I take online surveys on a regular basis (they give me free stuff! like waffle irons!) but today this was the question. My answers scared me. Please lemmie know what your answers are:

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Today is Blog Against Sexism Day (another blholiday…who makes these up?). But I don’t know what to say against sexism other than that it’s, um, bad? I would be happy to respond to arguments for sexism, but I think most of the people who are pro-sexism don’t recognize it as “sexism” and don’t discuss it […]

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Which may mean something else to the Mormons & exMormons among you, but that’s what the Grand Master of our new Tai Chi dojo calls the first Tuesday of the month.
Once a month, apparently, the whole dojo gets together for philosophical discussion & Tibetean chant. The philosophical discussion could be better, but is a good […]

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I’m a bit swamped right now with school and work this week, but I have a backlog of posts of substance (including your art + religion submissions) that I’d like to publish in the next few days. I actually wrote Monday’s post and today’s challenge on Sunday night and used the WordPress “edit timestamp” […]

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There are 192 member countries in the United Nations. You have ten minutes. Name as many of them as you can. Spelling counts.
I was able to get 123 of them. After years of staring at maps, studying for the foreign service exam, and getting a degree in comparative politics–finally, payback!
It’s interesting to […]

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I divorced myself from Star Wars after watching Episode One. It was relatively painless–after the shock of that experience, I walked out and never looked back. This doesn’t mean that I regret the fond memories we had back in the Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back days.
GameBoy and I particularly love that scene […]

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I seem to be making my way through emotions here, it wasn’t on purpose, I swear…
I was catching up on my podcasts today while sewing & the Secrets of Harry Potter’s Valentine’s Special came up. (both are iTunes links) Secrets of Harry Potter is one of the podcasts put out by the Catholic Insider. As […]

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Peace is a dirty word, a negative concept to many in the U.S. today. Here’s one example: when a homeowners association in Colorado banned the display of a peace sign last Christmas, they cited concerns that it was “an anti-Iraq war protest.”
I don’t get it. Shouldn’t we all be in favor of peace?

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This is your mission:
Use a painting or photo or some kind of static, linkable visual art to comment on some aspect of religion. The work itself doesn’t need to be religious (but it can be). For example, you might use:

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While listening to random iTunes, God Help the Outcasts from the Hunchback of Notre Dame came on. Profound words from The Mouse:

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