December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Lucia →
I met a Chinese woman on the first day of Houseparty, who I’ll call Lucia. (Her English name means the same thing as Lucia – light – and I hope that’s auspicious!) She’s here in the US for a year of…
Dec 30th
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Let's beat 'em over the head with it. That should...
agirlcalledchris: “Since the publication of my first book “The End of Faith,” thousands of people have written to tell me I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to...
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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from silence to noise! →
I’ve been silent on the blog for awhile now. And it’s been pretty quiet out at camp as well – six weeks of no campers. Daniel has been doing budget stuff and basic maintenance, neither of which…
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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usgroovykids: “I think God is kind of like Santa Claus for adults. Otherwise, God is kind of a jerk, isn’t he? I mean, he makes me gay and then he has his followers going around telling me it’s something that I chose. As if someone would choose to be mocked every single day of their life… You can’t prove there isn’t a magic teapot floating around the dark side of the moon with a dwarf inside of...
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
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I Have This Uncontrollable Reflex...
bestrooftalkever: …that occurs when someone starts a statement with: “I don’t want to make any racial stereotypes…” Out of my mouth flies, “uh-oh.” I don’t want to make any racial stereotypes, but I’ll bet that the great majority of such statements are made by Caucasian American males. Case in point.
Dec 25th
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BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.: DOCUMENTARIES:... →
occupyonline: I haven’t seen all of these, but that all sound interesting. Affluenza A documentary movie entitled “Affluenza” in 1997 is an innovative film that diagnoses a serious social disease. It is caused by commercialism, consumerism, and rampant materialism that are having a… Blah. It’s all just a bunch of liberal socialist hogwash propaganda. Good enough for me!
Dec 24th
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I hate it when there's a post I want to like, but... →
Dec 24th
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There’s something about sitting on your butt for five hours and eating ice cream while catching up on Season 12 of The Biggest Loser.
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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If you still don't know what to get me for...
Dec 24th
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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“Just so we’re clear, this week, a leading presidential candidate articulated his...”
– Steve Benen (via ryking)
Dec 20th
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WatchWatch
Pete Wilson, Crosspoint - The Rescued Rescue This is what got me started on my Tony Campolo kick, so’s ya knows.
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“Those issues are biblical issues: to care for the sick, to feed the hungry, to...”
– Tony Campolo (via danbeekim)
Dec 18th
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“I’m going to tell you three things. First, 30,000 children starved to death last...”
– Tony Campolo, Christian sociologist, on the hypocrisy of condemning profanity. He habitually opens lectures with this. (via ninecatsdanceonthemoon)
Dec 18th
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C'mon, people! Where are the posts? I know you're...
Dec 18th
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Why Do We Call It “Xmas”? - Mental Floss →
In other words: You’re doing it wrong. All of you. Now my question is this: Why doesn’t Mental Floss have a “Share on Tumblr” button? They have a tumblog of their own!
Dec 18th
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“What was clear, from the beginning, was that the SOPA supporters were not there...”
– SOPA Markup Day 1: We Don’t Understand This Bill, It Might Do Terrible Things, But Dammit, We’re Passing It Now | Techdirt (h/t Steve Kondik and Wil Wheaton)
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
Dec 16th
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What do you believe? →
Not fond of the “Belief-o-matic” name, but whatever. I’d be interested to see what usgroovykids gets. And you, too. I’m somehow either Seventh Day Adventist (100%? How?) or Orthodox Quaker. Maybe Eastern Orthodox. I’m not sure I agree with that, although I kinda like the Orthodox Quaker designation. I thought I’d be one of these guys.
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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More of this. →
fastcompany: “The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had over 50,000 purchases and had earned $250,000, breaking even on the cost of production and website. As of Today, we’ve sold over 110,000 copies for a total of over $500,000. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been...
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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“This is awesome: a Mormon gambling with an evangelical over who is the biggest...”
– JON STEWART, remarking on Mitt Romney’s $10,000 wager with Rick Perry over the former’s wanton desire to provide universal healthcare, on The Daily Show. Heh. (via inothernews)
Dec 13th
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Dec 13th
The Advent Conspiracy →
If Christians want to keep the Christ in Christmas, then do something real about it. 
Dec 13th
usgroovykids asked: First of all, I never said anywhere in my ask that atheism is perfect in anyway I simply made a criticism of Christian dogma. It's not about blaming Christians for the problems their faith has caused in this world, it's about blaming the religion itself. Obviously if it weren't for this faith a lot of things wouldn't happen, it would be foolish for me to blame the adherents,...
Dec 12th
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“The math is the math. You can’t lower current (tax) rates and raise revenue...”
– President BARACK OBAMA, responding to Republican charges that he is “fixated” on “raising the tax rates for the wealthiest Americans,” on 60 Minutes. This whole thing, summarized so simply and yet the conservative element in these United States continues to pretend not to understand the sheer,...
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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“People get angry at environmentalists because they think they’re slowing down...”
– Louis C.K. H/T agirlcalledchris and rufustfirefly/accio sanity
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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usgroovykids asked: This is in response to a Dec 3 response you made to a Stephen Fry quote I posted: First of all about the grammatical errors, I typed it, but it wasn't like Stephen Fry wrote it, I was watching a youtube vid and he was saying it and I just typed it fast and then posted it. And secondly I now must ask the question: Is it truly a noble thing to adhere to a faith which has caused so much...
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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sweet baby jesus....
lickypickystickyfree: This puzzle has been attributed both to Lewis Carroll and to Albert Einstein: There are five houses in a row. Each of the houses is painted a different color, and their occupants come from different countries, own different pets, drink different beverages, and smoke different cigarette brands. The Englishman lives in the red house. The Spaniard owns the dog. Coffee...
Dec 9th
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