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002. Definitions
Okay. Before this goes any further, I think we need to establish a common vocabulary: ho·mo·sex·u·al adj. Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex. gay Can be used...
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112. codification
One of the great things about living in a city is the inordinate proximity and access to basically everything. There are a gadzillion restaurants to choose from and sample; opportunities to attend arts...
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113. poinephobia
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. — Psalm 37:1 (King James Version) I’ve been a little crazy this week. This past Sunday marked the first “preview...
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117. excogitate
excogitate, verb: 1) To think out; devise; invent; 2) To study intently and carefully in order to grasp or comprehend fully. Now is not the time for verbal swordplay, for unlikely flights of...
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120. screed
screed, noun: 1. A long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe; 2. An informal letter, account, or other piece of writing. Yesterday I found a blog post linked on Twitter entitled, “Why I love...
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155. tardigrade
I am tired. It’s been over a month since my last update here, and not for a lack of anything to write about or say. On the contrary. There’s almost too much to say. So many thoughts charging about like...
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165. algid
“We know that no matter how good our intentions, we will all stumble sometimes, in some way. We will make mistakes, we will experience hardships. And even when we’re trying to do the right thing, we...
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167. decathect
“Perhaps I have been wrong to keep so much of my mind from you,” said Mr Norrell, knotting his fingers together. “I am almost certain I have been wrong. But I decided long ago that Great Britain’s best...
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177. trachle
Last week on Facebook, I posted an article from Queerty about the results of a study conducted through Hunter College in New York that found that of the 800 gay and bisexual men surveyed, “many...
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178. diglossia
This past weekend I saw the following list on a blog I follow. I’m not entirely sure why I still follow this guy. Morbid curiosity? He was a Xanga blogger I subscribed to back when I was a Christian. I...
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189. bordereau
There was a time, not too long ago, when I could never picture myself moving away from Minnesota, from my family, and from my friends who in some ways became more like family than the one I inherited....
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193. jigger
Now that Christmas 2013 is here and finally gone, I feel that I can finally rant to you, dear reader, about what particularly bothers me so much about the entire bloody month of December. And it’s not...
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194. sozzled
I have tried to start this one several times, the first attempt taking place around 11:50 PM on Tuesday. The reason it’s proving so difficult is that there’s a lot to say about 2013, and also not very...
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197. Huit d’Épées
The stories we are told as children are templates we unwittingly carry with us through childhood and into adulthood, on which we pattern most of our thinking and the way we ultimately live. Growing up...
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198. Le Jugement
This was a card that came up yesterday, reversed, in the ninth position on the Celtic cross spread. It reminds me just how steeped the Rider-Waite-Smith deck is in Judeo-Christian mythology. The...
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199. Le Pape
It’s worth mentioning again in going through this Tarot series that I do not approach the cards from the standpoint of divination (i.e., fortune telling). As an atheist, I do not believe in divine or...
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200. Tempérance
"I am many things. An artist. A composer. A writer. A some-time cook. A fan of public radio. Irish-American. A Christian. I’m also gay." Two years after writing that, two of those ended up not being...
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202. schizoid
Today, the Pink Agendist posted “Are you living with a covert schizoid?“ It’s important to put a crowbar of separation between “schizoid” and “schizophrenic” at the outset. These two have nothing to do...
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207. congnisance
Reflections on an observation I made at a former fundamentalist retreat a few weeks ago, and the importance of creating spaces where all voices can be freely expressed, heard, and understood.
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212. cuittle
There have been a number of article and discussions about atheism recently - and they seems to suggest that thing are looking good for secularism!
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