Mary Lambert. “Mary.” “Lamb.” Clues they are missing.

So an 81-year old woman named Mary Lambert (of all things!) was fired from teaching Sunday school by her Baptist church, because: First Timothy Two, 11-14: A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, she must be silent NowContinue reading “Mary Lambert. “Mary.” “Lamb.” Clues they are missing.”

Devil in the Details

I had this long conversation with Khaled in which he kept trying to convince me just to stop thinking about Duke Lacrosse until the trial starts, because so much of what we’re being treated to right now is convoluted crap. He’s right. Something that is important to acknowledge at this point has to do withContinue reading “Devil in the Details”

The Beauty Punch

Homemade peach cobbler courtesy of friends & neighbours makes me feel guilty. Scarfing down said cobbler while watchting girls get trashed on the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency because of all too “real” waistlines ought to be in the Major Leagues of guilt, especially since I used to have the rail-thin model body that catty gayContinue reading “The Beauty Punch”

Welcome to… my balls

As an immigrant to the United States, I’ve been treated fairly well, even in the South. The “go back to Russia” (it’s Ukraine, dammit) comments were mostly spewed forth by my classmates who, as students at a poncy private school really ought to have… Oh, never mind. That’s not the point here, really. Race andContinue reading “Welcome to… my balls”