Noel was here for Thanksgiving yesterday
Here he is: That tshirt has one of Alec’s paintings on it.See Alec’s art on shirts and other stuff. Then here is Noel napping in the afternoon today. He brought his cat Linus with him and that was fun. I didn’t get a good picture of Linus until tonight before they left for home in …
Turkeys Are Our Friends
Our son Noel is home for Thanksgiving (with his cat Linus.) Noel has been a vegerarian since high school. So we usually do Thanksgiving without poultry & meats. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* One vegetarian shares the bond she developed with turkeys after finding alternatives to this traditional Thanksgiving comfort food. and Turkeys love to be caressed, and people …
Opinion: When religion loses its credibility
What if Christian leaders are wrong about homosexuality? I suppose, much as a newspaper maintains its credibility by setting the record straight, church leaders would need to do the same: Correction: Despite what you might have read, heard or been taught throughout your churchgoing life, homosexuality is, in fact, determined at birth and is not …
for tomorrow: TEACHING ABOUT THANKSGIVING
. . . For an Indian, who is also a school teacher, Thanksgiving was never an easy holiday for me to deal with in class. I sometimes have felt like I learned too much about “the Pilgrims and the Indians.” Every year I have been faced with the professional and moral dilemma of just how …
the “Fuck housework” poster
I don’t often promote other people’s stuff, but Noel gave me this very special poster two years ago for Christmas and some people have asked about it. Noel grew up seeing this photograph: From left to right ~ there is my sister Mimi, a photographer from southern California who my mother tried to set me …
Interesting word. Schadenfreude
I first heard about the word Schadenfreude on Boston Legal – one of my favorite television shows. “Schadenfreude” is the title of a Boston Legal episode wherein character Alan Shore (James Spader) uses the term in explaining why some defendants are convicted of an unrelated crime after having engaged in culturally unacceptable or possibly illegal …