Last night, I went to my normal Wednesday night dance class. As usual, I had an absolute blast. This summer has been great review for me. We've had a lot of new students in class, which means that Christine has really slowed things down and worked on reviewing technique. This has given me an opportunity to take a few steps back and work on my own ( Read more... )

I'm too lazy to repost this.  So instead, I'm giving you a link.

Originally posted on jarredharris.vox.com

For the past few years, Fred Clark over at Slacktivist has been doing an in-depth critique of the book Left Behind by LeHay and Jenkins. I began to read through this review about a month ago and have enjoyed Clark's analysis, which has covered literary, theological (Clark himself is an evangelical Christian), and political perspectives alike.

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Today, I ran to Dick's to buy a new pair of walking shoes. Now that the weather seems to be generally warm, I've decided it's time to start taking my monthly seven mile walk along the canal again. As I started wearing my "dedicated walking shoes" from last summer all the time during the winter, I figured I best get a new pair.

Once I had ( Read more... )

Tonight, I decided to finally watch Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. To be frank, people who are raving over this movie either have never seen the original musical (especially the 1982 version starring Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovettor did not truly appreciate it. I watched the Tim Burton movie tonight ( Read more... )

Earlier this week, I tried on a pair of my old shorts from last summer. Trying on shorts with a 46 waist does not work out well when you dropped down to a 42 waist (more or less) over the past nine months. I looked at how the waistband bunched up around my belt and decided it was time to go shopping for the beginnings of a new summer wardrobe.

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Tonight, I went to Red Lobster with Michele, Belinda, Amy, and Michele's younger daughter, Claire. We were served by a young man named Josiah.

Towards the end of our meal, one of the hostesses approached our table ( Read more... )

Let me start off this post by announcing the very good news.  As of yesterday, I've found it necessary to tighten my belt by another notch.  As I was walking through the office in the morning, I felt my jeans start to do the "let's wiggle down the hips" dance.  This rather excited me.

Granted, I'm mystified by this discovery, as the scales at the ( Read more... )

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Jonathan Rowe, one of the contributors to Positive Liberty, pointed his readers to a great opinion piece by John Corvino in regards to ex-gays. It's well worth the read and I highly recommend it.

Corvino offers an excellent and respectful criticism of the ex-gay movement, as well as those individuals and organizations that comprise it, while ( Read more... )