Normally our building doesn’t display a flag in the lobby. Only at patriotic holidays and the anniversary of the attacks, until now that is. I suppose May Day will take on a new significance and maybe a new name next year. Via: Flickr Title: Lobby Flag By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 3 May ’11, 6.53am CDT
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Spotted this morning: bet this guy buys a new "Gotcha, Bin Laden" sticker soon. Via: Flickr Title: Faded Colors By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 2 May ’11, 1.12am CDT
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.@RepJoeWalsh "The Obamacare?" Do you mean the Affordable Care Act? Calling it "The Obamacare" makes you sound uneducated. # Melissa Bean was a tool of the insurance companies, so in her place we got @RepJoeWalsh and this is better how? We trade a Blue Dog for? # Good morning @nprmonkeysee ! You might enjoy reading @Anniemole and her excellent Going Underground blog. PS are you having TAR flashbacks? # Jet lag can be fun. I once wandered around Whitehall and the Dean's Yard, which is tucked behind the Abbey, at 530am. # That charming garden court tucked behind the Crowne…
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500 Internal Server Error 500 Internal Server Error Hullabaloo more Alan Simpson AMERICAblog Gay: Former Republican Sen. Simpson calls out Republicans for homophobia Where is the next Teddy Roosevelt Now That Obama Has Produced His Birth Certificate, Time For Right-Wingers To Get Out Their Checkbooks « Alan Colmes’ Liberaland 500 Internal Server Error 500 Internal Server Error
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My friend Pfalz Prophets has been blogging a bit lately on human rights issues for GLTB persons, and this post does not deserve to be notoriously ignored. Disclaimer: I have sung in church with PP, and attest to his musicianship and scholarly chops. I discovered a new hate group the other day, the National Organization for Marriage, thanks to my signing up with the Southern Poverty Law Center. Maggie Gallagher, the chairman of the group, issued a standard press release, to which I responded with this e-mail:”It has come to my attention that you are conducting a nationwide campaign opposing…
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RT @StNickEpiscopal "Palm Sunday weather report: might process outside today, in spite of yesterday's snow flurries!…" Wear wool socks! # RT @StNickEpiscopal "Check St Nick's website for Holy Week service times: http://www.stnicholasepiscopal.org" All are welcome! # .@OTOOLEFAN That was fun, yes. Seems like Breitbart turned apopurplectic at the Madison rally Saturday, too. #Pleasantville # .@lutheranish I so agree. @RepJoeWalsh doesnt represent my interests and Im embarassed my district elected a Tea Party nut. # RT @Suntimes "BREAKING: Rahm Emanuel picks Forrest Claypool to head CTA http://suntm.es/dOQzY4" This actually sounds like a good idea. # Although I'm not a fan of…
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Who has time to blog? Not me, apparently. I think about potential blog posts all the time, but never at a time when I am both connected to the Internet and able to use it (two very different things, especially given my office’s policies). On the weekends, for months now, I’ve been shirking. Well, ya basta. I’m constantly reading news and blog posts about politics, and shaking my head with dismay at the sheer… blind arrogance exhibited by many Big Name Pundits on both sides. Truth be told, the folks on the conservative side, with a few shining exceptions, all…
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I was at home Friday, having planned ahead for once and asked for the day off for what is typically an extremely slow day. I sang at the Maundy Thursday service, all went very well and it was very moving. I was disappointed that I blew the attack on the first “big” piece that we’ve been working on for months; when it came down to it, I pretty much funked the pitch for some reason, even though I’ve had no problems with it up to now. We’ve got a good choir, and a good choir mistress, although she gets a…
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As I was battling through hail and rain to get to Holy Moly last night for Good Friday services, I found myself in the middle of a column of highly decorated classic Mini-Coopers, all about half the height of my own car and mighty cute. We all drove along Arlington Heights Road in a pounding rainstorm, and then we all turned left at Landmeier Rd, which is an obscure but wide arterial road that doodles around in the back of Elk Grove Village in an area that’s partly residential, partly a confusing wasteland of commercial business parks and mostly-abandoned rail…