Links of the Week – April 3, 2015
* Shatner Pays Tribute To Nimoy
* Astros Unveil The Eat-On-The-Go Chicken And Waffle Cone
* We Need A Middle Class President
* 5 Charts That Show How The Middle Class Is Disappearing
* Can We Guess What Your Reading Habits Say About Your Love Life? – (Mine was FRIGHTENINGLY correct.)
* How Old Do You Actually Act? – (I got 5-years-old. *sigh*)
* What My Zodiac Sign Says About Me – (Again, correct.)
* “I Thought I Was Bipolar” Shirt – (Need)
* PostSecret: I Feel Like A Hostage
* Monkey Meets Puppies For The First Time, Wants To Snuggle Them As Badly As Anyone Else – (Ow! My heart just exploded!)
* Tim Cook: Pro-Discrimination ‘Religious Freedom’ Laws Are Dangerous
* Moist Chocolate Cupcakes with Ganache Filling – (Proof that God loves us. He’d love me more if he’d magic these to my house.)
* The Problem With Cars And Self-Absorption
* The Spirit Of Atlanta: A Quest For Context Of 1920’s Atlanta – (Awesome old pictures of the city!)
* The Scandal Of A Crucified God (A Good Friday Reflection)
* The Importance Of Doubt (A Holy Saturday Reflection)
* When The Right To Discriminate Collides With The Rites Of Holy Week
* The Right’s Made Up God: How Bigots Created A White Supremacist Jesus
* How ‘One Nation’ Didn’t Become ‘Under God’ Until The 50s Religious Revival – (My favorite read of the week!)
* You Don’t Have To Go To Work On Opening Day Because The Brewers Wrote You An Excuse Note
* Watch Guys Attempt To Explain How Periods Work – (Hysterical. And a little sad. 🙂 )
* What The Hell Is That Tribble Doing?
* Rape Suspect Had Burns At Court Appearance – (I would get on a plane right now, given the opportunity, and go to Ohio and beat this fucker to death with my double wall Miken. PLEASE let me do it!)
* Transgender Elders Show Us The Meaning Of Survival
* ‘Child Abuse’ For A Girl To Dress Like A Boy? – (Sigh…)
* Man Thinking About Just Packing Up And Making Exact Same Mistakes Someplace Far Away
* What To Do When You Hate Yourself
* It’s All About Falling In Love With Yourself…
* The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth And Lou Gehrig
* Girls Baseball Team Wins Championship At Boys’ Tournament – (Not just a little local tournament, a USSSA NATIONAL tournament!)
* Menswear Dog: The Most Stylish Dog In The World – (THIS! Blog of the Week!!!)
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“And when she is done, she will head for town, center, she will board the first bus she sees. Find a seat by a window, ride to the end of town.
And then? She stops. She does not know. She has not thought this part through. But it occurs to her then she can just keep on riding. It is possible, yes. She will just stay on the bus and ride. To some other place, some other town. She will look for it out all the windows. And when she sees it at last, she will know.”
– Some Other Town, Elizabeth Collison
“Death will get us all. Moreover, astrophysicists tell us, even the earth and the solar system will one day be destroyed as the sun explodes in its dying gasp. On a more finite level, life is filled with threats to our existence: accidents, disease, violence, unemployment, poverty. Life easily looks threatening.
If we do see reality this way, how will we respond to life? In a word, defensively. We will seek to build systems of security and self-protection to fend off the hostile powers as long as possible.”
– The Heart of Christianity, Marcus J. Borg
“It’s less embarrassing for people to think I look stupid when I intentionally look like a boy, than for them to think I look stupid when I’m trying my best to actually look like a woman.”
“I am also learning how to feel. I’m learning that it can be safe to experience emotions. Running away – literally and figuratively – only temporarily removed me from the pain I was feeling. In order to exercise in a healthy way, I had to learn how to feel without searching for a way to self-destruct. It’s been a massive struggle to learn to accept myself. I’ve had to work to believe that I am OK exactly the way that I am, that nothing needs to be ‘beaten’ out of me.”
– Kenzi Rome, http://twloha.com/blog/making-my-workouts-work-me
“[L]ook more closely at the hard things in life: They’re trying to tell you something if you’ll listen.”
– Tomboy, Liz Prince
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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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#Selma50 – Love, Honor & Funnel Cake
I was humbled and honored to travel with a group of about 60 of us from St. Mark UMC to Selma, Alabama yesterday to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was a beautiful spring day with about 80,000 happy, proud folks in attendance. There was a rally featuring the “dignitaries” at Brown Chapel AME, there were arts and crafts, and t-shirts and gifts, Thelma from “Good Times;” more fried foods, home cooking and barbecue than you could shake a corn dog at, and most importantly – the march of remembrance and celebration across that bridge in the footsteps of those courageous, non-violent and determined men, women and children 50 years before.
As I got ready to march across the historic span at the top of the bridge, I bowed my head and said a prayer of thanks for those people whose steps had paved the way for this moment; and I thanked God for the opportunity I had been given to participate in such a moving and monumental event.
No one could’ve ever imagined #Selma50 in 1965. We’ve come so far. Too far to stop or back up. Let’s keep it going.
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.)
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 23, 2015
* Braves Offense Will Make It Feel Like The Mid-70s Again
* 10 Things Pastors Wish Church Members Knew About Ministry – (And where it says “men,” please insert “and women.”)
* 32 GIFs Guaranteed To Make You Laugh Every Time
* A Catholic Sister’s Ministry In The Transgender Community
* Vermont Novelty Toaster Corporation – (Because you KNOW you need a Sarah Palin toaster!)
* Anderson Cooper Takes On The “Gay Agenda” – (HOOT! 😀 )
* Atlanta’s Five Points On Peachtree In 1925
* Biden Arrives Early To Set Up State Of The Union Fog Machine
* Bill & Melinda Gates: Our Bet For 2030
* Breakfast Egg Rolls – (Where has this revelation been in my life???)
* Brutally Honest: Is It OK To Let Your Child Fail?
* Can An NBA Team Act Like Jesus?
* Casey Legler: The Only Woman Working Exclusively As A Male Model
* CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield Mistakenly Condemns Eagles’ Guitarist Joe Walsh – (SMH)
* Dangerously Cheesy: Deputies Find Meth In Cheetos Bag – (Best lede ever!)
* Frozen Bubbles Are Super Awesome – (Beautiful!)
* Let’s Declare #IAmNigeria To Honor Nation’s 2000 Lives Lost To Terrorists
* Lonesome Alito Declares Marriage Only Between A Man And The Sea
* Marcus Borg, Leading Liberal Theologian And Historical Jesus Expert, Dies At 72 – (Love his work!)
* Meet Positively Adorable New Gerber Baby – (Owwwwwww! My ovaries!)
* Mini Chocolate Cakes With Salted Carmel Buttercream – (Wait for it! You know it’s coming…)
* Pablo The Chameleon Knows How To Make An Entrance – (#wreckingball)
* Princeton Football To Play Spring Game In Osaka, Japan
* Baseball Writer Christina Kahrl Finds Acceptance As A Trans Woman In The Sports World
* Space X Releases Dramatic Photos And Video Of Rocket Landing Explosion – (BIIIGGGG Bada Boom!)
* Survey: Nearly 92% Of Congress Is Christian
* The 10 Least Necessary Bibles Ever Published
* The False Gospel Of Gender Binaries – (Simply outstanding!)
* The Heresy Of Worshiptainment – (*clears throat*)
* The World Isn’t As Scary As You Might Think – (Statistics prove it’s true!)
* There You Have It – (LINK OF THE WEEK)
* To Serve Man: It’s A Notebook!
* What If Heaven Is Not For Real? – (“Our not-being in the past doesn’t worry us. So, why does our not-being in the future freak us out so much?”)
* What To Expect At The National Center For Civil And Human Rights In Atlanta – (This sounds amazing!)
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“Expectations are resentments waiting to happen….”
– Crooked Little Heart, Anne Lamott
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“She felt like she had to be mean if she wanted to be herself, while all the grown-ups wanted her to be soft and sad and loving like they were being, and she did not want them to mess with her. She raised her elbows higher, like the turrets of a castle, to keep the grown-ups away. She felt fiercely alone, and she wanted to feel that way.”
– Crooked Little Heart, Anne Lamott
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“Don’t let fear decide your future.”
– Shalane Flanagan, American long-distance runner
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“The money spent by one campus ministry to cover the costs of their Central American mission trip to repaint an orphanage would have been sufficient to hire two local painters and two new full-time teachers and purchase new uniforms for every student in the school.”
– Toxic Charity, Robert D. Lupton
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Shine Your Light And Pierce The Darkness
Reposting one from last year. Yes, y’all. Lift EVERY voice.
Lift Every Voice
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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