• Hot Off The Presses - Only in Utah... - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Salt Lake Tribune – Reid proof that good Mormons can also be Democrats

    November 19, 2006 - By 

    Salt Lake Tribune – Reid proof that good Mormons can also be Democrats Sen. Harry Reid's ascension to the top of the U.S. Senate is an unexpected victory for a tiny band of beleaguered Utahns: LDS Democrats. His most vocal critics? Other Mormons. Despite the fact that Reid held weekly Family Home Evenings and sent three sons on two-year missions for the church, and all five of his children were married in LDS temples, some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints question his faith because of his politics. Utah politics defy description for anyone outside the…

  • Episcopal - Uncategorical Weirdness

    State of the Church – New York Times

    November 19, 2006 - By 

    State of the Church – New York Times   Q: You just took office as the first woman to head the Episcopal Church, and curiously enough, you come from a science background, having worked as an oceanographer for years. A: I worked on squids and octopuses Uh, shouldn't that be "octopi?" No matter. I'm glad KJS is getting all the press.   I ran across this at Daily Episcopalian. And no, I don't think she's going to be a "fluffy bunny bishop," either. Thanks, Jake! I knew that photo would come in handy!  [tags]bunny bishops[/tags] 

  • Dear Mom - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Miss You

    November 18, 2006 - By 

    Five months have passed since Mom died, and it's still a struggle sometimes. I mentioned at the time that there were certain emotional landmines to be negotiated in the months and seasons and years to come. The first snow of the season will be any time now, although it probably won't be heavy enough for Mom to have declared that it was "Doughnut Day." In other words, it's almost time to make the doughnuts, but I'm not really set up for that. However, I can provide her recipe for Disappearing Cookies, which I do know how to make, though they…

  • Blogs Wot I Read - The Never-Ending Bloga

    Thanks a lot, ***Dave. Thanks a whole lot

    November 18, 2006 - By 

    I was up far too late last night tinkering with this WordPress beta version of my blog, I admit that. Moments after posting a comment over at DDtB inviting folks over for a preview, I enabled a “Friends” macro to point automatically to his blog. I set it to recognize his nick, ***Dave. Then I changed a couple of style options directly, in the style.php file that my husband David has warned me repeatedly not to mess with. So I wasn’t sure what exactly I had done when I refreshed my screen to see my changes, and POOF!! No blog!…

  • Episcopal - Flickr - Moblog - Parish: Holy Moly (ECUSA) - The Never-Ending Bloga - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Eureka, Flickr Works, ecto works, almost there

    November 16, 2006 - By 

    Now it’s just a question of doing the main cutover from Movable Type to WordPress. Why? Because I was getting spam-hammered on my Holy Moly website, and MT just couldn’t deal with it, let alone get rid of it very well. I wasn’t getting as much here, but that’s because my installation here was newer and slightly more robust in the anti-spam arsenal. According to my husband David, WP is about impervious, and this particular theme, Tiga, is gravatar-ready. Soon enough, I’ll add in some dazzle via a plugin or three and fix up the header. The photo shows our…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Joe Wilson: Lying Sons of Bitches

    October 16, 2006 - By 

    The Blog | Joseph C. Wilson: People for the American Way Address | The Huffington Post This is still a nation where a citizen can get up every morning and shout at the top of his lungs that the President, Vice President, Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State are lying sons of bitches, and survive to see the sun go down. I know. I do it most days. Don’t take my word for it. Ask Valerie. Wilson’s speech to the People for the American Way is worth a read, and a ponder.