It’s Good To Be Accepted
My grandmother asked me at lunch if it’s the new style to cut your hair like a man.
Happy Easter!
Sigh.
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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Straight Genderqueer Woman
I very specifically titled this blog “Straight Genderqueer Woman” because when I try to find people who might be like me, Google only comes up with this stuff. But I KNOW I can’t be alone. I am a unique, precious, ass-kicking flower. But it can’t be because I’m the only straight, genderqueer, woman in the world. (Born female sexed. Does this make me cis-gendered genderqueer? So confusing!) So I’m floating this out there to let other straight women out there who are challenging gender roles know they’re not alone.
I’m actually uncomfortable sometimes describing myself as “genderqueer.” I don’t want to co-opt a descriptor that’s not accurate and offend somebody. I really feel like it’s society’s expectations of how I should look and behave as a woman to be what is queer. That’s really the challenge I wrestle with the most in my head.
I struggle with the dichotomy between how I want to look and act, and how I think I have to look and act to attract men. So often this makes me think I’m doing something wrong, or am a broken woman or not a good enough woman.
But on the genderqueer side, I do remember feeling for a long time earlier in my life that I wasn’t a man or a woman. I didn’t even know that was a THING people could feel. It didn’t disturb me. It was just who I was.
I don’t feel that as greatly now, but I will tell you that when I look at women who are dressed very femininely, in short skirts and high heels, I don’t feel like I have anything in common with them gender-wise. (I also find myself thinking they’re stupid for dressing that way and I get angry at them. But it’s OK. I’m sure that’s something my therapist and I will get into….)
So whatever labels you paste on me, (’cause lawd knows I struggle to use the politically correct, culturally sensitive ones) just know that I’m me. I’m Deanna. And I’m trying to feel like that’s OK.
And know, that no matter what the internet says, if you are a woman who wants to look androgynous or like “a guy” and you’re into men, you’re OK too. And you’re not alone.
And guys, if you’re into this kind of thing, you’re single, you have a job, you’re kind, and you shower regularly, hit me up!
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Also, my “Gender Roles Are Dead” sweatshirt is available from FLAVNT!
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 – 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.)
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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2014 In Pictures – My Favorites
Last one!
Links of the Week – December 26, 2014
* Boston Red Sox BamVino Bottle Holder
* Douglasville’s Elana Meyers Taylor Wins In Calgary
* Growing Up Gender-Nonconforming Amid Scolding, Awkward Silences
* NORAD’s Santa Tracker Began With A Typo And A Good Sport
* 23 Of The Cutest Things That Have Ever Happened On Tumblr
* Bobsled History: Elana Meyers Taylor To Compete In Four-Man Event – (First women to compete in this event – EVER!)
* A List Of Pope Francis’ 15 “Ailments Of The Curia” – (Go on with your bad self, Pope!)
* Religion’s Smart People Problem: The Shaky Intellectual Foundations Of Absolute Faith – (I wrestle mightily with this…)
* Why So Many Rich Americans Think They’re Middle-Class
* Patrick Stewart And Jonathan Frakes Can’t Hold It Together
* Star Trek Book Of Opposites – (Why didn’t I get this for Christmas???)
* Stay Single And Proud This Holiday Season – (THIS! 😀 )
* What’s Gender Got To Do With It: Is Recovery Different For Women? – (I’ve been debating this with some evangelists recently. This gets it right.)
* C Is For This Awesome Cookie Monster Christmas – (You gotta see this!)
* Katie Hnida’s Historic Football Story Not A Fairy Tale
* Seasonal Depression Kicks In Just In Time To Numb Woman Before Holiday With Family – (Perfect! 😀 )
* Avoiding Family Conflict During The Holiday Season – (The Onion nails it!)
* How To Navigate The Holidays Alone – (Aaaaaand The Onion writes my life…)
* Lumpy Space Princess Shower Curtain
* Jesus Died For Your Sims T-Shirt – (Amazing!)
* Magic Middles Chocolate-Filled Cookie Recipe
* Pierzynski At Least A Colorful Braves Addition – (Oh, great…)
* Gingerbread Enterprise – (For Mason…)
* Dr. Who Paper Snowflake Patterns – (Allons y!)
* The Department Of Unexpected Interspecies Friendship – ❤ ❤ ❤
* Obama Breaks Cardinal Presidential Rule By Donning Tiara
* Baddest Mother Ever: Fartbuster’s Worst Fear – (Blog Post of the Week)
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