One of my bestest friends ever Cyndy is bringing a mini-Cyndy in to the world. The first piece of the future I will actively influence. I cannot wait. Countdown 'til BabyPants...
You Are Among An Author Who Wants to Make Sure She Doesn't Leave Anything Out
ljm:
I want to make sure I cover all necessary topics in the You Are Among Friends book (which will be published by the holidays, by the way! Start your letters to Santa now!). In writing the zine, I wrote directly to my memory of my twelve-year-old self. In the book, not only do I want to address a wider audience, but I also want to address a range of concerns wider than the ones I personally dealt with most.
Girls, ladies, women: What were you most concerned about as an adolescent? What made you deliriously happy? What did you worry about? What made you cry so much that your dad scolded you at the dinner table to “quit crying all the time?” (Oh. Just me, then?)
I’m asking that ideas be sent to me via my website—click the “Say Hi” link at the top.
I’d like this to reach as wide an audience of ladies as possible, so if you have it in your heart to give a girl a good old-fashioned reblog this morning, please do!
right now I want nothing more than to be that kid (ryan!)
gatekeeper:caseydonahue:Ran into these guys on the train. They win Halloween.
Maine Gay Marriage Law Repealed
A voter said: “We’ve struggled, we’ve worked against tremendous odds, as we’ve all known…we prevailed because the people of Maine, the silent majority, the folks back home spoke with their vote tonight.”
Excuse me, assholes Christians? Seriously?!
This is what your main man J.C. wants you to get done around here? You know, the guy who hung out with the diseased, and the hookers, and trashed temples, and told you to love everyone unconditionally.
My friend Teresa said it best:
“In fact, I think if you really think about it, you’d understand that if Jesus were here in the flesh today, he’d totally ignore things like unnecessary war in Iraq, banks engaged in usury & gang rape by military contractors, because he’d be so very busy making sure the gays don’t get hitched.”
This is an humiliating time to be a human being.
Everything is TERRIBLE!
Man sues over lack of 'Lynx effect'
Ananova: Man sues over lack of ‘Lynx effect’
A luckless Indian romeo is suing Lynx after he failed to land a single girlfriend during seven years of using their products.
Vaibhav Bedi, 26, is seeking £26,000 from parent company Unilever for the “depression and psychological damage” caused by the lack of any Lynx (Axe in India) effect.
Bedi says in his court petition: “The company cheated me because in its advertisements, it says women will be attracted to you if you use Axe.
“I used it for seven years but no girl came to me.”
Should prayers be covered?
The Christian Science Church believes that prayer treatment is an effective alternative to doctors and other medical care.
[there is currently] a proposal in the [health care] legislation requiring insurers to consider covering the church’s prayer treatments just as they do other medical expenses.
the proposal would essentially put Christian Science prayer treatments on the same footing as science-based medical care
Phil Davis has been trained as a practitioner and still occasionally treats the sick. “We’ll talk to them about their relationship to God,” he said. “We’ll talk to them about citations or biblical passages they might study. We refer to it as treatment.”
During the day, Davis may see multiple patients and pray for them at different moments. He charges them $20 to $40 for the day, saying, “I think that it would be considered modest by any standard.”
