People who like the website "PostSecret" will like this video by Frank Warren (who created PostSecret) in which he asks one question: What's Your Secret? Funny, moving, shocking… it's all there: PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God from Frank Warren on Vimeo.
“Ummmm… Okay”
That's my reaction to the news that three-times married TV icon Meredith Baxter Burney, (the mom on Family Ties) has announced that she is gay. It's also my reaction to the news that Facebook is getting rid of regional networks. And while I'm being non-plussed, you can file this under "Things I Already Suspected To Be True"
Salvation Army Denying Toys To Immigrants
Here's the Salvation Army mission statement: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. "Without discrimination". So … Read More
Changing One’s Facebook Info To “Married”…. While AT The Altar
Cute: He also twittered, too. Here's his tweet:
Andrew Sullivan On Why He Left The Conservative Herd
Inspired by Charles Johnson, former Log Cabin Republican Andrew Sullivan takes time out to state the reasons why he has moved from right wing conservatism. To be fair, he has never claimed allegiance to any party (he supported, in order, Reagan and Bush and Clinton and Dole and Bush and Kerry and Obama), but he's shown a clear movement leftward … Read More
Because Nothing Celebrates The Birth Of Christ Better Than Shopping at Capitalistic Business Ventures
StandforChristmas.com is a new website venture brought to by (who else) Focus on The Family. It allows users to rate how the "Christmas-friendliness" of various retailers, and by that I mean, whether or not they are sufficiently intolerant of Kwanza, Hannukah, and other Jesus-hating holidays. Here's a typical comment — this one about Sears: Comment Date: Nov 30 2009 8:57 … Read More
Website Of The Day
It's just a tray, right? I mean, that's all it really is….. right? (Apparently, this company is operated out of Greensboro…)
The Stimulus Worked
Yes, the unemployment situation is bad, and a lot of people are blaming the Obama stimulus package for not working and/or making things worse. Of course, what some people don't see — or can't see — is what things would have been like had it not been for the stimulus package. Fortunately, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office just released a … Read More
New Laws Which Take Effect Today In NC
Let's take a quick look at some of the new laws which take effect today in North Carolina. The big one is, of course, no texting while driving. Now, don't think you can be cute about this. But no, it applies to emailing, too. In fact it applies to any time you "manually enter multiple letters or text in the device … Read More
Charles Johnson Makes It Official
The New York Times is supposedly writing a story on this, and I too have touched on it before. To wit, the slow transformation of Charles Johnson from prominent right-wing blogger into… well… something sane. Yesterday, he made it official in a post on his blog, Little Green Footballs, entitled Why I Parted Ways With The Right: 1. Support for … Read More
The Afghanistan Decision
Yesterday, Barack Obama had Michael Moore attacking his Afghanistan troop buildup from the left, in an open letter posted on his Web site ("If you go to West Point tomorrow night … and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, … you will do the worst possible thing you could do…"), and today, as he's … Read More