December 2010
52 posts
“Though most of Joseph’s life goes unmentioned in the Gospels, he carried...”
– Putting St. Joseph back in the picture. - By James Martin - Slate Magazine
“We are all meant to be mothers of God. What good is it to me if this eternal...”
– Mothers of God | Interrupting the Silence
“The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took...”
– Christmas truce - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“And then someone says, look, the animals, they are adoring the baby. And I say,...”
– An Interview With the Nativity Innkeeper « Whatever
Hehe. This was amusing.
(via kimberlyfaye)
Found this today during the dark times while Tumblr was blocked, so I posted it to Facebook. Glad to be able to share it here instead.
WatchJeff Bridges sings “Silver Bells” with Cookie Monster on SNL.
Happy Winter Festival of Choice
Ordinarily, I’m a “Happy Holidays” person. More than one tradition has a holiday that falls late in the year, so I tend to stick to the generic wishes of joy unless I specifically know which holiday the person I am addressing celebrates, so that the intended sentiment doesn’t get lost in conflicting cultural baggage.
But now it’s December 20th, which means we are...
“I thought back to all the stuff I’d heard sitting next to this guy in...”
– The Wrong Stuff : My Country Right or Wrong: Conscientious Objector Josh Stieber on Being Wrong About the Military
This is a fascinating interview.
Guy Proposes to Girl Using Fake Muppets Movie... →
This made me sniffle. Also I applaud the gentleman’s creativity.
Christmas Caaaaaards!
I ordered 100 Christmas cards. USPS lost the package (we thought it was stolen, turned out it was just lost). I asked the printer, moo.com, to file a claim with the postal service. They reprinted the order and upgraded my shipping for free. (They are fantastic and I can’t recommend them highly enough.)
Then USPS found the package, which means the original order of 100 and the reprinted...
Cloudmaker Days: A Memoir of the A. I. Game - Jay... →
Not only was it a groundbreaking, genre-defining game/story, it’s also how Tom and I met.
And I enjoyed the excuse to read back through the step-self storyline (footnote 39). What an incredibly beautiful bit of storytelling, brought about by a simple mistake made by an overworked designer.
“Christians who wish to acknowledge the religious roots of the season — the birth...”
– Guest Voices: How should Christians cope with ‘Christmas wars?’ - On Faith at washingtonpost.com (via tiffanyb)
Not to mention the great big likeliness that we co-opted a pagan holiday around the winter solstice when picking the day for Christmas in the first place. (via tj)
Of course we did,...
Naughty or Nice Christmas List 2010 →
Literally minutes after I posted the previous quote about commercialization being the actual “War on Christmas,” this link from the American Family Association came to me via Twitter, and I’m just… appalled.
Aside from the fact that our religious holiday is also a federally-sanctioned paid holiday for most people making it ridiculous that Christmas is becoming at all...
“Christians who wish to acknowledge the religious roots of the season — the...”
– Guest Voices: How should Christians cope with ‘Christmas wars?’ - On Faith at washingtonpost.com
“So we make it all up, throwing in a little Christianity, a little paganism, an...”
– Great Expectations
Carolyn Hax, 10 years ago, on Christmas traditions, the accompanying expectations that fall flat, and finding joy in Christmas anyway.
“group: The Whiffenpoofs
song: “Haven’t Met You Yet” by Michael...”
– The Sing-Off - On Key with Ben Folds
I love Ben Folds’ wrapup blog entries about The Sing-Off. And I knew I wasn’t imagining the thing that bothered me about the Whiffenpoofs.
“Investor and new addition to the pledge, Nicolas Berggruen, 48, said he decided...”
– 16 Tycoons Agree to Give Away Fortunes - WSJ.com
“The Whiffenpoofs, rather than attempting (in vain, undoubtedly) to escape the...”
– ‘The Sing-Off’: Ben Folds Is Still Fantastic, Plus: Shut Up, Yale Guy : Monkey See : NPR
Wikileaks and the Long Haul « Clay Shirky →
The best thing anyone has written about Wikileaks.
“And now? Now I am done. I can get down from the edge and bandage my feet,...”
– carrying ballast: doubt
For the past 24+ hours:
brozonelayer:
Go on Tumblr: “we’ll be back shortly.”
Go on tumblr 2 hours later: “we’ll be back shortly”
Go on tumblr 4 hours later: “we’ll be back shortly”
Go to sleep, wake up: NO TUMBLR
Check tumblr at school: NO TUMBLR
Get home from school: NO TUMBLR
2 hours after school: NO TUMBLR
4 hours after school: “JUST A MINUTE!”
1 hour later: DASH IS VISIBLE
I tried...
Girlfriends aren't sex dolls →
wilwheaton:
Amazing comment from Reddit. I wish this didn’t have to be said, but I’m glad someone said it.
This. FFS.
What are your favorite culturally untranslateable... →
This thread is epic. I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe.
Sock It to Me | Funky & Cute Knee High Socks for... →
Omg… SOCKS!!
Let’s Stop Panicking Over Half-Assed Terrorists... →
Oh yes. Yes indeed. Read the whole article. It’s short, but worth your time.