Between the ages of 10 and 12, I was mentally committed to the church, to being a Christian, but there were still things that troubled me. I was worried about how you could know it was all true. How could I know God really existed? How could I know JesusContinue Reading
When I was in kindergarten, the teacher had us write stories. It was the first time I had ever done such a thing. It was a revelation. A mind-blowing, life-changing moment. Until then, it had never occurred to me that stories had to be written down before they could beContinue Reading
Kids (and kids in church) like to tell stories with weird superstitions and urban legends and dark rumors and wacky conspiracy theories. I remember being highly skeptical of this stuff. It seemed to me that kids were kind of gullible. I didn’t want to be gullible. So if some kidContinue Reading
When I was a kid, church seemed pretty much like school. Adults made me go. People told me stories and showed me pictures. Sometimes they asked questions about the stories they told me, and if they asked questions it was important to tell them the right answer. Church was differentContinue Reading
One of the things I never do anymore is skip church. That used to be one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid. I couldn’t do it on my own — it had to be because my parents had decided we were going to skip church.Continue Reading
Last night I had another of those recurring anxiety dreams where I go to the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland and they’ve completely remodeled it. Every time I have this dream it’s a different remodel, but the common theme is, the remodel sucks, and I feel lost, cheated, abandoned. Last nightContinue Reading
I went through a lot of pain to watch this episode. After watching the season premier at MikeK’s, and successfully Hulu-streaming episode 2 with no issues, I tried to Hulu-stream this one and it was all herky-jerky. (Is that how you spell that? Is there a right way to spellContinue Reading
The obnoxious jerks standing on the corner near Planned Parenthood with their stupid anti-abortion signs. They were out there again, yesterday, when I went to pick up the pills that keep me from needing an abortion (let’s hear it for modern medicine). A man with a pro-adoption sign that wasn’tContinue Reading
During the annual Whedonverse panel at Vcon, (the lovely and charming) Tanya Huff and I had a bit of a debate over the premise of Dollhouse. She was squicked by the rape implications of the premise. I allowed that the premise is, indeed, squicky, but actually much closer to prostitution.Continue Reading
It’s pronounced "molay," not like the animal. I made this dish for cjot‘s birthday a couple of weeks ago and meant to post it, but then I got really busy helping paulcarp with Vcon and didn’t do it. Mole is Spanish for "sauce" but in US Mexican restaurants it usuallyContinue Reading