Atticus

lenny kravitz comes up with some great guitar riffs, tones, musical arrangements and sounds, and horrible, horrible lyrics.

for me, it's just not Christmas if I don't get to hear this song. My all-time favorite.

enjoyed that a lot she misses a chord in the "all my lies are always wishes" lines (it's F#dim7, she's playing F# minor), but what great accompaniment

post of the decade

what is the point of me videotaping something if I can't post it on the interwebs? it's like it doesn't even exist

will we be allowed to videotape this calendar? (for my autoethnography)

will each month have a quote by David Foster Wallace and/or Andrew Sullivan?

please don't undercut my unhealthy Jeff Tweedy mancrush creepiness

that's because it's a David Blaine tele

my birthday is December 27th. I wish Jesus would give me a break and move his back to whenever

you misspelled "enjoy nitpicking"

Creed

The Homosexual and You

I was kinda upset about that Uganda thing, but this will actually motivate me into action

"aggravated homosexuality" is that being attracted to a member of the same sex with a gun? or just cranky gayness?

I thought we lived in a republic

I sit corrected

which is great except that it doesn't apparently afford homosexuals the right to a marriage license. I think I know what you were intending here, but I hardly think that country clubs were founded on the principle of "homosexuality is a sin." I think it was more akin to "wouldn't it be great to have a place to play golf with other rich white people?" I think the "homosexuality is a sin" is more of a shared opinion.

I agree that there is a difference. I just don't think that your example of the country club refuted the point that was being made--that you do choose to continue to live in a country which denies homosexuals some rights. You seemed to be saying that because the country discriminates, that is a justification to say "fuck it, I'll just keep being a member of this country club" and I don't think that anyone was making that argument.

because no one is telling you to say "fuck it" and remain a member of the country club or religious organization, they're pointing out that by living in a country which discriminates against homosexuals, it may be seen as compromising your stated principle against organizations that discriminate against homosexuals. I'm just guessing though.

I guess I have trouble understanding one wanting to be a member of an organization that can't even achieve this stance on one's existence.

did Taylor Swift get any nominations?

Does Sullivan really think the Catholic church is going to come around to his point of view on homosexuality?

fear of warrior princesses?

Although I think that all hate is rooted in fear, fear and hate are two distinct things. Imagine a hypothetical island inhabited by white, blond-haired men and women, all heterosexual, who have never seen or heard of dark skinned people or homosexuality. Scenario 1: a couple of blond-haired white men, similar to the natives by all appearances, visit the island and openly engage in homosexual sex acts. Scenario 2: dark-skinned visitors appear In both scenarios, I could envision some amount of initial fear from the natives, because they've been exposed to things they've never befo