A coffeehouse named Two-Way Street in Downers Grove, that is. My husband David and I went there more than 10 years ago to see a folk performer named David Roth, we really could have been going all this time. Funny how time gets away from you. Down a hallway and short flight of stairs, in a basement room of Downers Grove’s First Congregational Church, it’s not unusual to find a standing-room-only crowd on a Friday night.Not much has changed in the four decades folkies have gathered to draw bows across fiddles, strum guitars and pluck banjos, transforming the church basement…
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Ginny I can has iPhone? Via: Flickr Title: Not Like Those MOVIE Tomatos By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 7 Nov ’10, 11.46am CST PST
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year London Drum ~~ Big City Guide to London Cenotaph war memorial in London — for the Remembrance Day Parade Remembrance Sunday – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Slow Travel United Kingdom – London in November, visiting in the off season, theatre tickets Prim Perfect Opting Out of Full Body Image Scanning at the Airport – UCSF Faculty Concerned Over X-Rays – 100x Stronger Than Assumed? « San Francisco Citizen
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I just used #Shazam to discover Sound Of Sunshine by Michael Franti & Spearhead. http://shz.am/t52727585 # Power out at my office. Party in the lobby. # All systems are go. # Voting after work. # RT @tweetcongress "Take your picture at the polls today and tweet it to us. TweetCongress staff will pick our favorite…" # Most excellent! Trying not to expect musical welcome extravaganza at Heathrow, did you see that vid? More contact info later. Cheers! # RT @JC_Christian "Silver lining rt @BarbinMD @joanwalsh 25 Blue Dogs have lost, 4 from the progressive caucus" There *is* some comfort. #…
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I’ve met Bishop Scott at various meetings here in the Chicago area, and I think he’ll be a great “pastor to the pastors” and leader of the Utah Episcopalians. Video of the consecration service will be at the Diocese of Utah website. The first time the Rev. Scott Hayashi served Utah’s Episcopal Church, he was puzzled by some parishioners’ tendency to define themselves by what they weren’t: Mormons. He even remembers pointing out the silliness in a sermon at Ogden’s Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, where he was rector from 1989 to 1998. “I asked, ‘Does this mean if…
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My current favorite show is AEtv’s Hoarders, and fans of that series always cheer when the 1-800-Got-Junk? trucks show up, because that means the horror show is about to start (but also some hard physical and pychological work will be done). I spotted one of their trucks over by Arlington Park; wonder if the village hired them. NO mention in the article of the show, but I heard on the fan grapevine that the show will feature someone from the Chicago area next week. Besides guns, the strangest thing inside John Wuerffel’s house was a partially-decayed cat, said Schaumburg officials…
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If you think dentistry is squicky or disgusting, it’s probably best if you just move along to something else, possibly involving unicorns frolicking in a meadow. With spoons. That said, let’s move on to the events leading up to yesterday’s rather unpleasant activities, which involved: A loud sucking noise, with disturbing interruptions that went “THHHUPPP! A nice man and lady discussing Polish films while doing awful things to me. Large metal implements that looked like pliers and thumbscrews THAT WERE IN MY MOUTH. My head being used for leverage, very thoroughly but considerately. Clearly, I was not having a great…
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Welcoming and Open Congregations St.Martin in the Fields – pageTitle 13NOV concert Poll: Large percentage of Utahns think same-sex attractions can be changed | The Salt Lake Tribune Episcopal Life Online – NEWS London exhibit brings Egyptian Book of the Dead to life – USATODAY.com We can see this in London! CSS Trick: Turning a background image into a clickable link – Xavisys
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Not much detail yet. Could be nothing, could be troubling, need more information.
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Abortion. It’s always been on the table, but now we can expect a little more… push. http://www.americans4life.org/AFL_survey.html?pid=3b&emx=Brain@ihazone.com&fn=Everywoman&ln=American&z=60007&mid=5 I was reading Talking Points Memo the other day and saw an ad for this anti-abortion outfit in the sidebar. Knowing that TPM gets paid for clicks, I took their survey, answering NO to every heavily biased question. The response was the long screed about the sanctity of life, with no acknowledgment of my answers. Obviously, not a survey, but a preachable moment and more importantly, a fundraising gimmick. Well, he’s NOT preaching to the choir here, and I’m certainly NOT a member…