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Reverent Agnostic, True Mystic, and a "Very Funny Lady."church
Lonliness, church, community
One of my friend’s favorite authors, David Foster Wallace, died. He killed himself. She sent me an interview that he had done with Salon about his novel Infinite Jest. DFW: I wanted to do something real American, about what it’s like to live in America around the millennium. Salon: And what is that like? DFW: [...]
A Gym after my own heart
If our true will is simply droppin’ some fat to satisfy a scale, then we should be damned to a life of obligatory fitness. If our workouts are rituals of the celebration of movement, ability, and therefore life, we’re pretty magickal. -Physical Subculture I have a vague yearning and I’m not sure where it’s leading [...]
Yet another resource about how to live longer and happier
The author of the Blue Zone has studied long living populations around the world and now has advice for YOU online. The advice about living longer always says stuff like: have a close circle of loving and supportive friends and family, economic stability, close access to nature, and interesting work. OH BOTHER, close friends and [...]
Day 10 (10 more days of work to go before the holidays)
Only 9:11 and I’m crying already. I had to close the door to my office. I’m not crying about work though, I’m crying about my roommate telling me that “we are opposite in so many ways” and the implied meaning that I am not her favorite person in the world, and the how that ties [...]
Just a plain old adult
At my church I am officially a “young adult.” I don’t really like that title as I’m in my 30′s! I think I’m just a plain old adult. So, I look to the internet to back me up, and it does. http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=1eqmn3jtxeqvn?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Young+adult&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc04b&linktext=Young%20adult young adult A young adult is someone in the transition from a teenager [...]
I wish this was still true
I just saw the below post saved in my drafts. Last year I wrote: I go to a UU church and I’m so proud of it. I wish that was still true. Sermon Links: signposts of spiritual maturity I’m looking for signposts of spiritual maturity so that I can advertise for them in my online [...]
You can’t say you can’ play (Part 2)
Last year I almost stopped going to church because I felt so harassed by someone. I finally had to learn to tell him that he couldn’t hang out with me. I wrote about a lunch I had with him last year: I had an awkward “young adult” lunch last week after church. See, there are [...]
Rate your life and my advice on getting up to a 6.4!
This Is My Life, Rated Life: 6.4 Mind: 7.2 Body: 8.2 Spirit: 8.2 Friends/Family: 4.3 Love: 2.1 Finance: 6.3 Take the Rate My Life Quiz Wow, I can’t believe my life rated well enough to give advice! I’m up from a year ago. After taking the quiz, they said my rating was above average and [...]
Brandi Carlile
I discovered Brandi Carlile through Pandora and fortunately shared my discovery with A.M. who then bought tickets for us to see her in a live show. She and her band were awesome. The performance was powerful and was so moving I got chills, and tears were drawn from my eyes. The post below is from [...]
A UU Sales Pitch, a response to an Atlanta Unitarian
An Atlanta Unitarian wrote about the UU sales pitch: I was recently talking with another new Unitarian on how we “sell” our religion to others. My original sales pitch was: “You don’t have to believe in anything in particular to join our group.” Her sales pitch was: “We take the best of every religion, with [...]
