For those who do not yet believe in climate change, here's a short article about scientists who don't believe in it (and those that do).

If you believe in climate change, what are you doing?

Last week my county made new laws to help make buildings more environment-friendly, but it can't be done by laws alone. There are things we can do.

Electricity is ( Read more... )

I saw a wonderful movie tonight, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" about a young man in India who starts a retirement home luring people who are disappointed and/or in their retirement. I won't tell you what happens in case you want to see it, but I have to share this quote ( Read more... )

Stephen Colbert reported tonight that Billy Graham has Unitarians on a list of cults. I know Unitarian Universalism is too long to say (or list), just like The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which is the official name of Mormons (now Unitarian Universalism doesn't sound so long, does it?). We do shorten it ourselves, though, to UU.

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We celebrated Dia de los Muertos at my church today - a remembering of family members who've died. We're a wonderful multicultural congregation.

Later I saw this video which has a connection through race understanding and read the description:

There will come a day that all things made unequal will again become balanced. Don't you hear our ancestors ( Read more... )

I live in a state with a lot of churches and other religious organizations, but non-religious or non-church-going people are the biggest growing population. There are many reasons that I understand. People can go to a karaoke bar instead of singing at church, but is that intergenerational (are children allowed)? Spirituality is not something you ( Read more... )

"Partners," which premiered tonight, did not get good reviews. But I couldn't even watch it after the first few minutes as it started by showing a cast of 4 white people. And then there was a Latina character who talked in an old-fashioned stereotypical way. I'm so tired of that stuff. When will Hollywood stop all that whiteness?

"Star Trek" was a ( Read more... )

Family, friends and thoughtful acquaintances, This is a "pay it forward" kind of situation if anyone has ever done a goodness to you without expectation of return. And if they haven't, you could get it started & some people believe that it will come back. As Melvina Reynolds sang, "Love is something if you give it away, you end up getting more."

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I've been posting on Facebook more than my blog, but this is worth posting twice (at least). From Obama's acceptance speech (video | transcript):
I'm hopeful because of you.

The young woman I met at a science fair who won national recognition for her biology research while living with her family at a homeless shelter - she gives me hope.

The auto ( Read more... )

I saw this on HBO, but seeing it again in Daily Kos makes me want to save it here so I can look back at it and refer to it if it comes up.


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My son posted some articles on Facebook & we got in this conversation. We've both been election judges and we know that voter fraud is a hoax. It's not really in the main media and the idea needs to be spread, though there are lots of articles one can link to which will help spread this message. Having voter IDs makes voting harder & ( Read more... )