Remember when I posted about maybe going to ASA?

On the phone yesterday, Ari asked about it, and I said I wasn't feeling so sure anymore.

For reasons I won't bore you with, we ended up looking at the Call To Action conference (not going) and the AAR (Academy of Religion) Annual MeetingWhereas the ASA session descriptions are SO academic as to ( Read more... )

Sat. Dec. 1, 2012As I was putting flannel sheets on my bed this morning, I remembered Michael saying yesterday that next week is predicted to be in the 50sF. On the other hand, we got a light coating of snow last night -- and there were flurries again this morning ( Read more... )

A couple hours into bff phonecall today, I was thinking, "We were in the middle of talking when my phone died 6 hours in last week, but we've had lots of silences during phonecall thus far today -- maybe we wanna wrap soon ( Read more... )

bff phonecall

I keep telling people that Baptism is this big deal commitment I'm not ready to make (and likely never will be). But Confirmation sounds like you get this great gift! (Things one learns on Wikipedia ( Read more... )

I woke up at like 6am this morning and got to go back to sleep :D I got up around 9 and had a leisurely morning ( Read more... )

I has a bonus surprise hysterectomy best friend -- as her flight home tonight was canceled. Taking tomorrow off from work is not happening [for me], but we'll have evening time.

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"Joy Sadhana is a daily practice in the observation of joy."
-mylittleredgirl [ more info]
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm supposed to say something about my best friend, on account of it being her birthday and our friendship anniversary ( Read more... )

So, some zebras got loose at the Franklin Park Zoo today.  (I heard about this first because my housemate follows @Occupy_Boston.  Yes, seriously.)

Gawker mentioned that zebras' favorite food is human meat.  Cite your sources, yo.  (Unsurprisingly, Wikipedia does not support this assertion.)Zebroid is the generic name for all zebra hybrids. The ( Read more... )

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Conversation trajectory:

I tell Ari about how "Jesus is the Reason for the Season" talk Singspiration last night made me cranky because "traditional" Christmas is an invention (see for example, Christmas Unwrapped). In rehearsing the invention of "traditional" Christmas, including the evolution of Santa Claus, I say something like, "Okay yes, ( Read more... )