Work has been crazy-busy the last few weeks. Actually, now that I really think about it, it’s been crazy-busy for so long, I can’t remember what it’s like to have a few moments of peace between calls. It was bad enough early in the spring. and then with trips to check on Mom and then when she passed away, there was so much upheaval and upset and wackety-do-dah that I sort of forgot what it was like to be able to have a normal day without feeling like a phone-shaped gun was being held to my head all day. At…
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Helmets off to Joey the Accordion Guy, who offered this impressive graphic illustrating the latest stupid craze: Pocket bikes. Tiny little miniature road racers, styled like Sabre or Samurai-styleroad rocketsthat are ridden by teens, and most disturbingly, fully grown adults, in the mistaken belief that riding a high stylin’motorizedchihuahua will make them look cool and get them hot chicks. Or, not so much. But it might get you a ticket, because they’re illegal for street riding in many places, including my little characterless burbclave. Luckily for us, one of the neighborhood kids got one, so now…
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Via: Flickr Title: Dismissal By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 3 Aug ’06, 7.55pm CDT PST
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Via: Flickr Title: Eucharist 1 By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 3 Aug ’06, 7.47pm CDT PST
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 2003: Anglican church approves gay bishop Yes, three years ago today +Gene Robinson was approved and confirmed by General Convention 2003 of The Episcopal Church, which was then acronymized as “ECUSA.” There’s been a lot of turbulent water under the bridge since then… a LOT. But at the time, I thought it was a good step forward, and I still do. Gay clergy and lay leadership helped me in my personal formation as a better Christian (aw! that’s such an Episcopal usage, “formation”). I never found Biblical literalism helpful in any way: it’s…