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What I learned from Sheriff Andy Griffith
As a child, we were blessed to have TBS Superstation out of Atlanta show an after school lineup of some of the best television ever made. We thought the Monkees, Hazel and even the Brady Bunch were present day shows and grew up rushing home to watch these great shows. When the whistling introduction to [...]
07.3.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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Church Home!
I have finally found a church home in Austin. Today I joined First United Methodist Church and am relieved to finally have a foundation and a home base for my Faith in Austin.
Rejoice and be glad in it! I am looking forward to becoming involved in the church and continuing my walk with God.
05.20.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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Profiles in Courage
President Obama, on the very day North Carolina voters put a ban on civil unions and marriage equality in their state constitution, spoke out on Marriage Equality. The news, on a Wednesday no less, has dominated the news cycle. To me, it is nice to see a leader be so bold on an issue that [...]
05.10.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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A celebration of ignorance and bigotry!
North Carolina is the latest state to embrace bigotry and the put the reduction of rights for a minority into their state constitution. Just as the South did in the Jim Crow era, the majority of ignorant people made laws to oppress a minority they hated for a variety of very stupid reasons.
That their is [...]
05.9.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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The recession is over. False
I had heard this weird tale that Tide laundry detergent was being stolen and sold in large quantities but couldn’t wrap my head around the what or why. In Austin, one of the largest shoplifting rings in the nation has been busted and it sheds some light on this “shadow economy” that is operating and [...]
04.3.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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Slave labor is flourishing in China
The much anticipated audit of Apple’s China suppliers is complete. To no one’s surprise the companies are in violation of China’s work laws. China isn’t a country known and heralded for worker’s rights so that’s saying a lot.ย More than 60% of the workers at three of Apple supplier Foxconn’s factories in China say their wages [...]
03.30.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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Finding a Church Home
My spiritual life is very important to me. I have noticed to talk about God creates more kerfuffles with my friends than if you were to talk about drinking to a black out does.
I have lived in Austin for 9 years and have not found a church home. I get motivated and start spending my [...]
03.24.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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How dare you flaunt your heterosexuality.
In this video, Janelle says that the masculinity of her father helped her find the man she wanted to marry…a similar awful close minded person. Janelle and Brian speak for nearly 6 minutes about how marriage is between a man and a woman and that gay people shouldn’t have the right to that same [...]
03.9.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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Character Matters
I just returned from seeing The Iron Lady, starring Meryl Streep. While many disagree with Prime Minister Thatcher’s policies, I believe her core conservative principals were honorable and she carried out her vision admirably. There was a quote in the movie that I can not confirm was uttered by the real Prime Minister, but when [...]
01.28.12 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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The Christmas Blues Comes Once A Year
I love Christmas. Even though Christmas isn’t filled with the joy it once was and there is a cloud of sadness that hovers over me at this time of year, I still manage to find the joy and wonder of this holiday. My grandmother always made Christmas special for us and when she died (just [...]
12.8.11 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
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