It’s that glorious time of the year again, when Bill O’Reilly starts whinging on about how Christians are under fire and hotly persecuted in their own country. Personally, I didn’t know that Bill O’Reilly lived in Vatican City. Here in the States, however, we seem to have a bizarre split personality thing going on with [...]
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The War On Christmas!
Posted in Rants, religion, tagged Bill O'Reilly, Christmas, religion, War On Christmas on December 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Happy Holidays, or whatever
Posted in Christmas, Rants, blogging, religion, shopping, tagged Anguiano Held Hostage, Bill O'Reilly, Christmas, holidays, Jesus, Rants, War On Christmas on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Several weeks since I blogged anything. Sorry about that. I’ve backposted Anguiano Held Hostage: Day 130 and Day 135 by way of making up for it. Day 130 is about having a household of newly adopted cats, in which I sound uncharacteristically sweet. Day 135 also discusses pets, but more to the point is a meditation on the [...]
Poly Ticks: The Many Ways That Sarah Palin Bugs Me
Posted in Rants, politics, religion, tagged abortion rights, abstinence-only, Bridge To Nowhere, campaign, earmarks, election, Fox News, maverick, McCain, politics, poly ticks, Pro-Life, Rants, religion, Republican, Sarah Palin on September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I hate politics. What should be the stewardship of the public interest is so often merely a thinly veiled exercise in personal enrichment and aggrandizement. What should be the best of humanity is usually its worst.
To wit, Sarah Palin.
According to the McCain Campaign, Fox News, and Rush Limbaugh, Ms. Palin is the maverick governor of Alaska, [...]
Bad Suggestions
Posted in religion, tagged religion, saints on June 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of my co-workers is going to be giving birth to a girl in a month or so. She said that she and her husband are having trouble coming up with girl names, so I promised I’d provide a list of completely unsuitable names. I don’t think she took me seriously.
Nevertheless, I came up with [...]
Ben Stein’s Monkey
Posted in Rants, movies, religion, tagged Ben Stein, Evolution, Intelligent Design, movies, Rants on April 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the release of “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed”, it’s official: Ben Stein is a dickhead.
I have not seen this movie and have no intention of seeing it. I’ve read a number of reviews and descriptions and so I feel reasonably certain that I have a sufficient understanding of the matter to make [...]
Dispatches From The Front Yard – Day 617
Posted in Rants, religion, tagged Darwin, Dispatches, religion, repost on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks back, I was gifted with a most wondrous bit of correspondence. It was anonymous and unexpected, as the best gifts often are, arriving on a sunny Saturday afternoon as I was doing some shopping. The weather was beautiful and a steady crowd of shoppers was making their way into and out [...]
Anguiano Held Hostage: Day 135
Posted in Amy, Christmas, Held Hostage, Lafayette, Rants, pets, religion, saints, shopping, tagged Amy, cats, Christmas, cynical, holiday spirit, holidays, humanity, Lafayette, pets, Rants, saints, shopping, XTC on December 21, 2003 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently there’s a football game today, because I can hear cursing and screaming from my neighbors and the Saints have been mentioned. I presume they’re not referring to my letter about to St. Drogo and Albertus Magnus, but all things are possible.
Of course, I also am not exactly sure what I’m typing, because [...]
Anguiano Held Hostage: Day 101
Posted in Held Hostage, Lafayette, movies, religion, tagged Lafayette, movies, religion, saints, Will Ferrell, writing on November 17, 2003 | 1 Comment »
Hmm. Apparently the gubernatorial election was held on Friday or Saturday. I had intended to vote, but I sort of assumed that the election would be held on a Tuesday, like everywhere else in the country. Grumblegrumblegrumble . . . .
It’s an overcast Monday as I write this, getting a much later [...]
