So this years Pride turned out to be the biggest parade in Utah history of ALL parades, beating out the big MoMo parade. Awesome

Classic junky here too =] I lOVED Conn. Yankee. (though it was absolute torture to get through Tom Sawyer) I dont know–it seemed people actually cared more about the english language back then. They made the words seem beautiful. I am going on a Dickens kick myself

Oh no my AP Lit text is an anthology of really important poems/short stories/plays. It’s 2000 pages.

Welcome! I love to see the younger folks in here. Critical thinking is an important skill to have that they don’t teach in schools

I disagree. Teaching a person to ask questions and make observations is entirely possible. The problem is that they don’t. Schools are just about teaching kids to pass tests, no questions allowed

I love Ghost World! The movie is wonderful as well but different from the graphic novel.

You don’t have to apologize for liking Woody Allen’s work. Or at least, I would have to apologize right with you. Annie Hall is my favorite movie ever and a bunch of his other films are right behind.

I know that there are a few queer bloggers on this list: http://www.blaghag.com/2010/01/large-list-of-awesome-female-atheists.html

And I’m not sure about BlagHag’s sexuality, (since she mentions guys she’s interested in I assume she isn’t a lesbian, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t queer), but she does talk a lot about queer skeptic issues, and…[Read more]

Oh, here we go: http://www.blaghag.com/2010/10/setting-record-straight.html

I haven’t read it yet, but Autostraddle did it for the first “Reading a F*cking Book Club,” which seems like a pretty good endorsement to me. I’ve been thinking about bumping it up to next on my reading list.

I read that for the AS book club, it is so good.

so true
‘I love your gay wallets guys’

OTOH, I’d happily donate if it stopped the GOP getting in. Look at what they’ve done with only one House under their control!