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Marley’s Bowels of Compassion (or Lack Thereof)
This is a reference to 1 John 3:17 - “But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?” (KJV) In other words, those who are rich in this
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Beer and Snacks
Foreign affairs writer Tom Nichols of The Atlantic explains that foreign aid is normally about 1% of the U.S. budget—$60 billion—and 18 months of funding for both the military and humanitarian aid in Ukraine have been about $75 billion. Israel usually gets about $3 billion; the new
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Incipient Change
Mom is dying. She’s been putting it off for a while, but when the nurse you trust tells you to book a flight, you can feel that the ground has shifted. I would have left already but I thought that I had picked up the cold one of my
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A billboard congratulating Emily on selling the most billboards this year
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The sign in the car window read, “Glass Orchid, stop waxing, start—“ and was gone before I could find out what and I think that’s for the best.
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I honestly thought a company could not provide worse customer service than my local cable company. Then this morning I dealt with Chase.
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Whoa, Cincinnati and Columbus might be the best MLS match I’ve seen this season
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I received an invite to a local autistic adult meet-up tonight over Zoom. It’s my first local autism connection that’s not related to my kids. Wasn’t expecting the invite, though, since I emailed them last spring asking about it and never heard back…
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See What They’ve Done
Lady Bird later recalled: “I looked at her. Mrs. Kennedy’s dress was stained with blood. One leg was almost entirely covered with it and her right glove was caked…with blood—her husband’s blood. She always wore gloves like she was used to them. I never could. Somehow
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Genuine drumming
I’ve got plenty of gripes about Mastodon, but the aspect that makes up for most of them is that it feels very direct. It’s not just that it doesn’t have the various algorithms controlling the feed, but it doesn’t have the people trying to game the
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Not even a toss-up
More to the point, perhaps, considering the Carters’ profound humanity, is that when journalist Katie Couric once asked President Carter whether winning a Nobel Peace Prize or being elected president of the United States was the most exciting thing that ever happened to him, Carter answered: “When Rosalynn said she’