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Eleventh month, eleventh day

Posted in Christianity, Society, Wheel of the Year, tagged , , , , on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t really have a personal connection with Veterans’ Day.  One of the many variable and uncertain stories of my father’s life was whether he had fought in the Second World War; he was of an age to do so, but sometimes he said he hadn’t, and sometimes he said he had.  I’m not sure [...]

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“What do you think I voted for at Omaha Beach?”

Posted in Politics, Society, Videos, tagged , , , , , on October 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »

One WW2 veteran’s views on equality in marriage and other contexts:

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RIP, Dr. George Tiller

Posted in Buddhism, Politics, Society, tagged , , , , on June 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »

If I should become pregnant, I would have an abortion. I had my share of parenthood helping to raise my stepdaughter; that’s as much motherhood as I need, want, and can handle. I don’t think abortion is ever a Good Thing, but sometimes it is the Only Right Thing, and therefore it should be legal, [...]

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So disgusted I don’t have a clever title

Posted in Hard and Soft Sciences, Links, Society, tagged , , , , on May 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Merck Pharmaceuticals created a phony peer-reviewed journal to tout one of its own products.
Thanks to Content Love for the link.

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“They want us to do ‘A-Train’ again”

Posted in Links, Music and Musicians, Society, tagged , , on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

New Yorkers celebrate the centennial of Duke Ellington by way of his most famous tune.

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Two links regarding #amazonfail

Posted in Society, tagged , on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Nancy Johnston, who blogs for my local paper, tells us what she learned from AmazonFail.
Neil Gaiman recommended this analysis via Twitter.

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What she said. *points to Havi*

Posted in Society, tagged , , on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I can’t make a better statement on AmazonFail than Havi does here. Go read her. Oh, and she has a duck, too.

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In which I attempt to say something meaningful about RaceFail ‘09

Posted in Politics, Society, tagged , , on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Somewhat reluctantly, I’ve been paying increasing attention to the explosion of discussion, hostility, critique, bad behavior, and just plain wank that is RaceFail ‘09.
What is this RaceFail of which I speak? I refer you to two excellent oracles: This initial summary by Anne Somerville, and continuing updates by Rydra Wong, Archivist of the Revolution.
The [...]

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I liked this poem better than the official one

Posted in Poetry, Society, tagged , , , , on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Velveteen Rabbi gave us a marvelous poem for the Inauguration. I confess to a weakness for Antarctic explorer metaphors.
As this cold day dawns you stand at the prow
gazing over the ice. It creaks and groans
but your sixth sense will tell us where the floes
will let us through. Terra incognita awaits
and bright sundogs gamboling [...]

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A vaguely political passing thought…

Posted in Society, tagged , , , , on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I do most certainly approve of a holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.  It’s a tribute to the whole Civil Rights Movement as well as to a noble individual.  However–

I think it should be on April 4th, the day of his assassination, of his martyrdom, really, for what he believed was the will of God–equality [...]

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