For those of you who are unfamiliar with how Tumblr, the blogging platform I use, works, one of the big features is the ability for reblog others’ posts and add your comments to the post. One blogger who reblogged my post added a lengthy comment that I think deserves further discussion. *** This blogger suggested […]
Category Archives: Migrated
Ozymandias is one of my favorite poems, and even if this wasn’t a teaser trailer for Breaking Bad it would be awesome. Ozymandias – As Read by Bryan Cranston: Breaking Bad (by amc) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Let’s talk about Christian culture and the concept of consent in relationships
A friend made a comment on one of my Facebook posts today that got me thinking. The comment was about how a lot of people in the Church don’t have any kind of sexual ethic, just a bunch rules that they follow. I think that’s a good description of how it is that people buy […]
I wish Dave Chappelle was still on TV. We need his brand of satire on the airwaves right now. The sketch above was altogether too prescient.
Sigh. Apple really needs to stop censoring for content
The iOS version of the Tumblr app no longer allows you to search for the hashtags #gay, #lesbian, or #bisexual because Apple was threatening to ban the app from the App Store on the grounds that those tags returned porn along with non-porny content. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Apple needs […]
How bad homeschool research and statistics hurt homeschoolers
When I was in college, I was one of the participants who answered the NHERI/HSLDA/Brian Ray survey of homeschooling graduates. I don’t remember how I got the survey, probably via email forward from my mom, but what I do remember is sending an email to my family after taking it in which I said something […]
I think I need to get back to writing poetry. It’s been far too long since I’ve written much of anything, and you never get any better or find your voice as a writer unless you just write. I don’t know whether I should go posting it on the Internet though, as it seems that […]
Why I’m so conflicted about Ender’s Game and Orson Scott Card
I don’t normally do boycotts. Back in my retail days, the religious right went after the retailer I worked for as part of the whole “War on Christmas” silliness because they didn’t think the company slapped “Merry Christmas” on enough things. The result, at least on my part, was that was the last holiday season […]
yoisthisracist: Michelle asked: The game = not racist. The statements on the game = collection of stupid things white racists say. This is depressingly accurate. I can check way too many of these off of the bingo card. Including the Emmett Till one. I’m sure I’d be able to check off the Medgar Evers and […]
Something is seriously messed up in this country.