Links of the Week – March 27, 2015
* A Beautiful Sunrise Over A Bacon Landscape
* Even In Defeat, Georgia State Was A Winner
* Pope Francis Receives Pizza Delivery – To Pope Mobile
* PostSecret: What Might Have Been
* Man Has Carefully Calculated Timeline For Revealing Negative Personality Traits To New Girlfriend
* Rainy Day Street Art – (I love this so much!)
* Neustetter’s ‘Light Experiences’ Illuminate Night – (So beautiful!!!)
* Emory’s Women’s Swim And Dive Wins NCAA Div-III National Championship – (Six in a row!)
* What Does It Mean To Wear Heels?
* Why Men Are Smarter Than Women – (Provocative, but I agree!)
* NASA’s Opportunity Rover Celebrates Mars Marathon Milestone
* “Raising Ryland”: Parenting A Young Transgender Child – (A wonderful short film from CNN Films…)
* The Transgender Life: What To Know, Say, And Understand
* Capitol Police To Congress: No More Drunken 4th of July Parties – (But our congresspeople CAN’T find the time to read legislation before they vote on it. Wankers.)
* Famous Atheists And Their Beliefs
* Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist
* Mo’ne Davis Asks College To Give Baseball Player Second Shot – (I want to give him a second shot – in the head. What in the world makes a college-aged man think it’s OK to call an 11-year-old girl (or any female) a slut? Men? What is your major malfunction with women?)
* 10 Stereotypes To Stop Spreading About Women
* Paw Prints On Your Food – (Dawwwwwww!)
* When You Finally Find Out Who’s A Good Boy – ( ❤ ❤ ❤ )
* Bullshit Bill With Bullshit Title Bullshitted About By Bullshitters
* Local Idiot Looking For St. Patrick’s Day Bar That Isn’t “Full Of Idiots” – (Perfect.)
* Microsoft CEO Announces He Can Be Mostly Gay By Q2 2015
* Becoming A Better Man: The Single Greatest Moment Of My Life – (Blog post of the week!
* The Greatest Lenten Pun EVAH!
* Cadbury Creme Egg Season Is Here Again At Last
* Insult To Injury: America’s Vanishing Worker Protections – (This is what happens when people stop supporting unions. I promise you, this will continue to get worse.)
* 4 Scientifically Proven Ways To Be A Better Spouse
* Lemond – Missing-Ear Kitty Becomes A Furkid – (Adopt a pet today! They love you so much!)
* Alcoholics Anonymous, Mr. Spock And the Lighthouse
* Spaghetti Toes: If Love Was Measured In Weight… – ( ❤ ❤ ❤ )
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“Lisa, I apologize to you, I was wrong, I take it all back. Always be yourself. If you want to be sad, honey, be sad. We’ll ride it out with you. And when you get finished feeling sad, we’ll still be there. From now on, let me do the smiling for both of us.”
– Marge, “The Simpsons,” Moaning Lisa
“Which is a funny thing about boyfriends, I’ve noticed. they too often don’t know about you and jump to unwarranted conclusions. That for instance it was love, a mate you were after, when you really just needed someone to talk to.”
– Elizabeth Collison, Some Other Town
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Links of the Week – March 20, 2015
* Justice System to 13-Year-Old Girl: It’s Not Rape Because You Have Curves – (Women, if you’re not enraged yet, you’re not paying attention.)
* Cops On An 11-Year-Old Who Says She Was Raped: “Child’s Promiscuous Behavior Caused This”
* Pope Francis’s Pledge Of Zero Tolerance For Child Abusers Being Tested In Chile
* Alpha Males And Sexual Abuse Of Women
* Understanding Abusers: There Is No Stereotype For Offenders
* “I Am Called A Whore”: Ashley Judd Unloads On The Internet’s Grossest Trolls
* “Son Of A Bitch!” Jon Stewart Hammers “Disingenuous” GOP And “Dumb-Ass” Dems Over Anti-Sex Trafficking Fiasco – (As he should. Fuckers.)
* National Organization Of Women – (Stand up for women! God doesn’t seem to be helping.)
* Behold The Unexpected Awesomeness Of The Taco Doughnut
* Racist Oklahoma Video A Sign Of Regression In Race Relations In America
* Millennials Are More Racist Than They Think
* PostSecret: If Jesus Were Here – (He does…)
* Find A Death: The Death Of Jeanine Deckers: The Singing Nun – (“It took fourteen years for Jeannine to give up the ‘friend’ thing and sip from the furry cup and join the Order of the Practical Shoes.” And then I died! 😀 )
* Find A Death: The Death of Greg Plitt – (Leg day! 😀 )
* For When You Think That No One Will Ever Love You
* Disenchanted With Losing, Andy Landers Calls It Quits After 36 Years Of Coaching The Lady Dogs – (A pioneer in women’s basketball, and the only Lady Dog coach I’ve ever known.)
* Psalm 37: How To Receive The Desires Of Your Heart – (As long as God decides it’s OK. And he doesn’t have anything better to do. And he really exists. Now does that really sound like granting the desires of MY heart? No. It does not.)
* A Boy And Her Dog: Mail Is Not A Gender
* A Boy And Her Dog: Topless In The Locker Room
* A Womanonymous: Wild Offering – (Post of the Week)
* Black Bear Lodge Adventure Therapy – (I wonder how much this costs…)
* Workplace Suicide Rates Rise Sharply
* 21 Harsh Truths No One Tells Teens
* 5 Reasons To Suspect That Jesus Never Existed
* Catcher David Ross’ Approach To Game Anything But Routine – (Oh, Rossy! My favorite!)
* Contributions Of David Ross Go Beyond The Numbers
* Joe Maddon Is Binge-Watching ‘The Office’ At Cubs’ Spring Training – (Oh, Joe! My favorite!)
* Largest Group Of U.S. Presbyterian Churches Allows Same-Sex Marriages – (OK, Methodists. We’re starting to look like backward-ass snake handlers now! Left behind, indeed!)
* From Patrick Stewart’s Birthday Party – (Can I get these guys to come to my birthday party?!?)
* When People Ask Me About My Job
* For The Bodybuilder/Weightlifter/Harry Potter Fan In Your Life
* Sheetcake Arrives At Banquet Saying “Stewardshit” – (Also, DAVID TENNANT!)
* Fake Self-Help Books – (!!!)
* “Life’s Lil Pleasures” Mini Book – (The. BEST! ❤ ❤ ❤ )
* Nine Handy Curses Appropriate For Modern Life – (“May your coffee always be decaf.”)
* Creekside Cabin: Pet Friendly Cabin On The Creek – (It may be time to plan a vacation week…)
* You Can Now Anonymously Send A “Bag Of Dicks” To Your Enemies (Or Your Friends?)
* Awesomely Luvvie: “Pastor” Creflo Dollar Is Trying To Raise $65 Millon For A Plane
* Awesomely Luvvie: Dear Fellow Christians, About This Christ Crutch We Use To Justify Foolery…
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“Humans will always place our trust in things that will fail us. We will always insist on giving pieces of our heart to things that simply cannot love us back.”
– Nadia Bolz-Weber, “A Sermon On Addiction…”
“How come if you don’t give up on the person you love, the Hallmark Channel calls that ‘romance;” but on the Lifetime Network, if you don’t give up on the person you love, they call it ‘stalking?”’
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Links of the Week – March 13, 2015
* Pillsbury Crescent Rolls with Hershey’s Chocolate – (YESSS!)
* When I Hear The Word ‘Eschatology’ In A Coffee Shop
* Black Bodies In White Words – (When will white people quit telling black people that they’re wrong about their experiences as black people?)
* The 13th Juror: ‘A Bloody Spectacle’ — And The Will To Survive – (On the testimonies in the Boston Marathon Bombing trial. Exquisite. Disturbing. MY LINK OF THE WEEK.)
* Stop Futzing With Your Vagina!
* Top Blue Jays Prospect Daniel Norris Lives By His Own Code – (He lives in a van down by the river. Really.)
* Why I Need Feminism – (From the Trek world of all things)
* PostSecret: Sorry – (I’m sorry too… 😦 )
* 21 Reasons Why Cats Make The Best Roommates
* The Type Of Love Our Society Needs
* 31 Quotes From Children’s Books That Will Inspire You At Any Age
* Iran Offers To Mediate Talks Between Republicans And Obama
* Photos: From Grace Jones To Toni Morrison, Little Girl Dresses Up Like Black Heroines
* An Interview With A Regular Watch
* A Womanonymous: I Hate You, I Said…To Me – (“It’s the interacting with Glenn and everyone like him: Men who don’t choose me, but rather enjoy the spoils of interacting with me because I dote on them, crave them, flatter them, accept them, forgive them, open myself up to them, comfort them…” Yep. I feel this.)
* Blame Parents For Those Narcissist Kids
* Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise Flying Disc – (!!!!!)
* Late Claude Sitton A Leader In Civil Rights Coverage
* This 4-Year-Old Girl Had The Best Response When A Boy In Class Called Her Ugly
* Is Your Child Stupid? Turn Him Into A Broom! – (Bizarre, but awesome!)
* What If The Most Scary 80s Film Horror Characters Were Alive Now?
* Watch The Real, Actual Michael Bolton Do Office Space
* amalah: My American Boy – (Gender Roles Are Dead!)
* Crispy Cream Cheese Wontons with Caramel-Nutella Sauce
* Three Ingredient Flourless Peanut Butter Cake
* Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake – (Lawsy!)
* New Frosted Lemonade From Chick-Fil-A
* Have You Recently Upset Someone? – (You may need to use these Apuglogies…)
* 19 People Who Triumphed In Times Of Desperation
* Only Take This Quiz If You’re Feeling Lonely
* Can Football Save France In Post Charlie Hebdo World?
* Jury Takes An Hour To Convict Accused Child Molester – (Douglasville)
* DA: ‘Danger To Children Of Community’ Sentenced – (Douglasville)
* Sexual Misconduct Cases Reported At Smyrna, Georgia Schools – (“Parents generally not informed”)
* Doctor Pleads Guilty To Four Child Exploitation Charges – (Sandy Springs)
* Covington Man Arrested At Gas Station Where He Thought He Was Meeting 14-Year-Old Girl For Sex
* “He Minimized The Truth” – A Stephen Collins Accuster Speaks Out
* Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Has A Salty Ocean With More Water Than Earth
* And Guess Who’s Not A Captain Any More…
* Tomorrow Is Yesterday – (More Trek)
* As A Failure, I’ve Learned To Appreciate The Little Things In Life
* Fraternity Members To Undergo Racial Sensitivity Hazing – (“The release also described a similar hazing program aimed at curtailing sexual assault by requiring undergraduates to write ‘no means no’ using a Sharpie clenched in their anus.”)
* Relieved Malia Obama Quietly Thanks Secret Service Agents For Taking Rap For Her
* Therapy Is Work, But Worth It: What You Should Know
* Mind-Boggling Shadow Art From Trash Sculptures – (Amazing!)
* The ‘I Feel Like A Child’ Syndrome
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“I turned and headed for home, my cheeks burning in the brisk wind. A drunk was someone to be reckoned with, someone interesting and far-gone. I should have been alarmed and ashamed, should have considered joining all those chain-smokers in church basements – I knew what I was supposed to feel. But the sunlight covered the street with the clear healthy gold of ale, the brownstone faces were burnished the toast-warm color of bourbon in candlelight,the air was clear and lively as gin, and something leapt in me, a persistent little flame of self. Drunks didn’t set themselves apart, didn’t look down on anyone – they sat shoulder-to-shoulder with everyone in the bar, awash in fellow-feeling, the roar of the surf in their heads so loud it made time stop, washed away everything except whatever was right here, everyone bobbing together on a sweet, warm flood of oceanic feeling. It could either drown or sustain you, depending.”
– In The Drink, Kate Christensen
“I unwrapped one of the frozen lasagnas and stuck it into the toaster oven to bake, then popped open the champagne and took a few swigs. This reminded me of William, which gave me an intense pain in my sternum that radiated outward in spokes like a red-hot bicycle wheel.”
– In The Drink, Kate Christensen
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Links of the Week – March 6, 2015
* Scientists Designed Music For Cats, And It Is Pretty Beautiful – (Seriously. My cats perked up when I played it for them!)
* Uhura
* The Original Number One – (From the Trek pilot…. Gorgeous!)
* PostSecret: Angry Toaster Strudel
* Amalah: The Loss Of Spock – (Even children know the wonder of Trek…)
* CNN Apologizes For Putin “Jihadi John” Gaffe – (Snort! 😀 )
* Golden Girls Prayer Candles – (I have died.)
* Hyperbole and a Half: Sneaky Hate Spiral
* Gentlemen, your sons will grow up to become like you…
* Julia: Hermit We Hardly Knew Ye – (Blog Post of the Week!)
* Scarification Gallery – (Kinda scary. But kinda cool, too.)
* Wil Wheaton dot Net: Remembering Leonard Nimoy – (“Mister Spock made it okay for me to be the weird kid who eventually grew into a slightly-less weird adult…”)
* Boyfriend Plans Magical Evening Down To The First Detail
* Teacher Who Dedicates Her Life To Students ‘Total Fucking Bitch’
* EXPOSED: What Trans People Do In The Bathroom
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“My presence in my own life had become so tenuous, so half-hearted, that I had simply fallen through a tear in the flimsy fabric, slid into an alternate universe where only I existed, or conversely, where everyone existed but me. And it didn’t matter. I felt a sucking undertow, pulling me down: I had failed to engage, I had failed to connect; I had failed.”
– In The Drink, Kate Christensen
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Links of the Week – February 27, 2015
* 10 Ways To Be Her True Life Superhero
* How I Feel About My Responsibilities
* Christianity Without The Cross
* 24 Times Your Favorite Kids’ Cartoons Suddenly Got Really Deep
* Fun With Kirk And Spock – (WHY do I not own this book?)
* 27 Times Tumblr Used Art History Perfectly To Make A Point
* How We Talk About Our Teachers – (Turns out we use different descriptors depending on if they’re male or female)
* Star Trek Spock With Ears Socks
* The “Golden Years” Are Gone: Why Retirement Is Hell For Women – (Oh good. Something else to look forward to.)
* How Much I Was Distressed During “Fox and the Hound”
* Game Day Program – Ohio State vs. Indiana – Thanksgiving Day 1903 – (So cool!)
* When I Hide In The Bathroom Stall Until I Hear My Coworker Leave So I Don’t Have To Make Small Talk With Them – (Every time.)
* Check Out Ambidextrous Pitcher Pat Vendittes’ Chthulu-Like Glove
* Adventure Time Oreo Necklaces
* Subway Riders Can Be Animals – (Awesome paintings!)
* You’re Not Happy Because You Never Learned To Be
* The Emory Wheel Editorial Board: Gender Neutral Pronouns Necessary For Inclusivity
* Just Let Them Kiss Already: Why Are TV Shows Are So Weird About Male Relationships?
* I Can Haz Cheezburger?: Extrovert vs. Introvert – (As illustrated by cats…)
* Why Each Sign Is Dangerous – (Scorpio)
* Stained Glass Backboards Are Completely Unnecessary And Beautiful
* 10 Things I Wish I Knew At The Beginning Of Sobriety
* 19 Anti-Social Motivational Posters That I Really Want To Hang In My Office
* Study: What Are The Most Addictive Foods? – (This is why I have frozen pizza six nights a week…)
* “My Mom Can Kick Your Ass” Kid’s T-Shirt
* After His Brother’s Suicide , Writer Seeks Comfort “In All The Wrong Places”
* Get The Picture: Stubborn Is As Stubborn Does – (You can only do so much)
* 19 Pictures That Will Hurt Your Fragile Soul – (Owwwwwwwwwww!)
* The Refuge: A Healing Place – Depression
* The Center: A Place For Hope
* Photos: Evan Gattis The Astro
* Unlocking “The Woman Code”: 4 Tips To Know Your Value
* Unexpressed Emotions, Rage And Depression
* NASA Sees “Bright Spots” On Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System – ( OoO )
* This Wondrous Dutch Light Installation Mimics The Northern Lights – ( ❤ ❤ ❤ )
* A Tortured Soul, Josh Hamilton’s Battle Was Never Over
* GPS In Shoulder Pads: Vanderbilt Goes High Tech
* The Frisco RoughRiders Have Your New Favorite Presidential MiLB Logo – (Must have a cap with Big Head Teddy!)
* Reviewing My 2015 Goals Thusfar – (11 out of 26. Eh.)
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“As other girls prayed for handsomeness in a lover, or for wealth, or for power, or for poetry, she had prayed fervently: let him be kind.”
– A Spy In The House Of Love, Anaïs Nin
“I turned over in bed and listened to the traffic in the rain. A few cold, clear truths rose one by one through my consciousness like a flock of birds: I wasn’t even remotely worthy of William and I wasn’t ever going to have him; I’d asked my mother to lend me money and she’d said no; I’d given all the change to the cabdriver; no one was going to pay off my debts; no one would save me from myself. I fell asleep to the soft beating of wings in my head.”
– In The Drink, Kate Christensen
“One fine spring morning I awoke in my own bed alone, with an ache in every orifice and a memory of bending over on the Christopher Street Pier at four in the morning with my drawers around my ankles while John stood behind me, holding my hips. As I gripped a piling to keep from tumbling into the Hudson, I gazed down into the filthy water and thought gaily to myself, Well, here I am, and this is me.”
– In The Drink, Kate Christensen
“Throughout these long afternoons outside with her, I was always conscious of being a speck at the bottom of a vast, ragged bowl of rock under the empty sky, buried in the silence and heat, surrounded by blank sand. The foothills, with their gray-green mesquite fur, rolled away to faraway mountains that sat sharp-spined on the horizon, unconnected to the valley floor, as if they’d been set down ready-made. The buttes and mesas to the west glowed deep red; veins of magenta and green spidered along rock formations shaped like tablets or giant hands, stacked in layers of cinnabar, crimson, brick. Masses of clouds echoed the rock shapes in their charcoal or ocher strata, wind-shaped crags so dense they looked mineral. The air was thick with the breath of sage and hot dust. At sunset the air hung low, striated like a weird plowed field of pigmented earth, backlighting the mountains with shirred, neon clouds, leaching all the color from the rocks, abstracting the bushes to dark cutouts. The wind moved like a huge hand through the valley, filling me with a restless, empty impatience I later identified as loneliness.”
– In The Drink, Kate Christensen
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Links of the Week – February 6, 2015
* 21 Of The Universe’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries
* 10 Reasons Christian Heaven Would Actually Be Hell
* The Super Bowl Was A Win For Feminism
* PostSecret: Gyrating – (Me too.)
* Bakerella: Groundhog Day Cupcakes – (Adorable!)
* Cats Are Looking For Love Online
* Julia: The…Ambivalent Samaritan
* The Fire On The 57 Bus In Oakland
* The Pioneer Woman: Knock You Naked Brownies
* The Pioneer Woman: Queso Fundido – (Lawdy mercy!)
* Brace Yourselves For The Andrew Jones MLB Comeback Story You’ve Always Wanted
* Man Brings Lunch From Home To Cut Down On Small Joys
* Pain And Suffering At Life’s End Getting Worse Not Better
* Why Cambodians Never Get ‘Depressed’ – (“the water in my heart has fallen”)
* Bitch Hoodie – (To wear to all my church committee meetings…)
* Scribbles & Crumbs: We’re All Messy People
* “Inspiration Porn Is Not OK”: Disability Activists Are Not Impressed With Feel-Good Super Bowl Ads
* delicious days: Green Onion Pancakes
* Serious Eats: How to Make Salted Dulce de Leche Brownies – (Here it comes!)
* The Gold Lining Girl: Buckeye Graham Crackers
* Woman Has Few Enough Friends To Consider Confiding In Sister
* Study Links Binge-Watching TV To Depression
* Sometimes I Feel Like Things Would Be Better Off If I Never Existed
* “Good” Children – At What Cost? The Secret Cost Of Shame
* Shame: The Disowned Part Of Self
* O Shame, Where Is Thy Secret Source?
* A Womanonymous: Day 1, part III – (She’s telling my life here.)
* A Womanonymous: Day 3, Three – Signals and voices – (And here too…)
* Self-Injurers And Their Common Personality Traits
* Some People Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Say The Grace When It’s Time To Eat – (Hysterical!)
* Hawks Starting Five Named NBA “Player” Of The Month
* 13 Habits Of Exceptionally Likeable People – (Uh. I think I do less than half of these. Maybe I’m not as likeable as I thought.)
Now Make This Into A Life
How do you add together all the things you love and turn it into a life?
And then, how do you subtract the things you hate from that and turn it into a life you can afford to live?
Suggestions?
I Love
* Outdoors
* Hiking
* Theology
* Helping People
* Running Sound
* Eating
* Writing
* Being Funny
* Animals
* Baseball
I Hate
* Offices
* Bosses
* Schedules
Maybe I can be a Christian comedian playing to wild animals and lugging my own PA. I could be a baseball writer who hangs out in the press box eating a lot of hot dogs. I could help people hike to restaurants where we discuss theology. I could start a baseball league for feral cats!
Links of the Week – January 30, 2015
* Go! Penguin Go! – (For all you people who love Batman AND hockey!)
* A Pitbull-Dachshund Mix Exists And This Is Not A Joke – (Sweet little freak!)
* Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Vagina Steam At Spa
* People Who Attempt Suicide Don’t Want To Die
* Therapy Is Work, But Worth It: Alrightynot
* New Era “R2D2” Cap – (So cute!)
* Some Dogs Love Vampire Weekend – (Hello? This is dog – on the bongos.)
* It’s OK, We Can’t Deal With The Feels Either – (Ouch! My heart!!!)
* Census Finds One In Five Children Depend On Food Stamps To Eat
* ‘Zombie Cat’ Crawls Out Of Grave, Finds Its Way Home
* InTouch‘s Transphobic Story On Bruce Jenner Causes Outrage – (Mean people suck.)
* Controversial Homeless Jesus Statue Coming To Orlando
* Yogi Berra Has Some Sage Advice For Bill Belichick And The Patriots – (You tell ’em, Yog!)
* When Another Couple Gets Engaged On Facebook
* Me Trying To Get A Hold Of My Life
* My Reaction To Pretty Much Everything After Reaching My Mid-20s
* Indoor Smores! – (Here it comes…)
* January 2015 Ratings: CNN Up Double Digits
* DIY Conversation Hearts – (You Suck! Bite Me! Kiss My Ass! – Sing it, Bart!)
* Bob’s Burgers Tina T-Shirts – (Woot!)
* Sorority Recruitment Disempowers Women – (Preach!)
* Tackling The Biggest Dating Myth: “I’m Unloveable” – (Whatever. If your life looks like a duck…)
* A Bioluminescent Bloom In Hong Kong – (Amazing pictures!)
* What To Serve At A Patriots Super Bowl Party – (Funny!)
* “Frozen”: Why Kids Can’t “Let It Go” – (The child psychology of “Frozen”)
* Loch Ness Monster Soup Ladle – ( ❤ ❤ ❤ )
Links of the Week – January 16, 2015
* 12 Things Men Are Forgetting About Being Men
* PostSecret: One Small Gesture Of Kindness
* 22 People Who Are Not Ready To Be A Proper Adult Yet
* 24 People Doing The Whole Jesus Thing Wrong
* And The Moral Of The Story Is… Kids Don’t Always Understand The Moral
* Big Problem: Study Shows That 1/3rd Of Male Students Would Rape A Woman
* Handmade Personalized Plush Dolls – (Wonderful!!!)
* Donating A Single Rollerblade Is Not Going To Help Disaster Victims – (…or the needy)
* Double Chocolate Chip Cookies – (WOOT! PRAISE BREAK!)
* ESPN Mean Tweets
* Church In Lakewood Stops Woman’s Funeral Because She Was Gay – (#notmyjesus)
* Fat Guy Receiving Touchdown + Bowling Celebration + Fat Guy Cartwheel = YES! YES! YES! – (Mercer U. Football and my Link of the Week!)
* Homeless Kitten Born Without Eyelids Gets A Family – (Dawwwwwww!)
* Jake Tapper: I’m Ashamed By U.S. Leaders’ Absence In Paris – (Nail head, meet hammer.)
* No More Classical Music On WABE
* “I Was Dropped…” T-Shirt – (Feel free to order and ship to me!)
* Milo, Transgender Teen, Shares Transition Through Birthday Pancake Photos
* Milwaukee Brewers Roll Out “Timeless Tickets” – (I would totally get one of these for the Braves – if they weren’t moving out of Atlanta.)
* Raising My Rainbow: Mom, What If I Date A Transgender Person? – (Blog post of the week!)
* Stunning Set Of Vintage Inspired NASA Posters
* Recreating The Awkwardness: What About Grandma? – (This is really sweet!)
* Reverend Christopher Edward Carlton Funeral Service – (Why would I link to the video of a funeral service? This requires some explanation. Rev. Carlton was a much loved minister and counselor in our UMC Conference. He fought an ongoing battle with bipolar disorder and depression. A few weeks ago, the darkness overwhelmed him and he committed suicide. Watching this video brought me to tears. He was obviously an amazing man who had an extraordinary influence on thousands of lives. But his struggle…. Oh how I feel his struggle. The ministers who spoke here handle it so deftly, and so humanely and with so much true emotion at the loss of their friend. I guess I share this because I could’ve been Christopher. I get Christopher. I wish there were something I could’ve done to help Christopher. Despite the fact that I didn’t even know him, even in death he has ministered to me.)
* Sad Chipper Jones Live-Tweets The CFB Championship With Selfies – (Teh AWESOMESAUCE!)
* Schools Arming Students With Canned Goods – (Alabama. Say no more…)
* Schwings Shoe Wings – (MUST HAVE!)
* “Meet The Family” Mutant Family Portraits
* Glow In The Dark Murals – ❤ ❤ ❤ (My house needs these!!!)
* Whose Aunty Is This With The Stuggle Feet In White Kitten Heels? – (And then I fell out!)
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“During that time, the Brothers found out that I didn’t drink – never had – and they forced alcohol on me…. It took only a few swigs to loosen me, like my body was remembering something, an echo, or awakening to something, a birthright…. I now better understood how my father succumbed to it. It was a respite from worry, a rotgut way out, time deliriously spent, time unconcerned with the true costs to be paid later. I better understood the little lies liquor told, lifting spirits and drowning sorrows while withholding the whole truth – that, in the end, it is the spirit in peril of drowning. Sorrows have gills.”
– Charles Blow, “Fire In My Bones”
“…I’d come to understand that I sometimes confused the need for attention with a desire for sex. For much of my life I would crave attention with a carnal intensity. From anyone. From everyone. That feeling of being chosen…,to cover the emptiness I felt or to fill in the hole, the desired culmination being not so much physical intimacy as emotional affirmation. The boy who had once felt invisible would forever ache simply to be seen.”
– Charles Blow, “Fire In My Bones”
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Links of the Week – January 9, 2015
* 12 Historical Women Who Gave No Fucks
* 27 Times Teachers Had Fun In Their Jobs
* Alcohol Poisoning Kills 6 People In America Every Day
* Apple Peanut Butter Delights
* Backstage At The Fox 1929 – (Incredible historical stuff for lighting and audio nerds!!!)
* I’m A Butch Woman. Do I Have Cis Privilege? – (I wonder this about myself. It ain’t easy being a tough girl.)
* Fuck Yes Or No – (A guide to relationships)
* Georgia Hiking And Backpacking Trails
* Hiking The Appalachian Trail Georgia Section Useful Tips
* Georgia Appalachian Trail Club
* How To Live Out Of Your Truck In The Woods
* How Driver’s License Suspensions Unfairly Target The Poor
* How To ‘Fry’ Cheese In Your Waffle Iron – (!!! Praise Break !!!)
* Fisticuffcuffsandshenanigans: I Also Put Sequins On My Jock Strap – (Blog post of the week! I’ve found a kindred spirit! 😀 )
* In Preventing Trans Suicides, ‘We Have Such A Long Way To Go’
* John Smoltz Had To Stand On A Chair To Help Randy Johnson Put On His Hat
* ‘Darmok’ Is Basically What Happens When The Memes Win…
* Mother Trying Her Best To Project Same Amount Of Insecurities Onto All Her Daughters
* NASA’s Chandra Detects Record Breaking Outburst From Milky Way’s Black Hole
* French Bees Producing Blue Honey – (What the what???)
* On Patrol With Skid Row’s ‘Angel Cop’ – (Best article I read all week!)
* Archie McPhee ‘Love Note’ Postcards – (Neat-O!)
* Seabirds Are Massively Dying Off – And Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why – 😦
* So Let’s Talk About The Puppy Bowl Lineup To Distract Ourselves From Everything Else
* Steven Gerrard To Los Angeles Galaxy – (Steven, if you ever need a place to stay in Atlanta…)
* Stockton AA Hockey Team Will Play On Ice Painted By Fans For A Promotion
* Study: Black Atlantans Prefer Suburbs, Whites Moving To City ‘Core’
* Ten Months After Alleged Homophobic Attack In Midtown Caught On Camera, No Suspects In Custody – (OK. Somebody must recognize these asshats!)
* The 25 Dumbest Tweets Of 2014
* The Thing About Millennials And The Church That Nobody Wants To Talk About – (THIS!)
* Tim Hudson Has Ankle Surgery
* Tiny Greenhouse Could Fly Plants To Mars In 2018 – (Cool beans! ((Heh! See what I did there?)) )
* A Womanonymous: Voice – (Hush, hush. Keep it down now…)
* ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Exhibit At Atlanta’s Bremen Museum – (This looks amazing! I want to sink into that giant bowl of soup!)
* Be Sure To Let Your Cat Know About These Drug Warnings…
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“Don’t be scared of your hunger. If you’re scared of your hunger, you’ll just be one more ninny like everyone else.”
– “Olive Kitteridge,” Elizabeth Strout
“And so, if this man next to her now was not a man she would have chosen before this time, what did it matter? He most likely wouldn’t have picked her either. But here they were, and Olive pictured two slices of Swiss cheese pressed together, such holes they brought to this union – what pieces life took out of you.”
– “Olive Kitteridge,” Elizabeth Strout
“She had even tolerated having to take armfuls of groceries and armfuls of babies around to the back door because he hadn’t built those damned steps. Building the steps whould have been such a simple thing. He could have done it. He should have done it. The not-doing spoke volumes.”
“The Fire Shut Up In My Bones,” Charles Blow
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A Long Run 
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