( Read more... )

Today's topic, courtesy of What The Buck.

" ... the Bible was not written with the intention of governing a nation."
Yes, no, maybe so?

Discuss.

Poll Governing a nation

I'm confident that I bitch and moan about this every Christmas and Easter, but it bears repeating until people get the message.

Firstly, where are you heathens the rest of the liturgical year ( Read more... )

Last week, in a full-court press of promotion, Edward James Olmos spoke at the UN about his thoughts on "Battlestar Galactica" as it relates to race here on this planet.

Several friends, over the years, have encouraged me to think outside the terms of race. They've challenged me with the truth that race is a societal boundary and not to think too ( Read more... )