Thursday, December 08, 2005
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Newsday.com: Former Catholic altar boy attends Episcopal services
Note: Matthew Broderick's sister is rector of an Episcopal parish in New Jersey.
Monday, November 28, 2005
Church Ad Project | Advertising Tools for Powerful Evangelism
Choice 2: Welcomes you no matter how many times you've been born
Church Ad Project | Advertising Tools for Powerful Evangelism
Choice 1: What other meal can sustain you for a week?
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Suburban Life - Hanover Park church takes part in nationwide paper drive
St C got press? For recycling? I didn't know they even had the ability to recycle...
Friday, November 11, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
Friday, November 04, 2005
Salt Lake Tribune Advocates Kinky Phone Sex!!!1!
Check out the graphic from the bottom of this article about Salt Lake singles who can't find people to date.
It's a pink phone handset with a blue phone handset, reversed so that the earpiece of one is at the receiver of the other. The blue one is on top of the pink one.
damn if it doesn't look like the Trib advocates kinky phone sex, though how you'd do that position while talking on the phone is beyond me.
Basic Rights Oregon - gay rights, civil rights, gay marriage, lesbian, glbt: A Message From BRO Executive Director Roey Thorpe
And the Tighty Righties say they don't like activist judges? What about the ones that rule their way?
Thursday, November 03, 2005
NPR : A Former President Warns of 'Endangered Values'
Jimmy Carter's interview with Terry Gross on Fresh Air, with an excerpt from his new book.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Mouse Words: Thoughts on being called a "tomboy"
Very insightful post, with some great comments, and the inevitable "great blog! Penis enlargement" comments at the end. Irony is funny.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Values, vision and the via media conference
for possible Holy Innocents post - sermon topic from Oct 30
Monday, October 24, 2005
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Chicago Tribune | Former knights take fight to court
Medieval Times gets sued by two former knights for being fired after they filed workers comp suits.
Ironically, MT is fighting back with a firm of legal knights of its own.
Ironically, MT is fighting back with a firm of legal knights of its own.
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Monday, September 19, 2005
The Raw Story | FEMA, La. outsource Katrina body count to firm implicated in body-dumping scandals
A Bush Pere' crony's subsidiary stands to make a little money from Katrina. Bring out your dead!
Sunday, September 18, 2005
FEMA: National Situation Update: Saturday, September 10, 2005
Last in a series of strangely passionate essays that are part of FEMA's official daily emergency managers' bulletin.
Buried in there somewhere over the previous 7-10 days are a few tidbits, like no mention of the convention center at all, then suddenly there are thousands dutifully lining up for food, water and evac buses. The "gagging stench" is mentioned, though.
Buried in there somewhere over the previous 7-10 days are a few tidbits, like no mention of the convention center at all, then suddenly there are thousands dutifully lining up for food, water and evac buses. The "gagging stench" is mentioned, though.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
The Seattle Times: Local News: National parks' woes detailed at Bellevue hearing
Shocking lack of support for National Parks. Not surprising, really, from the administration that wants to use all the resources.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Monday, September 05, 2005
Friday, September 02, 2005
Looking ahead: The Parable of the Talents
Proper 28 The Sunday closest to November 16, BCP
Jesus said, "For it is as if a man, going on a journey, summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them; to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. After a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them. Then the one who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five more talents, saying, `Master, you handed over to me five talents; see, I have made five more talents.' His master said to him, `Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' And the one with the two talents also came forward, saying, `Master, you handed over to me two talents; see, I have made two more talents.' His master said to him, `Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, `Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.' But his master replied, `You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away."
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Comfort-Zoned - Newsweek Politics - MSNBC.com
Bush wasn’t looking for laughs when he focused on Idaho as a travel destination. Idaho has sent more National Guardsmen to Iraq than any other state; it is also one of the most reliably red regions in the country. With his mountain bike safely aboard Air Force One, Bush could leave Texas and still feel secure. It’s the nature of this brash and impetuous president that when it comes to words, he’s a big shot, but he ducks any situation where he might have to face anyone hostile to him or his policies. In Idaho, Bush could head straight to his comfort zone, an audience of rock-solid Republicans with potential dissenters screened out. This is a president who has refused to reach out to opponents in any way, and he’s paying a political price for it.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Monday, August 22, 2005
Chaise Longue: No one's perfect, but I could always improve...
This could have been me at 18, except for having good grades, a boyfriend, and friends that told me that I was attractive. My mom tried to tell me I was a "pretty girl," and this always made me absolutely furious, because I assumed she was lying just to make me feel better about myself.
30 years of self-loathing takes its toll.
30 years of self-loathing takes its toll.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Chicago Tribune | Did fiery essay get author fired?
"Allstate fired Barber three days later, setting off a dispute that shows signs of becoming the next legal cause celebre among religious conservatives. As the issue becomes a growing rallying point among conservatives, Christian groups have protested Barber's fate on Web sites and in newsletters, generating what they said are more than 240,000 e-mails and an unknown number of phone calls to Allstate.
Barber filed a lawsuit in May in federal court in Chicago alleging that Allstate's action constituted discrimination on the basis of religion, a novel argument, some legal experts said.
He is represented by David Gibbs III of the Florida-based Christian Law Association, which represented Terri Schiavo's parents in their high-profile efforts to prevent her feeding tube from being removed."
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Monday, August 15, 2005
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Friday, August 12, 2005
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
England Trip: Cotswolds Info
Cotswolds Tour Travel Guide Useful Tourist Information
The Cotswold Way
Scots-American Travel Advisors (Irish ferries)
Sherpa Van (baggage transfer and accomodations booking)
The Cotswold Way
Scots-American Travel Advisors (Irish ferries)
Sherpa Van (baggage transfer and accomodations booking)
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Monday, July 11, 2005
Car Show Publicity: Daily Herald Time Out!
The disappointing turnout for the car show was probably due to the heat: I'm gathering mentions that made it into local papers.
Daily Herald | Search
Daily Herald | Search
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Only a few rabid Highlander fans...
will find the joke about Mustelidae funny at Get Fuzzy's recent Sunday strip. We have this thing for weasels, stoats, ermine, and polecats, so otter jokes is fair game, says I.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Monday, May 16, 2005
Friday, May 13, 2005
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Sunday, May 01, 2005
Chicago Public Radio - Re:sound 1MAY need Shoah episode
Need to go back and get episode when 1MAY Shoah recording available, especially for the story of Bozeman MT 1994, when everyone in town started displaying menorahs in their windows after a couple of incidents of anti-Semitic vandalism against Jewish homes displaying menorahs.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Top Ten Reason To Love Being Episcopalian
10. Anglican Aerobics are good for you .... sit-stand-kneel, sit-stand-kneel, sit-stand-kneel .
9. We get to drink real wine at church .... even on Sunday.
8. Not only can Episcopal women wear pants ... they can be Deacons, Priests and Bishops.
7. We "proselytize" by serving our fellow man,not by assaulting him on the street corner and telling him that he is bound for hell.
6. You don't need a life guard on duty to be baptized ... a small measuring cup will do.*
5. Our Bishops are real people ... they will sit on the ground and play "duck-duck-goose" with the kids at camp. (Diocese of Central PA)
4. We ""respect the dignity of ALL human beings" be they black, white, gay, or straight.
3. Our National Cathedral has a very cool Darth Vader gargoyle .
2. There has never been an "Episcopal Inquisition" .... God gave you a brain - we encourage you to use it .
1. Scripture ... Tradition ... and .... REASON !!!! Need I say more ?? - via Momus Operandi
*Note - this joke won't go over as well at St Nicholas, Elk Grove... they've got a baptismal pool that's about calf-deep.
Monday, April 25, 2005
Friday, April 22, 2005
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Monday, April 18, 2005
This could open up a can of worms
Lost Gospels? Ooh, the conspiracy theorists are salivating already.
Friday, April 15, 2005
BBC NEWS | Technology | Bogus blogs snare fresh victims
Okay, this is not a fake weblog. Just so you know.
Friday, April 08, 2005
Thursday, April 07, 2005
Better Nutrition: Get down: 68 natural ways to lower blood pressure
Some of this stuff, I can actually do. I need to cut out caffeine, sodas, sodium, and high-fat dairy though, and eat more fruits and vegetables.
And I need to walk or exercise.
And I need to get more sleep (melatonin!)
And I need to walk or exercise.
And I need to get more sleep (melatonin!)
BBC NEWS | Americas | Republican 'paid family $500,000'
Tom DeLay: everyone but the Republican Right knows he's corrupt.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Shere Hite and tomboys
I also had that brief, shining clarity of self as a gully-rambling, creek-wading, bug-watching tomboy.
Plus, I was an Indian, never a cowboy.
Plus, I was an Indian, never a cowboy.
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Yahoo! News - "Father Ted" bookies long-shot to be new Pope
Hee! Not the Father Ted I was expecting. Must pass that along.
The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: An Academic Question
Paul Krugman wonders why so few profs are social conservatives.
Could be that profs are almost universally people who think for a living. Professional thinkers thus are more likely to see the fallacies?
Could be that profs are almost universally people who think for a living. Professional thinkers thus are more likely to see the fallacies?
Monday, April 04, 2005
Friday, April 01, 2005
Suspiciously Familiar
When Keith Thomson took a job as an ad-agency copywriting trainee at the age of 22, he wasn't exactly a naif. But he didn't expect that his two male supervisors would concoct a casting call for a bogus pantyhose manufacturer and proceed to test more than the acting abilities of the fashion models who responded.
Even as Thomson's illusions about suave and polished ad executives were dashed, so was his expectation that work would be a conventional meritocracy. "There is a meritocracy, but the merits are much different than you assume: sleeping your way to the top, playing golf with the right guy or drinking yourself silly in a barroom," says Thomson, who has just published his first novel. "You're looking for people to be your idols and mentors," he adds, but "one after another you realize there aren't any perfect people at work."
that was TOTALLY a Rance story! Sent to me complements of The Bard Sinister.
Adventures of Sir SniffaLot
Huzzah! That rogue Nelson has a soft spot - and not in his head, neither. It appears we're in for a truly shaggy dog story today (of all days)
SPLICEDwire: "Down Periscope" review
Rework a "bad movie review" to show that this movie is funnier than they give credit for, and in light of terrorist attacks, actually the premise is not as flimsy as this reviewer thinks.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Governor Ahnuld Reverses Parole of Convicted Murderer/Episcopal Deacon
Other Holy Innocents churches in the news:
Bishop rips governor over parole reversal / Murderer has been ordained as an Episcopal deacon: "During his years in prison, Tramel earned a business degree and a master's degree in theology from Berkeley's Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the Episcopal seminary. He worked in a number of prison programs, including church ministry, and 'has been seen as a genuinely good man,'' said Nancy Van Couvering, the psychologist who evaluated Tramel for the parole board.
Tramel's parole plan called for him to live at the Episcopal seminary in Berkeley and work fulltime at Holy Innocents Church in San Francisco's Noe Valley. He also would do other work for the diocese and the seminary. "
Bishop rips governor over parole reversal / Murderer has been ordained as an Episcopal deacon: "During his years in prison, Tramel earned a business degree and a master's degree in theology from Berkeley's Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the Episcopal seminary. He worked in a number of prison programs, including church ministry, and 'has been seen as a genuinely good man,'' said Nancy Van Couvering, the psychologist who evaluated Tramel for the parole board.
Tramel's parole plan called for him to live at the Episcopal seminary in Berkeley and work fulltime at Holy Innocents Church in San Francisco's Noe Valley. He also would do other work for the diocese and the seminary. "
Monday, March 21, 2005
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
serious studies and interviews in Highlander fan culture
Private Uses of Cyberspace: Women, Desire, and Fan Culture
Highlander Reunion Convention 2001 - Cinescape wHOAH! Old, but photos of all my buddies!
Highlander Reunion Convention 2001 - Cinescape wHOAH! Old, but photos of all my buddies!
Sunday, March 13, 2005
Saturday, March 05, 2005
SRJC uproar over Republican protest
More campus hijinks from those merry pranksters, the College Republicans: Red stars on faculty office doors.
It's all to easy to compare them to the Hitler Youth, but more like the Aryan frat-boy version that provided the bad-guy funny in "Animal House" than the real thing.
It's all to easy to compare them to the Hitler Youth, but more like the Aryan frat-boy version that provided the bad-guy funny in "Animal House" than the real thing.
CNN's Woodruff corrected Novak's Dean misquote ... [Media Matters for America]
Another reminder from Air America Radio to check Media Matters more frequently. They keep catching the Rethugs in fibs, misquotes, and flat out lies.
The Nation | Article | Our Godless Constitution | Brooke Allen
It is hard to believe that George Bush has ever read the works of George Orwell, but he seems, somehow, to have grasped a few Orwellian precepts. The lesson the President has learned best--and certainly the one that has been the most useful to him--is the axiom that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. One of his Administration's current favorites is the whopper about America having been founded on Christian principles. Our nation was founded not on Christian principles but on Enlightenment ones. God only entered the picture as a very minor player, and Jesus Christ was conspicuously absent.
Our Constitution makes no mention whatever of God. The omission was too obvious to have been anything but deliberate, in spite of Alexander Hamilton's flippant responses when asked about it: According to one account, he said that the new nation was not in need of "foreign aid"; according to another, he simply said "we forgot." But as Hamilton's biographer Ron Chernow points out, Hamilton never forgot anything important.
Excellent article. Unfortunately, John Adams was right - he calls it "Superstition in Religion exciting Superstition in Polliticks."
More and more, I'm convinced that our generations are remarkably dumber than the Founding Fathers could ever have imagined.
Monday, January 24, 2005
AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: God On Their Side
AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: God On Their Side
The Religious Voice for Liberalism
"Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid: Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit. ..." The murmured words come from the first few pews of St. John's Episcopal Church, absorbed by the dark wood and vaulted ceiling. Founded in 1841, this proud redbrick church stands on the south side of St. Louis, blending with turn-of-the-century homes in varying states of decay or renovation. Last year, about 15 parishioners worshipped here regularly, and they ran the gamut, from a lesbian university professor to a male attorney grumpy about inclusive language. They shared only one passion: keeping St. John's open. And their loyalty caught the attention of the bishop, who funded a full-time priest in an urban experiment to see if St. John's can become self-sustaining again.
The new pastor, Rev. Teresa Mithen, cheerfully admits that she can't prove God exists. She is here because this is where she experiences God: in community. For traditionalists in the congregation, she leads an 8 a.m. Sunday service in the Elizabethan language of Rite I. At 10 a.m, she switches to Rite II in the Book of Common Prayer, supplementing with prayers in which God is as likely to be Mother as Father.
If someone asked where the religious voice for liberalism is – where are the clergy with theological grounds for supporting Kerry – Mithen would raise her hand. But she belongs to the ACLU and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, and when she stuck a campaign bumper sticker on her car, she immediately stopped parking it near the church doors. She doesn't want to tell people how to vote, any more than she wants to become a "McChurch offering a weekly Happy Meal" just to increase numbers.
"I don't care about the perpetuation of a human institution," she says bluntly. "I care about the body of Christ. If that means the Episcopal church is eventually a totally voluntary church, fine. That's how the early church was."
The Daily Northwestern - Winter shelters scarce in city
The Daily Northwestern - Winter shelters scarce in city: "Hilda's Place, like many suburban shelters, is inundated in the winter months due to the migration of homeless people from the larger Chicago shelters.
The number of people trying to get into Hilda's Place increases by 20 percent from the summer months, said Dean Miller, the shelter's coordinator and case manager.
'In the winter months, people in the city feel they will be safer and will find a spot if they move into the suburbs,' Miller said.
Hilda's Place, 1458 Chicago Ave., is Evanston's only year-round shelter for the homeless. Last year, the shelter provided 12,166 nights of shelter to 228 homeless people, according to Connections for the Homeless, a social service agency that runs the shelter.
'Unfortunately, we're one of the few shelters,' he said. 'We're almost always full and people always wanted to get in.'
Some homeless people are refused a bed due to space limitations. Bell said he typically goes to a bookstore or the library until closing time. Then, while Hughes is in the shelter, he sleeps at an outdoor 'camp.'
'The other day, my sleeping bag completely froze over,' Bell said.
Connections for the Homeless provides transitional shelter and support for homeless families through its Family Housing Services. It runs EntryPoint, a street outreach program that links the homeless with shelters and services. Other organizations provide job search assistance to the homeless.
The Hospitality Center, located in St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 1509 Ridge Ave., provides career counselors and use of a phone and fax machine. Open from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. each morning, the center also provides hygiene products.
The center is part of the Evanston Ecumenical Action Council, an organization that focuses on the hungry and the homeless. Fifty-two Evanston churches associated with the council run soup kitchens each night of the week on different days. The churches also provide warming centers from November through March, which serve an average of 40 people a day, according to Susan Murphy, the council's administrative director."
Monday, January 17, 2005
ginmar: sigh
I'll try to blog more on this on the main main blog, because it turns out I've been reading one of ginmar's commenters (trollprincess) on my Amazing Race feed.
And TP used that photo of the two older ladies getting married that I used last year. Aww!
And TP used that photo of the two older ladies getting married that I used last year. Aww!
Friday, January 14, 2005
Chicago Tribune | The Jacko follies
Chicago Tribune | The Jacko follies:
See also "Fargate Fans"
"JUDGE NOT: Sorry to bludgeon you with yet another 'Amazing Race' item, but I just have to. According to Andy Dehnart's RealityBlurred.com site, CBS sent out a letter to a disgruntled 'TAR' viewer who'd complained about the behavior of Jonathan Baker toward his wife (shoving, screaming, etc.). According to the CBS e-mail, 'neither CBS nor the producers of the program judge the behavior or offer opinions about the relationships of the participants.'
As Dehnart points out, 'expelled `Big Brother' contestants Justin Sebik and Scott Weintraub [who were dismissed from the CBS show due to physically intimidating behavior] would probably disagree.'"
See also "Fargate Fans"
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
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