Girl power!
Yesterday, Australia elected their first female prime minister. Yay! I don’t know enough about Australian politics to make any sort of substantive comments about the election (I should know more- I’m working on that), but I do know that this quote makes me happy: “I think if there’s one girl who looks at the TV [...]
W.H. Auden
W.H. Auden is one of those poets who makes me happy and grateful in a way that I can’t seem to properly explain. This fondness has been especially pronounced lately and I’ve been rereading and revisiting as much of his writing as I can. My current favorite Auden poem is “The More Loving One”: Looking [...]
Ostranenie vs. the anesthetic of familiarity
Ostranenie vs. the anesthetic of familiarity By now the old art has already died, but the new has not yet been born. Things have died, too: we have lost the sensation of the world. We are like a violinist who has stopped feeling his bow and strings. We have ceased to be artists in our [...]
Memo to the Catholic Church: you’re not above the law
This is WONDERFUL. From Times Online: “Richard Dawkins: I will arrest Pope Benedict XVI”: Richard Dawkins, the atheist campaigner, is planning a legal ambush to have the Pope arrested during his state visit to Britain “for crimes against humanity”. Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, the atheist author, have asked human rights lawyers to produce a case [...]
Moving a perhaps fraction of flower here placing an inch of air there
I’m so happy that spring is almost here! Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons: they’re full of promise and they make me feel inspired and hopeful. Plus, spring is always such a welcome relief after a long, dark, and difficult winter. I could do without the allergies, though! Ugh. Here’s a photo that I [...]
Fred Flintstone and I have something in common!
Little things can sometimes be really cheering. For example, squeezable grape jelly!: I hadn’t seen squeezable jelly until a few days ago, although I imagine it’s been around for a while. Fun! & Apparently, Fred Flintstone shares my fondness for grape jelly (Welch’s even!): (From 1963) Fred’s REALLY hitting that jelly hard! Whoa! Slow down, [...]
Thank you, Lisa Simpson!
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons! Wow. That makes me feel rather old! I love so much about The Simpsons, but my favorite thing about the show is and always has been Lisa. Lisa was the first television character that I could truly relate to. She’s smart, bookish, nerdy, shy, passionate, a [...]
The New Zealand Atheist Bus Campaign!
The New Zealand Atheist Bus Campaign launched yesterday! As their site says: Following the positive spirit of the UK Campaign, this NZ version stands for the same basic principles and ideas: the promotion and expression of a secular humanist world view, and the affirmation that there is no need to believe in a supernatural being [...]
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