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Bad blogger.

So I quit my job. Mostly because I hated it. I’m doing the freelance thing right now, in part because I just can’t get excited about working a full time job and in part because I won’t have the time when school starts in August.
I thought that when I quit, I’d have more time to [...]

Wherefore Pride?

‘Tis the season to be fabulous. Pride celebrations are going on all over the country. Every year someone asks the question, “Is Pride relevant?” Someone complains that it doesn’t adequately represent his “normal,” suburban life. Someone complains about being associated with freaks and weirdos. I supposed you could say it’s a complex issue, but when [...]

OMFH.

One can argue about why the Democratic Party no longer seems to have a reason for being. I believe the reason is this: They have achieved what they set out to achieve in 1932, when the modern Democratic Party began. They got what they asked for, achieved what they fought for. They got a big [...]

Predictable

Jeffery Nielsen, a professor at BYU, recently pended an honest, heartfelt appraisal of the Federal Marriage Amendment. Recently a letter from the First Presidency, the presiding body of the LDS church, was read from every pulpit in the U.S. urging the members to contact their congressmen and voice their support for the measure. Nielsen felt [...]

Public service announcement

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Now that was bizarre

Today, while getting some lunch:
“That will be $5.84, sir.” I hand him my credit card. “Thank you.”
A few moments pass. “Here you go, sir.”
So far so good.
“What do you do for a living, sir?”
“Ummm…I’m a web developer.”
“I see. Well, you look successful, so I thought I’d ask and see if it would help me [...]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

I read in USA Today yesterday that in Florida children must declare a “life major” before entering high school, thanks to a new law recently signed by Jeb Bush.1 What a phenomenal load of crap. Kids don’t have enough life experience to be making decisions like that at such a young age. Most people don’t [...]

Self censorship

Over at Center of Gravitas GayProf pens a thoughtful entry on the pressures of being gay and how social and political pressures lead gays to become masters of reading a situation and evaluating the safety or necessity of being honest.

We probably don’t think much about the constant assessments we make everyday about our sexuality and [...]

What next?

Cheese Pizza

Traditional and comforting.
You focus on living a quality life.
You’re not easily impressed with novelty.
Yet, you easily impress others.

What’s Your Pizza Personality?
Who sits around thinking this stuff up?

On the uncomparable Ms. Coulter

Ann Coulter says what she says for attention. No one would know or care who she is if she didn’t do the ideological Tourette’s act. Maybe she realizes what a freak she’s become and is milking it. Maybe she’s not qualified to do anything else but throw poop at the spectators.
Dave Wright, commenting at Mouse [...]