Monthly Archives: April 2006

Poem on Your Blog Weekend – Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep

Posted on 4/29/2006 by Terrance

It hadn’t occurred to me to post poems about death, but this weekend I find that reading them actually gives me some comfort. So here’s another that stood out to me, by Mary Frye. Do Not Stand At My Grave … Continue reading →

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Poem on Your Blog Weekend – Do Not Got Gentle into that Good Night

Posted on 4/29/2006 by Terrance

Somehow, Dylan Thomas’ famous poem seems appropriate. Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know … Continue reading →

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Friday Random Ten – The Weekend Edition

Posted on 4/29/2006 by Terrance

You can imagine, things have been thrown a little off the tracks this week. So, here’s the random ten post that should have gone up yesterday. If you wanna play along… Start your MP3 player. Put your collection on random … Continue reading →

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Queers’ Kids in the City

Posted on 4/28/2006 by Terrance

It’s funny how things come full circle sometimes. About a year ago, I wrote a post titled "Kids in the Queer City" about an article suggesting that San Francisco’s sizable gay population was "driving families from the city," by somehow … Continue reading →

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My Virtual Major

Posted on 4/28/2006 by Terrance

I’m one of those people who never decided ed what I wanted to be when I grew up. It’s one of the reasons I never went grad school, because I was never able to make up my mind between culinary … Continue reading →

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Talk about adding insult to injury. The Pentagon is billing 900 wounded soldiers $1.2 million. I guess when you’ve got a war on your hands that’s costing you $320 billion now, and will likely cost more than $500 billion before … Continue reading →

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R.I.P., Dad

Posted on 4/26/2006 by Terrance

Jesse H. Heath, Jr. September 29, 1930 – April 26, 2006 (Photo from Augusta Chronicle , 2004.) 

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It’s been a while since we were counting the days ’til Fitzmas, but it looks like it may be time to start the countdown again. Shortly after news that Karl Rove has cut back on his policy-related duties (maybe the … Continue reading →

Posted on 4/26/2006 by Terrance | Comments Off

Wear Sunscreen

Posted on 4/26/2006 by Terrance

"Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my … Continue reading →

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Video Game History

Posted on 4/25/2006 by

If you’ve ever spent all night playing a computer game, realized the sun was rising and wondered how it happened to you, check out this Google Video Discovery Channel program on the history of computer games. It’s long. Something like … Continue reading →

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Mama Told Him (Not to Come)

Posted on 4/25/2006 by Terrance

To the party, that is. It’s been a busy day, so I haven’t had time to read or write much, but I made a mental note to check out the feature article in the style section of today’s Washington Post, … Continue reading →

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Worldview Quiz

Posted on 4/25/2006 by

You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don’t think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much … Continue reading →

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History Lesson c/o YouTube

Posted on 4/25/2006 by

OMFG. I know it’s not Saturday, but start your morning with this cartoon. Just trust me on this one. Why wasn’t this taught in school when I was growing up? I agree with BattlePanda. YouTube has proven it’s worth. I … Continue reading →

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Movies 101 Meme

Posted on 4/24/2006 by Terrance

How "movie literate" are you? After rating over 900 movies on Netflix, I figured I must be passably literate when it comes to movies. So when I saw the 101 movies meme, based on Roger Ebert’s list of moves you … Continue reading →

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I wrote about Dwan Prince’s gay-bashing earlier. Today there was some justice in the case, as one of his attackers was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his part in the attack. The beating left Prince in a coma … Continue reading →

Posted on 4/24/2006 by Terrance | Comments Off