My annual tradition, which is still theologically accurate:
Quick update for everyone, and hopefully I’ll be back again later today, here’s what I’ve found this time:
First up, the NSFW trailer for the new movie Ted:
And speaking of NSFW, check out the first episode of Savage U. It’s edited for a younger audience, so short clips, almost sound-byte quality, but its a good watch.
For your daily dose of political news, check this out:
Sad that there is such a price discrepancy!
Geek and Sundry kicked off this week with two great videos, first up a new music video from The Guild:
And the first episode of The Flog:
And lastly, I will also be back with my annual Good Friday post, but until then, enjoy this:
Another update for you, mostly videos, so let’s see what we have today:
First up, NASA captured fire tornadoes on the sun that would engulf five Earths:
The perpetual motion bulldog:
And a fun video with iPads:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53_qvMQfvOE
I don’t think I can embed this, so check out the birth of a book here.
And a bit of news, Canada is going to be taking their penny out of circulation. The measure is expected to save about $11 million dollars.
And lastly, some very frightening news: even if the chemicals are killing you, your doctors can’t tell you about them, because it’s proprietary information. Of course it’s about fracking.
That’s it for now, I’ll be back soon!
Written: 4/1/2012
I’d like to share a wonderful video that brings together the history of marriage through the church (via the lens of California’s Prop 8, which was funded very prominently by out of state Mormons):
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 3/31/2012
This makes me fucking insane. The fact that this kind of thing happens drive me up the wall and makes me just want to rage against every being in the Catholic hierarchy, as well as those that can’t understand my frustrations with the members of the Church that lets this continue:
Father Marcel Guarnizo, the cleric who presided over the ceremony, doesn’t like gay people: during communion he refused to give the grieving daughter a piece of the Eucharist. From The Advocate:
Barbara Johnson says that Father Marcel Guarnizo told her, “I cannot give you communion because you live with a woman, and in the eyes of the church that is a sin.”
Denying Ms. Johnson the Eucharist apparently wasn’t enough for Fr. Guarnizo, who reportedly “left the alter” when Ms. Johnson delivered her mother’s eulogy, and later refused to attend the gravesite.
To deny someone, on one of the absolute saddest days of their lives the closure that they need, is horrific. He not only denied her communion, but refused to finish the funeral, not even going to the grave site. The priest has been suspended, but now is saying that his diocese is lying about the whole situation and he tries to let his bigotry stand.
So this was pretty bad. But it’s hardly any worse than anything the Vatican, or US Cardinals, do on a daily basis to gays, or to pro-choicers. How is the Catholic churches annual attempt at influencing the US elections on behalf of the Republicans, when they ban John Kerry, for example, from taking communion, any less “intimidating”? And it’s not intimidation when the Catholic church cuts off services to foster children in Illinois and DC than simply treat gay people fairly? Trying to influence legislation by abandoning needy kids isn’t intimidation? Talk to the kids the Catholic bishops used as their pawns. And let’s not even speak of the intimidation involved in aiding and abetting the rape of young children.
I know that there are good people out there who are Catholic, I can see how it can bring peace and good things to someone’s life. But I cannot understand how people can allow things like this to happen.
Update: You’ll notice that this is Part V, although I think I lost Part III. The others aren’t really ready to be published, they will take a lot more work, but I’ll be working on them eventually.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 3/31/2012
I guess sometimes I forget that those coming behind me still have it tough. That school is still sometimes hell, and oftentimes, not from classmates, but from school principles and administrators.
Case in point, Dorthy Bond, a principal from Tennessee was forced to resign after telling LGBT students that they were going to hell.
I could never understand treating children like that, and especially someone in education spreading untruths like that.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 3/31/2012
This is floating around, and I’ll share it from AmericaBlog:
I’ve been forced to explain homosexuality to my kids (aged 3 and 4) because their uncle is gay. This incredibly difficult and traumatic experience went as follows:
Child: Why does Uncle Bob go everywhere with Pete?
Me: Because they’re in love, just like Mummy and Daddy are.
Child: Oh. Can I have a biscuit?
We’re all scarred for life. Scarred, I tell you.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 3/31/2012
The Internet and the media has exploded with the fact that, surprise, NOM is a bigoted organization!
Some of their internal memos were leaked, revealing part of their strategy to be driving a wedge between African Americans and gays:
The strategic goal of this project is to drive a wedge between gays and blacks – two key democratic constituencies. We aim to find, equip, energize and connect African American spokespeople for marriage; to develop a media campaign around their objections to gay marriage as a civil right; and to provoke the gay marriage base into responding by denouncing these spokesmen and women as bigots. No politician wants to take up and push an issue that splits the base of the party. Fanning the hostility raised in the wake of Prop 8 is key…
NOM also included in their strategy, hiring dumb, pretty celebrities to be spokespeople.
AmericaBlog follows up, wondering who saw this plan, and then decided to fund them. We sadly, may never know, even though on many occasions, NOM has been ordered by the courts to follow campaign finance laws, they still refused to disclose their donors.
The Onion follows up with some great pieces of satire as well, make sure to check it out.
Rob has an amazing piece, please go and take the time to read it, it breaks down NOMs lies and puts out so succinctly some of the details of this whole situation.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Written: 3/31/2012
I’m fairly certain that this will be my friends when I come out, instead of really talking about me coming out, instead talking about CSS, design and typography.
All my best,
The King of Spades
Let’s see what I’ve found today for you:
First up, this has been making the rounds, pretty amazing:
This just amazing. It’s a cookbook, that is printed on lasagna noodles, so you bake it after reading it. Pretty awesome!
From Copyranter, not at all what I expected, but I guess after reading “To Hair is Human”:
Also from Copyranter, the inevitable follow up from Etch-a-Sketch.
An interesting twist, a museum show, where the guests have to be naked (instead of the art being naked). Head down to Australia if you want to see it.
I’m so excited to not have to drive by the way:
Microsoft has come up with a 3D desktop display, pretty cool looking.
That’s it for now, I’ll be back soon with more!
