Doing well by doing good

Good article by someone who walks every inch of the walk: Why I hire former convicts and gang members.

Doing well by doing good

The Oatmeal

I'm very keen on The Oatmeal. The latest post is "If you do this in an email, I hate you."

The Oatmeal

That's logic, that is!

1. God made woman out of one of Adam's ribs.
2. Women are glorified ribs.
3. Ribs are delicious.
4. Delicious things are meant to be eaten.
5. Women should be eaten.

Don't look at me like that; that's sound logic.

That's logic, that is!

Repost: Gay Suicide & "Shoulds"

This powerful article is about gay teen suicide. Thanks to bullies and to assholes who feel that "hate the sin and love the sinner" shows anything resembling love and affection, more gay teens are killing themselves. I'm enormously sorry for them. This is the start of the article. If you know someone who might benefit, let them see this.

Every action is a result of a thought. When we are talking about preventing suicide, and more specifically, preventing the deaths of more young gay people, we are gravely remiss if we do not address the "shoulds" behind the attempts. More specifically, no gay suicide has been attempted without the following equation:

I should be straight + I should be normal
= I shouldn't be alive

Repost: Gay Suicide & "Shoulds"

Quote du jour

Love it!

You know why the Democrat's symbol is the letter "D"? Because it's a grade that means passing, but just barely. You know why the Republican's symbol is the letter "R"? Because it's the sound pirates makes when they rob you and feed you to the sharks. --Bill Maher

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Tasteless joke du jour

I heard this at the conference I'm at right now.

A pedophile, a Nazi, and a homophobe walks into a bar.

The bartender says "What can I get for you, Your Holiness?"

Tasteless joke du jour

Utah now officially most backward state in the U.S.

Texas demands recount!

Here's what Utah's up to. Jesus H. Christ in a baggie! They deserve mockery and scorn.

Utah now officially most backward state in the U.S.

Hedtke's Law #8

Something Avi Hein said this morning on Twitter reminded me of another Hedtke's Law:

Hedtke's Law Number 8: Never make it hard for your customers to give you money.

For more on Hedtke's Laws, click here.

Hedtke's Law #8

This NEVER happens around our house!

This NEVER happens around our house!

Stuff no-one told me

Just found a great site, Stuff No-One Told Me. The artist lives in Barcelona.

Here are three examples of his work.  Go to his website and look at all of them.

Stuff no-one told me

Quote du jour

‎FWIW, I have never met possums as a consumer, but I sure have met them face to face and given the way they stink, I am certain that the following quote is axiomatic.

"That's the thing about salted-down possum: it's just as good the second day."--Jed Clampett

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Stabs from the past--the Society for Creative Anachronism

Here's a stab from the past: the Society for Creative Anachronism is doing a survey of past and present members to find out about their membership and where to go from here. If you were ever active in the SCA or are active now, please take a few minutes to fill this survey out. It's been at least 25 years since I've done anything with the SCA, but it was a pleasure to fill this out.

Stabs from the past--the Society for Creative Anachronism