Although I am thrilled with the presidential election results, my heart aches for the GLBT community in the following states ( Read more... )

I'm sitting at the computer hitting the "refresh" button over and over again. I was planning on getting to bed by now. What changed, you ask? My sister keeps calling ( Read more... )

Peruvian shamans for Obama!

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/10/31/vo.peru.shamans.ap?iref=videosearch

(My favorite is the guy in red.)

Yesterday I dropped my husband off at work, filled the car with gas, and bought a bunch of single carnations. I hit the road at 10:00 AM with a single goal: visit the graves of my ancestors, say a prayer, and leave a flower. My trip went like this ( Read more... )

To all of my Massachusetts friends who mock my Eagles and Phillies apparel... To you who take every opportunity to say something disparaging about my home team. To all of you goddamned Red Sox fans that I had to put up with for four years ( Read more... )

"The Sidewalk to Nowhere" is five minutes of footage taken here in Bethlehem, outside the same arena in which I saw the Dalai Lama speak earlier this summer. I find it deeply troubling that this year's election has moved beyond the typical, petty, Republican-Democrat, liberal-conservative, name-calling and smearing. You always have disagreement and ( Read more... )

"The Nikkei in Japan declined 9.4% - the third largest single-day decline ever - to a new five-year low, the Kyodo news agency reported. 'Investors are now afraid that the world is going to enter a depression,' said Jesper Koll with Tantallon Capital Research in Tokyo."

1. Do you have the guts to answer these questions and re-post as The Controversial Survey ( Read more... )

My sister lives in a small, central North Carolina city. Apparently two or three days ago there was a news broadcast that stated Charlotte may begin to feel the gasoline shortage plaguing other southern states. In less than 24 hours every major (and minor) city in NC - Raleigh, Ashville, Charlotte - ran completely dry. The media-evoked run on ( Read more... )

So... does everyone remember the rural, broken church I've been obsessing about? The one I felt drawn to, yet wasn't sure if it was what I wanted? The one that was really excited about my profile and loved me following my interview? The one I've bee struggling with whether to say "yes" or "no" should they call me ( Read more... )