...don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. It seems like I am not alone in bidding au revoir, good riddance, and GTFO to 2013- I know lots of the folks in my social circles, as well as plenty of folks I know only tangentially, have had a rough time … Continue reading So Long, 2013…
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Six Weeks of Hell, aka, Let’s Never Do This Again
So, it's been a little while. Sorry about that. I was busy all summer, but good busy, and into the fall, but then October hit. October of 2012 shall go down in infamy. It started relatively normally- the 1st was the second anniversary of the death of my maternal grandmother, the 2nd was our 8th … Continue reading Six Weeks of Hell, aka, Let’s Never Do This Again
Oh, Thank Heaven (Some Christian Nation pt. 1)
Thank Heaven we live in a Christian Nation! An idyllic country founded on God's Own Laws, where we revere Jesus and all his teachings, hold to the sanctity of life and blessedness of humankind, especially Americans, above all others. We were founded in freedom and truth, on Biblical principles, with liberty and justice for all. … Continue reading Oh, Thank Heaven (Some Christian Nation pt. 1)
Afflicting the Comfortable
The priest at the church where I became an Episcopalian lo these many years ago had a favorite saying that has always stuck with me- "The role of the Church is two-fold: to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable". I'm sure she got it from somewhere else; it has the ring of one of … Continue reading Afflicting the Comfortable
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