Politics And More

Whose Line Is It? Whose Skit Is It?

September 29, 2015

There’s a wall-mounted tv set in the main breakroom where I work at night. Every now and then, such as last night, I am able to be in there when there’s a new episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? being shown. Comedy in various [read more]

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The Pope

September 24, 2015

His Holiness Francis, Bishop of Rome, addressed a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress and spoke for just under an hour. He touched on many topics and themes. There was much I agree with, although I can not overlook his regressive views on full marriage [read more]

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Personal Responsibility

September 23, 2015

As a creative, openly queer person ‘of a certain age‘ (57 as of a few months ago) I am all too well aware of how excessive rules and policies can be used, have been used, are being used, to control, demean and belittle people. At [read more]

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Queer Sisters and Catholic Nuns

April 28, 2015

Sister Unity (found on Facebook) responds to a self-professed gay male Roman Catholic political activist who accused Sisters (as in, of Perpetual Indulgence) of ‘mocking nuns‘ and putting the fight for equality at risk by offending all members of that religious faith tradition. In comments [read more]

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Fight For Fifteen

April 14, 2015

At the end of 2008 I said “Good-bye” to the corporate world. So long to 60 hour weeks and driving over 1,500 miles a month. I Also said “So long” to 4 weeks a year of paid vacation and a 6 figure income- salary, bonus [read more]

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Religious Freedom and Social Contracts Old and New

April 8, 2015

At the founding of the USA the concept of Religious Freedom as used in the US Constitution was clear and focussed. In contrast to European countries with Established Churches and stipulations such as ‘No Catholic may ascend to the British throne’ the new country would [read more]