‘Tis the season between Xmess and New Blears when the tough go shopping and the rest of us sit on the couch and groan about all the holiday binge eating they shouldn’t have done. It’s also that special time of the year when grousing endlessly about missing packages and tracking numbers that don’t track reaches [...]
I am childfree. My husband is childfree. A lot of parents seem to be confused about what it is to be childfree, since they are not and they can’t conceive (heh) of anyone who would want to be like that. So I”ll try to explain how I see it. I don’t care for most kids, [...]
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Realm of Redheads GOD, I wish I’d had this T-shirt 30 years ago. And most of the others, too. If I had a nickel for every time I was singled out and ridiculed for the color of my hair, I’d be richer than Bill. And for the record, I qualify for the “100% Genuine Authentic, [...]
Metromix.com: Movie review: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ Last night the dream of a lifetime’s reading came true; the full Lord of the Rings trilogy was gloriously realized on film, and I saw it at last. When the project was first announced years ago, I thought “Right, we’ll see, there’ve [...]
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“What has made Illinois so unique in its political history is not just the scandals and corruption but the people’s willingness to accept it,” said State Historian Thomas Schwartz. “Illinois has never had a very refined approach to politics, and, as a result, our political culture has always taken scandals in stride.” Chicago Tribune | [...]
“Difficult beauty” indeed It’s nice to wander around and see what other Episcopal churches and organizations in the area are doing… not necessarily to see how my parish compares, exactly. We have our own unique problems. Like ducks on the roof and not enough bottoms on the seats.
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Note to self – need tenor for choir, which currently consists of several ladies of a certain vintage (self included) and one ineffable bass who keeps Pep-o-mint Life Savers in his engineer boots (and clips his nails in church, alas). Tenors need apply. Off to choir practice, don’t wait up.
No, this isn’t about vampires. Or people who swipe cool stuff from other blogs. I just wanted to be clear about that. Turns out “blogula” isn’t that original a word, according to Google. Although when I checked just now, I found that among other things, “Tabula Rasa” is a mailing list devoted to Spike, the [...]
Salt This blog I gotta read from the beginning. And it references Landover Baptist and Ship of Fools, too. Bliss. Just so we’re all in the clear, I’m a high church liberal Episcopalian. What’s all this fuss about gay bishops? We’ve had them before, we’re just being more honest about it than the rest of [...]
Right. There is no (or very little) shame here. So the photo album for some of our recent trips is available for viewing.
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