From the comments section on a recent post at The Happy Feminist:

I am reminded of a joke I heard once (from a Republican):
It seems Dubya takes his job more seriously than one might expect from his results. After one particularly hard day he says to himself, “If only I could be guided by the spirits […]

Can someone puh-leeze explain to me the appeal of the band The White Stripes?
I liked “Seven Nation Army.”  It had a great base line, a catchy beat, and an annoying manner of getting stuck in my head.  But lately, my wi-fi connection from computer to Soundbridge has been wonky, so instead of RadioParadise, I’ve listened […]

Before I went to bed last night, I noticed a gray hair, and pulled it out.  This wasn’t so I can maintain a nice, dark head of hair, but rather, so I could admire it.  It was almost white, as thick as thread, and shimmery — beautiful.
Of course, if I keep pulling out the grays […]

Someone’s been stealing my bandwidth, grrr!
Maya’s Meanderings is down, and I’m not sure how long it will take for it to come back up. My host will be available later today, and will help me address the issues then. It would appear that someone with a busy website *really* likes my background images […]

Another day dawns, and I read something like this:
We are not called to save people or help people get saved. That’s God’s job, and Jesus said “it is finished.” As Christians, we are called to love one another.
The mark of a mature Christian has nothing to do with how little you drink, cuss, smoke, have […]

Questions from Arwen on this post I referenced before:
Since we’ve got an atheist here, and I whatever I am, both of whom have a dearth of practise whereas Christianity has a long history, I wonder what parts of Christian practise work for you?
Also, is Christ somehow present for you if you’re feeling these emotions? Or, […]

I’ve recently had conversations with several people about the nature of morality, and whether believing in God is a requirement for one to lead a moral life. Of the Christians in these conversations, most were unable to fathom how an atheist could *possibly* be moral — because there’s no *reason* for it.
Pharyngula critiqued (okay, […]

I’ve turned off the feature that requires people to sign in, because a couple people have alerted me that it’s preventing them from commenting at all.  SIGH.  Yet, at the same time, I had 93 new spam comments caught by Akismet since last night.
How long will it take, I wonder, for the extinction burst of […]

Ack!  That was exhausting.
Verbal: 700
Quantitative: 760
Not too shabby.  Now, I just have to hold my breath and wait for the analytical writing results.  I wasn’t too entirely thrilled with how I did, but only time will tell what the judges think.

Ian McKellen’s response to those who would put a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie:
“I’ve often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer at the front saying ‘This is fiction.’” McKellen responded. “I mean walking on water? I mean, it takes an act of faith.”
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McKellen went on to say he found the Bible “somewhat […]

Courtesy of MIM, a good post on discipline for very young children, mostly written by a gal who does daycare for five pre-school and toddler kids.  Of course, by “good,” I mean “agrees with my philosophy.”  Her methods line up really well with a book I’ve found invaluable, Setting Limits.
Enjoy!

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Thanks to a plug-in included with v 2.0.2 of Wordpress, I’ve been able to turn off moderation. I have, however, added a request for people to sign in before posting. Since no one’s posting here anyway, this probably doesn’t matter one whit.
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Tell me, is it possible to have a passionate commitment to ideals (political, feminist, religious) without being so angry?  I want to keep abreast of what’s up in my world, but somehow, I find many bloggers to be all-pissed-off-all-the-time.  It’s exhausting.
Then again, maybe that just means that I’m not a good (progressive, feminist, Christian, fill-in-the-blank).  […]

This seems to be the week for point people to others’ blogs rather than having my say here. There’s been so much good stuff, and I haven’t even posted half of it.
Today’s must-read comes from Arwen. I’ve stumbled across Arwen’s posts on a few different blogs, and while I don’t always agree with her, […]

I’ve jumped off the bandwagon after one week, four days of ingesting flavorless calories. Why, you might ask? (Or maybe you don’t.) If the SLD tricks were working to lower your appetite — and even change your cravings to more healthful food — why stop?
Mental health, baby.
As I posted before, taking oil had […]