Fiona Apple: Letter to a Gay Teen

From an introduction to the story on The Huffington Post:

Fiona Apple may be well on her way to a musical comeback, but she's now making waves in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender blogosphere for an unrelated, but nonetheless commendable, reason.


A handwritten letter Apple penned in 2000 to a then 16-year-old high school student, who had asked her to write a note for his school's gay-straight-alliance has gone viral. It's difficult to imagine an artist other than Apple, then 22 and fresh off the release of her second album, "When The Pawn...," writing with such sincerity. "If a good boy loves a good girl, good," she notes. "If a good boy loves another good boy, good. And if a good girl loves the goodness in good boys and good girls, then all you have is more goodness, and goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation."

Check out the letter linked above.

30 March 2012

Awesome Arkansas Church

My supervisor is from Arkansas and returned to the state for her wedding.  The church she chose, Thorncrown Chapel, is awesome.  Great architecture.  Take a look.

29 March 2012

The GOP "Woman Problem"

Frank Rich has an interesting read on the GOP's "Woman Problem" for the 2012 election.  It provides a detailed history of the GOP in relation to women and how their outlook has changed in the last 40 years.  A "war on women" indeed.

He includes several pages of additional historical content, starting here.

26 Mach 2012

Citizen United: Another Take

Dan Froomkin at The Huffington Post has written an interesting article about the Citizens United ruling from the Supreme Court in relation to both Congressional and state action.

26 March 2012

World's Greatest Thank You Note

In response to my post on the Scottish Sith, a good friend sent me a link to the world's greatest thank you note.

Again, pure win.

23 March 2012

Krugman: Gas Prices & Deeper Conspiracy Theories

NYT columnist Paul Krugman has written a good piece on gas prices and how viewpoints on this issue reflect a disturbring trend in American politics.

Panem et circenses.

23 March 2012

Welcome Finnegan!

Our family grew on St. Patrick's Day this year.  We adopted an orange tabby kitten who has approved the name Finnegan.  While his big sister Honor doesn't quite yet know what to make of him, we are over the moon with joy.

Live long and prosper, Finn!



22 March 2012

Darth Vader Playing the Bagpipes On a Unicycle

I believe that the title says it all.



Pure win.

22 March 2012

Cat + Lizard = Love

Okay, this is pretty cute.  Animals are odd ducks.  Especially ducks.



22 March 2012

Men's Synchronized Swimming Skit

I just came across a favorite skit from the 1980s that featured Martin Short and Harry Shearer. Enjoy!




Martin Short & Harry Shearer

Duane

21 March 2012

Bank of America

Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone has a great story on Bank of America.  Disgusting, but great.

14 March 2012

The Decorah Eagles are Back!

The nest of a mated pair of bald eagles in Decorah, Iowa, is hopping again.  There are three eggs in the nest.  Check it out.




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8 March 2012

Help the Morris Animal Foundation - Free Donation

The pet insurance company Pet Plan -- which is my insurance company btw -- will donate $1 to the Morris Animal Foundation each time someone clicks their Google+One button at the top of their home page through St. Patrick's Day.  An example of the Google+One button can be seen below this message.

The Morris Animal Foundation is dedicated to medical research for animals.

Thank you.

8 March 2012

Dust Devil on Mars

A dust devil half a mile tall was recently captured by a satellite above Mars.  The photos are awesome.

8 March 2012

Rush Limbaugh - Sandra Fluke

Stephen Colbert gave his spot-on take of Limbaugh-Slut-Prostititue-Gate.

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Jon Stewart did the same.



6 March 2012