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Started by Loren Miller on Thursday. 0 Replies 1 Like
The following showed up in my YouTube feed this morning, and I decided to have a look. Turns out, the New York Times has given us a reasonably even-handed look at a good friend of ours, being one Jerry DeWitt, former bible-thumper and now a pretty…Continue
Tags: Bible Belt, atheist, Jerry DeWitt
Started by Christina Scribner. Last reply by Christina Scribner Apr 10. 5 Replies 3 Likes
So, this morning, I was at my local coffee shop as I am most weekdays between bus runs. I do the editing on my husband's books so I had my laptop with me. My wallpaper is a picture I found online sometime back of a double helix with the word atheist…Continue
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Plinius Apr 9. 1 Reply 3 Likes
It seems as though there was a Gay Pride parade in some town somewhere and a Christian commentator, herein known as The Activist Mommy, apparently got her panties so in a bunch about it that she had to fire up her video camera and record a…Continue
Tags: gay, pride, The Activist Mommy, Andrew Bradley, America's Best Christian
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Apr 9. 1 Reply 3 Likes
Now that Sinclair Broadcasting has stated their position regarding fake news and its threat to our democracy, Mister Deity's Brian Dalton has decided to throw his $0.02 worth in as well ... though I don't quite think his presentation was really what…Continue
Tags: fake news, Deity, Mister, Broadcasting, Sinclair
Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Christina Scribner Apr 3. 3 Replies 4 Likes
Oh, NO! The gun debate has gotten so heated that it has Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, TALKING TO HERSELF! Apparently, one of her has had a stroke or a serious breakdown in cognitive skills, as she does little more than parrot the NRA's…Continue
Tags: NRA, guns, America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers
Started by Loren Miller Apr 3. 0 Replies 2 Likes
"The Lord is our God; the Lord is One." "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but by Me." "There is no god but Allah, and Mohamed is his prophet." Assertions, taught as fact, but without any form of corroborative…Continue
Tags: dogma, QualiaSoup, TheraminTrees
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Thanks for the link, Ian. I always remember Summertime Blues from the Live at Leeds album.
Camus siad something about autumn being a second spring where all the trees are flowers. A nice thought.
Bertold, I remember The Dave Clark Five too. They were a bit of a joke among some music fans but I liked them at the time.
My inspiration for the bass and the notion that bass players are cool is, of course, the late, great John ' Thunder Fingers ' Entwistle of The Who. While the other 3 in the group were leaping about and wrecking things, he stood stock still and played a storm. Heard but not seen much in this clip.
I like the fall colors from Chris and Loren. We don't get much of a show here. Wrong kinds of trees for the most part. Lots of Elm.
The Great Lakes Theater Festival presented Sweeney Todd a couple years ago, and it was the most memorable and powerful play among many outstanding productions I've seen at the Hanna Theater. Here's the opening:
The original version (I think) is a Rossini opera titled The Barber of Seville. The stage play with Angela Lansbury was amazing. The 2007 Johnny Depp/Helen Bonham Carter film was deliciously dark too. As one of the lines from the song goes,
To seek revenge may lead to hell
But everyone does it and seldom as well
As Sweeny Todd
Bertold, I'm familiar with the Sweeney Todd story but have never read the book, seen a stage production, or a movie.
Beautiful fall photos Loren and Chris. I also love the windmill. What a fantastic view! Just read today that the fall colors in my area are behind schedule due to our recent warm weather. The article has a nice listing of the different colors.
Oak — red, brown or russet
Gingko — yellow
Honey locust — yellow
Green ash — yellow
White ash — starts yellow, then grows purplish
Hickory — golden bronze
Dogwood — purplish red
Beech — light tan
Black tupelo (aka, black gum) — crimson
Red maple — brilliant scarlet
Sugar maple — yellow to burnt orange to red
Elm — major dud, its leaves just shrivel up and fall
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