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May 2006
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What Peacebang said
05.17.06 | Permalink | 3 CommentsOn a discussion at UU Enforcer a bit back, Peacebang had the following to say re: UUs hiring Boomers over GenXers. My congregation is in the early stages of a search process so that discussion and Peacebang’s comments are especially pertinent right now. I’m guessing from the context that Peacebang counts herself among the Boomer […]
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bible, genesis, slate.com
Rape, circumcision, massacre
Slate.com editor David Plotz is blogging the Bible. A “lax but well-educated Jew,” Plotz is reading Genesis himself for the first time, without the filter of rabbis or commentary. No more watered down Sunday School versions for him. He starts with the rape of Jacob’s daughter and the resulting massacre of a town by his […]
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astronomy, planets
Earth is so tiny!
05.16.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Earth is so tiny!Someone won the fifth grade science fair. A cool representation of the relative sizes of the planets. Earth hardly shows up at all next to the sun. (Hat tip.)
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depression
The first thing that goes is people
05.07.06 | Permalink | 13 CommentsSome new friends have been getting on to me lately about being a closed book. So here it goes. I’ve mentioned here before that I have depression. I have had it for years now. Depression doesn’t have the stigma it had when I was first diagnosed. People understand now that it’s a disease but not […]
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cinco-de-mayo, immigration, mexicans, mexico
Cinco de Mayo tonight?
05.05.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Cinco de Mayo tonight?If you’re worried about immigrants taking ‘merican jobs and all that, we’d all appreciate it if you’d stay home tonight and knit. The rest of us want a seat at the bar.
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More good Colbert thoughts
05.03.06 | Permalink | 4 CommentsFrom here: I can only guess why so few (in the front tables) at the Correspondence Dinner did not laugh. For myself, I can only offer the following of why I did not laugh at Stephen Colbert as I watched his presentation. One does not laugh when they are stunned and their jaw is dropped. […]
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