Romney Wants Gay-Marriage Ban on Mass. Ballot BOSTON, Nov. 19 — Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney R said Sunday that he will ask the states highest court this week to order a ballot question on same-sex marriage if legislators fail to vote on the matter when they reconvene in January. Oh, not THAT again! Just when you thought this issue would die down until the next election cycle. Or wait, duh… Romney's probably gonna run. Gotta rally that base! Push the button! DISCLAIMER: I grew up non-LDS in Utah, and will always be irked by holier-than-thou types.
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Father Jake Stops the World: Adorable Bunny Bishops In reply to the Mars Hills megachurch pastor’s rants about the de-testosteronisation of Episcopalian men, making it possible for fluffy bunnies to be bishops some day, an adorable picture. The mitres are so cute. (tags: Episcopalian Fluffy Bunny Bishops) ch920524.gif (GIF Image, 600×416 pixels) – Scaled (98%) (tags: CalvinAndHobbes)
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Salt Lake Tribune – Reid proof that good Mormons can also be Democrats Sen. Harry Reid's ascension to the top of the U.S. Senate is an unexpected victory for a tiny band of beleaguered Utahns: LDS Democrats. His most vocal critics? Other Mormons. Despite the fact that Reid held weekly Family Home Evenings and sent three sons on two-year missions for the church, and all five of his children were married in LDS temples, some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints question his faith because of his politics. Utah politics defy description for anyone outside the…
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State of the Church – New York Times Q: You just took office as the first woman to head the Episcopal Church, and curiously enough, you come from a science background, having worked as an oceanographer for years. A: I worked on squids and octopuses Uh, shouldn't that be "octopi?" No matter. I'm glad KJS is getting all the press. I ran across this at Daily Episcopalian. And no, I don't think she's going to be a "fluffy bunny bishop," either. Thanks, Jake! I knew that photo would come in handy! [tags]bunny bishops[/tags]
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Mom's backyard. She loved sitting on her deck with her cuppa of a morning. Anyway, laundry's done. I've been avoiding laundry of late, because it reminds me of Mom, and endlessly folding sheets and towels upstairs while our old Siamese cat, Beebee, scuffled under the sheets we were trying to lay out, "playing." Mom would scold her, and then ruffle the sheets and snap them out so they fell perfectlly even, requiring just a couple of sharp tugs to do hospital corners at the bottom. At this point, a suspiciously cat-shaped lump would be visible in the middle of the…
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VisiBone Webmaster’s Color Lab (tags: Color webdesign)
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Five months have passed since Mom died, and it's still a struggle sometimes. I mentioned at the time that there were certain emotional landmines to be negotiated in the months and seasons and years to come. The first snow of the season will be any time now, although it probably won't be heavy enough for Mom to have declared that it was "Doughnut Day." In other words, it's almost time to make the doughnuts, but I'm not really set up for that. However, I can provide her recipe for Disappearing Cookies, which I do know how to make, though they…
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U.S. pleased with APEC’s N. Korea stance – Yahoo! News Bush, Putin, and Hu to meet, N. Korean attitude is “who pooted?” It’s a little late for Bush to salvage any reputation as an international player, but at least the food is good.
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I was up far too late last night tinkering with this WordPress beta version of my blog, I admit that. Moments after posting a comment over at DDtB inviting folks over for a preview, I enabled a “Friends” macro to point automatically to his blog. I set it to recognize his nick, ***Dave. Then I changed a couple of style options directly, in the style.php file that my husband David has warned me repeatedly not to mess with. So I wasn’t sure what exactly I had done when I refreshed my screen to see my changes, and POOF!! No blog!…
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Web Typography | an introduction to font families, font choices and HTML punctuation || HTMLSource ] (tags: BlogulaRasa) ashchurch-uk-wmaster.jpg (JPEG Image, 293×450 pixels) a little twee (tags: StNicholas) heilige-wmaster.jpg (JPEG Image, 293×400 pixels) (tags: StNicholas) Episcopal Artists – LABYRINTH (tags: Episcopal Artists Labyrinth Fabric) Christ Church Cathedral – Home (tags: Episcopal Church Websites) Saint Nicholas ::: Gallery One nice one on ceramic tile with three “maidens” (tags: StNicholas) UPDATE: Never, never use del.icio.us to tag a link on a page with a javascript .jsp extension. BAD things happen. All Souls Episcopal has some incredible art, but the whole page and…