As of 6:00 this afternoon, Emily and I are both officially Unitiarian Universalists! And we have neat pins to prove it!

Also, unrelated, a lovely cover of Still Alive:

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Via Ampersand @ Alas, A Blog, a really lovely video. I am powerless to stop playing it.

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I've tried to separate my livejournal and my political blogging as much as possible, which is why I haven't really posted much political here for a couple of months, thought I've been posting over at Alas, A Blog more regularly.

I did want to make an exception today, though, because this is so important. There are two posts you ought to read on the ( Read more... )

There are a lot of webcomics on the internet.

I know I'm not breaking any ground telling you that.

This being said, I'm still going to recommend one to you all. It's called Bayou, and it's a journey through a darkly magical depression-era south, following the journey of Lee, a young black girl, through the myth and folklore of the era.

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Q: Why didn't you like Transformers, Josh?

A: Because Michael Bay is trying to make all of America hate cinema forever.

Okay, so I don't know who out there is reading Goblins ... I know Jarys is, but whoever else, I'm not sure ... but WOW is the recent stuff with Yala and the ogre good. I never thought that "ohnobadno" could give me a little catch in my throat.

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( I love the mustache )

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A couple of weeks back, I posted an entry linking to an article on The Single Best Working Assumption for Drama-Free Relationships.

Today's article is sort of a corollary piece, talking about racism, politics, the architecture of the human brain, and the stories we invent to explain the behavior of others.

All in all, it's pretty awesome.

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