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Roger Ebert on his interview in Esquire
[W]e’re all dying in increments. I don’t mind people knowing what I look like, but I don’t want them thinking I’m dying. To be fair, Chris Jones never said I was. If he took a certain elegiac tone, you know what? I might have, too. And if he structured his elements into a story arc, [...]
Roger Ebert: The Essential Man
Truly excellent article by Chris Jones in Esquire.
Ebert:
I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. [...]
What is an atheist? Fuck if I know, but everyone else seems to know perfectly well!
Allow me a simple rant… I really just can’t stand it when a Christian*–or anyone else for that matter–tells me “what an atheist believes”.
Judging by the frequency that the “atheist blogosphere” writes about this topic, I’ll go ahead and venture a guess that I’m not alone in my frustration; there have been some very [...]
Wilson County, Tennessee schools agree to end Bible distribution
Another victory for religious freedom.
So here’s the setup: one day, in Wilson County, Tennessee, the principal of Carroll-Oakland Elementary School brings all the students from the whole school into the gym, where she introduces representatives of the Gideons and explains why they are there, and then proceeds to tell the whole student body about the [...]
Also posted in Church and State, Education, Family, Freedoms / Rights, Government / Law, Religion
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Family Guy pisses off the Parents Television Council
So it must be one hell of a fucking-A good show. I hate to make blanket statements–I’m willing to bet that there’s something the PTC and I both agree shouldn’t be on TV–but as a general rule, anything that pisses off the PTC is okey-dokey with me.
These people first came to my attention following the [...]
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Tagged censorship, power, tv
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Straight spouses and same-sex marriage
Here’s a rather unique perspective on the issue: Straight spouses advocate same-sex marriage:
Wah Cheong, a lifelong Republican and the soon-to-be divorced father of two teenage boys, sometimes surprises his co-workers and neighbors in a relatively conservative community outside San Francisco when he says he supports same-sex marriage.
“Here is my situation,” the 47-year-old chemical engineer tells [...]
Also posted in Family, Men / Women, Social Commentary
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Music City Drum and Bugle Corps
I honestly can’t believe this passed under my radar for so long. Well, yes I can- the last few months, while not the worst I’ve experienced, have not been the best…
In any event, Music City now has a Drum and Bugle Corps! As a lifelong fan of drum corps in general and proud alumnus of [...]
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Your local GOP makes the KKK look like the ACLU
The Nashville Scene for July 16-22, 2009 contains the annual piece, You are so Nashville if…. Always a fun read (regardless of orientation–political or otherwise), this year’s winner is the title of this post (see the cover art).
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Remembering Steve McNair
My wife has been in the hospital the last week, so of course pretty much everything in our family’s lives has been put on hold indefinitely, but the news of the untimely death of Steve McNair, and all of the surrounding circumstances, has been so tragic as to be nearly unfathomable.
A diehard Titans fan, I [...]
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iDay +2 years: Happy Birthday, iPhone!
Yep, two years old today. I almost forgot.
My original iPhone has now become an “enhanced” iPod Touch for my son, but it’s not only still kicking it’s still going strong. Love my iPhones!
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Pixar grants girl’s dying wish to see ‘Up’
This story is all over the place this morning, but is too touching to ignore. Annie Burris writing in The Orange County Register:
HUNTINGTON BEACH – Colby Curtin, a 10-year-old with a rare form of cancer, was staying alive for one thing – a movie.
From the minute Colby saw the previews to the Disney-Pixar movie Up, [...]
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FoxNews: Woman describes her abortion on Twitter, is astonished by backlash
As am I*.
There’s just no shortage in our country of people who want to tell everyone else how to live their lives, is there?
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* I’ve been following her on Twitter (antitheistangie) for a year or more…