There's gonna be a rant here. Y'all should rather familiar with my (lack of) religious leanings by now, so fair warning. And some clarity: to my Christian friends... I love y'all and think that y'all tend to be rather awesome (your my friend - how could you not be?! *grin*). But sometimes things come across my feed and I feel the need to respond.

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So, I have been commenting on a thread on a friend of mine's facebook page and I wrote something that I think is rather well stated (prideful as that might be) and I wanted to save it and share it. We are talking about religion and the lack thereof and society and government and all sorts of hot-button stuff. The comment that inspired this post is ( Read more... )

So, last night at work, after we closed, we had put on some 80's music (because music seems to make time go by faster) and "Material Girl" by Madonna was playing.  J-, someone I've worked with for quite long enough to know her fairly well and vice versa, walked by and idly asked, "Mel, are you a Material Girl?"  Without thinking, I flippantly ( Read more... )

( Willful barrenness is a moral rebellion with a new face )

From Mark Morford's 4/30/04 SFGate Newsletter ( http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2004/04/30/notes043004.DTL&nl=fixRead more... )