Cynthia Yockey, A Conservative Lesbian
A Conservative Lesbian
Sleep deprivation right after finding out that Maggie Byrd has lymphoma made me especially vulnerable to getting overshadowed by fear and sadness and I forgot some important things: What you put your attention on grows stronger. You are alive until you are dead. While you are alive, make the effort — see #1 above — …
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Dear Richard McEnroe of Three Beers Later featured this video of Charisma Carpenter from the UPN series, “Veronica Mars,” which is how I found it. I enjoyed Ms. Carpenter’s work in “Buffy” and “Angel.” I am embedding the video here for its inspirational value on account of learning via a little Google research that Ms. …
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Lyrics to ‘Barcarolle,’ sung by mezzo Elina Garanca and soprano Anna Netrebko, from the third act of The Tales of Hoffman by Offenbach (full libretto in French with English translation here): Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour Souris à nos ivresses Nuit plus douce que le jour Ô belle nuit d’amour! Le temps fuit et sans …
By arguing that the majority vote in favor of Prop 8 in California should stand despite the decision that it is unconstitutional, Maggie Gallagher and the National Organization for Marriage have managed to make a large number of social conservatives forget their love of the Constitution — or inadvertently, they have exposed that social conservatives …
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I see from a post by dear Fausta that quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan died on Saturday of complications of quadriplegia and respiratory problems. FYI, most quads can move their arms but lack dexterity in their hands. If you are wondering what kinds of complications quadriplegia has, he could have gotten sepsis from a pressure sore …
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OK, I’m pretty sure I came across the following Keyboard Cat cover act by actor Ron Livingston at icanhascheezburger.com, and I will take you on the journey through YouTube that it sparked: This led to a reporter who swallowed a fly — I don’t know why he swallowed the fly — but hijinks ensued because …
The patty pans squash plant I was checking on yesterday when I saw the goldfinches in the zinnias turned out this afternoon to have a stalk so damaged that I was going to pull it this evening. But before I headed out I had the impulse to check my e-mail and learned that one of …
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This popped up in my Facebook feed from Karen Kelly. Steele provides the perfect description of the motivations of the NAACP and its fellow travelers and useful idiots in the racial grievance industry. What they have done to feed their own greed and lust for power is enslave blacks to racial grievances instead of creating …
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H/T The Bloggess at Good Mom/Bad Mom: “It’s about damn time someone set The Giving Tree straight.” Coming attractions: I am not satisfied with the post I’ve been working on the last couple of hours, so it will have to wait for tomorrow, or another day, but I will post the video of Shelby Steele …