swordgirl: thedailywhat: Webcomic of the Day: Life in the Woods In the latest issue of Incidental Comics, Denver-based artist Grant Snider shares his humorous insight on the inescapable nature of the Internet. SERIOUSLY GUYS, this is what Thoreau did!!!! He’s not some awesome dude who went on a wilderness adventure. You can walk from his cabin […]
Author Archives: Kathryn Brightbill
Anybody out there?
Statistically speaking, I know there’s got to be more than a handful of Covenant College alumni who are something other than completely straight. If you’re a Covenant alumnus who identifies as LGBT+, I’d love to hear from you. I think it would be great to make connections with each other. If you’re a current Covenant […]
#GoGators. #Florida v. #Marquette (at Stephen C. O’Connell Center)
Cold weather gear.
Time for dialogue
In my election post, I talked about how I think people are tired of the culture wars. It’s time to move past the polarization, time to stop flinging flaming arrows at each other and time to stop beating people over the head with the Bible simply because we may disagree on something. In short, it’s […]
A few thoughts on the election
Now that it’s been a few days since President Obama won reelection and I’m no longer utterly sleep-deprived, I think it’s time for me to write up a few thoughts. I’m new to the Democratic game, but I’ve been around politics for most of my life. Back in 1992, I did get-out-to-vote calls for George […]
Oh hey, here’s me with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas!
It may be an abstraction for you, but for me, it’s my life
Idea stolen from the intarwebs with my own additions… Dear friends who are thinking about voting for Mitt Romney, When you read his or his surrogates’ comments about gays, replace "gays" with my name. Examples: Kathryn shouldn’t be allowed to marry. Kathryn getting married is a threat to families. Kathryn can’t be a good parent. Kathryn […]
Dear Internet: Please stop shipping the Doctor and Rory. Rory is the Doctor’s father-in-law, that is just squicky. That is all. Sincerely, Me.
Am I better off today than I was four years ago?
Am I better off now than I was four years ago? Well, let’s see. At this time four years ago I was living in Hanoi watching the American economy implode while wondering what kind of country I’d be coming home to. Watching as the country inched towards the brink of a meltdown that would have […]