You know, back in 2000 a Republican friend of mine warned me that if I voted for Al Gore and he won, the stock market would tank, we’d lose millions of jobs, and our military would be totally overstretched. You…
National Coming Out Day
To paraphrase Leslea Newman, there’s nothing in my closets but my clothes. There hasn’t been for many years. I’m queer, polyamorous, pagan—there are lots of labels I’ll accept. I haven’t ever quite understood being “proud” of those things—they just ARE,…
Needed: Election Volunteers
Dear friend, In the last presidential election, millions of votes were never counted. Voters in minority communities were disproportionately disenfranchised through illegal disqualification, intimidation, and faulty voting machines. The Election Protection partnership needs you to stand up and defend voting…
Chris Reeve Quote
We’ve had a severe violation of the separation of church and state in the handling of what to do about this emerging technology. There are religious groups—the Jehovah’s Witnesses, I believe—who think it’s a sin to have a blood transfusion.…
Interesting Take from an Anti-Choice Writer
Voting Our Conscience, Not Our Religion Second, politics is the art of the possible. During the eight years of the Reagan presidency, the number of legal abortions increased by more than 5 percent; during the eight years of the Clinton…
Antidote: Kittens
Last night, simplykimberly posted pictures of her insanely cute kitten. I just went to get another fix, after getting so sad.
Goodbye to a Hero
Reading that Chris Reeve is dead has shocked me. He continued to be so strong and determined, it’s just difficult to believe that he could be dead. I can only think that he’s striding around, even flying, somewhere. His tireless…
Libra, Yes?
Happy Birthday starwolf67!
Poetry: Proverbial Ballade
Proverbial Ballade –Wendy Cope Fine words won’t turn the icing pink; A wild rose has no employees; Who boils his socks will make them shrink; Who catches cold is sure to sneeze. Who has two legs must wash two knees;…
Inner Child Speaking
Someone just offered one of those cool wooden swing sets on the Atlanta Freecycle list. I have no reason to want one. I don’t have a child in the right age group. But I’ve always wanted one. And we have…