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Thank You, Daily Kos, For My Quilt.
I wanted to write a diary about the quilt for me and Green Mountain Boy 02, and I wanted to do it when I could post pictures, and when I could thank by name every single one of you who contributed to...
View ArticleA Couple of Thoughts on GITMO, Drones, and the President
Of all the accidental Presidents ever, Barack Obama has a serious situation on his hands. Now, I voted for him. Twice (but only twice, because I have a little bit of a sweet spot for Southern...
View ArticleOh Dear. "Constitution" and "Fascism" in the Same Sentence. Liveblog.
Oh, dear. I said what I have to say here and I hope this is not tanking some front-pager's job.Oh, dear. We compromised our American values. Really? Thanks for noticing, Your Excellency.
View ArticleC&J Placeholder: Awards Edition Plus Canadian Capers Edition
While Bill in Portland Maine is busy taking a couple of days off up at a friend's cottage a bit up east (where I would be, too, were it not for my dead ice box issue), Awards Edition Plus, your...
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C&J Placeholder: Awards Edition Plus Tuesday
Welcome to Awards Edition Plus your one-stop snark shop Cheers and Jeers placeholder. I'm saving most of the diary I had drafted for another time in order to bring you this update on Toronto Mayor Rob...
View ArticleWhat Soderburgh's Film About Liberace Says About the Closet
If you subscribe to HBO, you can go over any time to "HBO GO" online and take a look at a recent film about the life of Liberace, the iconic Las Vegas entertainer and closeted homosexual.As a young,...
View ArticleWhat's for Dinner? v. 7.45 Entertaining On The Deck
Looking back on it, when I've written for What's for Dinner? I've written a lot about entertaining. Maybe it's because I like to do it, or because I've always seemed to have friends who's idea of a...
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I'm Out, Are You? Commonmass' Annual Pride Month Coming-Out Diary
I was always out. Even before I was born, my great-grandmother said to mother "Oh, this one is going to be queer".My Great-Grandmother, 1894-1986, she had seen it all. .When I was in High School, at...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to John Roberts
John Roberts and I are members of a pretty elite Summer Colony in Maine. On a harbor island. Unlike Roberts and his family (and some of his friends), our colony started with middle and working class...
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Dear Facebook Friends: Stop Talking Behind My Back.
It has recently come to my attention that some Kossacks enjoy private Facebook pages where they disrespect Kossacks behind their back.As many of you know, I lost my husband in February, but I have...
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Cheers and Jeers: Awards Edition Plus Presidential Debate Edition
Welcome to Awards Edition Plus, your one-stop snark shop sitting in for Bill in Portland Maine and Cheers and Jeers. I hear Bill is taking the day off to clean out his closet. He opened the door and...
View ArticleGod Save The Queen.
The Crown has approved Parliament's bill to legalize marriage equality.See it here: http://www.youtube.com/...God Save The Queens, and especially Her Majesty QEII. Elizabeth Regina!Ah, how the dominoes...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Listening for Justice
Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meetup for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may...
View ArticleA First Nations View on Animal Companions
A number of Kossacks have recently lost animal companions. I have one, and I take my responsibility very seriously. So do most of us.Having just read a sad and moving diary by geordie about the loss...
View ArticleDrivers From Away
Short and sad diary. In my town, a 9 year old boy was killed and others injured By a tourist from New York.Why I bring this up is because in our little fishing village, at this time of year there are...
View ArticleThe Blessed Jonathan Myrick Daniels: Anglican Saint and Civil Rights Hero
Who is the Blessed Jonathan Myrick Daniels? Have you ever heard of him? Well, if you're an Episcopalian you have, because his Feast Day, August 14, just passed. He's a major hero of the civil rights...
View ArticleLet's Talk About How We Help Kossacks
You know, sometimes Kossacks need our help. I've been helped when I was down and out, by Kossacks, and in major ways. I think this is what we do for one another.Which is why I took a Kossack into my...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Virtual Choral Evensong
As we settle in this Sunday evening and turn to peaceful contemplation and reflection, join me here at the internet chapel of St. Bede's-in-the-Bytes for a virtual Choral Evensong (Evening Prayer),...
View ArticleDivine and Edith Massey Explain The Rift.
I'll allow John Waters, Edith Massey and Divine to tell it all, with nothing else to say.
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