Guest post at It Starts With Us

I've previously mentioned Nate St. Pierre's social network community It Starts With Us before ( here ). The community is syndicated: itstartswith_us and itstartswithus_feed . You can follow Nate St. Pierre's... feed here . Anyway, Nate asked me to write a guest post at It Starts With Us about the Decrease Worldsuck Project. You can read it here (note the handy Retweet button, ...

US: How Bad is The Stupak Anti-Abortion Amendment in Congress?

From the Washington Post, as relayed via DailyKOS. "Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea that people are going to go out and purchase separate "abortion plans" is both cruel and laughable. If this amendment passes, it will mean ...

US: How Bad is The Stupak Anti-Abortion Amendment in Congress?

From the Washington Post, as relayed via DailyKOS. "Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea that people are going to go out and purchase separate "abortion plans" is both cruel and laughable. If this amendment passes, it will mean ...

US: How Bad is The Stupak Anti-Abortion Amendment in Congress?

From the Washington Post, as relayed via DailyKOS. "Because of the limits placed on the exchanges, most of the participants will have some form of premium credit or affordable subsidy. That means most will be ineligible for abortion coverage. The idea that people are going to go out and purchase separate "abortion plans" is both cruel and laughable. If this amendment passes, it will mean ...

Show Us Your...Saucy Bookshelves/Displays/Storage Solutions

Happy Friday everyone! This week we'd like to how you display/store your books. Also, we're letting you guys submit your new Friday Salon graphic entries through the weekend. Have fun and bon weekend!

Kripke Loves Us! - "The Curious Case of Dean Winchester"

1. Bobby's back! \o/ 2. Dean: "Your turn to grab dinner." Sam: "Usual?" Dean: "Extra bacon." I don't know why that exchange makes me grin, but it does. 3. Patrick and Lia were awesome and their characters were a nice twist on our run-of-the-mill witches; I sort of hope we see Patrick again someday. 4. Dean playing for Bobby's years. ♥ 5. I love Bobby's story this episode. I ...

Merch Input

Melinda needs some input on merchandise for the 2010 US tour and the possible meet & greets it would entail. To keep all of the replies in one place, please go straight to her blog , read it carefully, and respond here . If you do not have a MySpace account, go ahead and comment on the community. If I'm awake or if anyone else feels like doing so, we'll relay your replies to the blog itself....

... obsessively, so usually a few hours. What are you looking for in a pen pal? friendship, getting to know someone past their outward appearance and demeanor, finding out a life story. What age would you like your pen pal to be? I honestly don't care.  What Gender would you like your penpal to be? girls only, please where would you want them to be from? US, just due to postage costs.

Away In A Manger [1]

...you, Lord Jesus; look down from on high And stay by my side until morning is nigh. Be near me, Lord Jesus; I ask you to stay Close by me forever and love me, I pray. Bless all the dear children in your tender care; And fit us for heaven, to live with you there. Sol-Fa (3/4 in 8th notes, range S,-L): 2S,| 2D 2D 1R 1M | 2D 2D 1M 1F | 2S 2S 2L | 4F 1R 1M | 2F 2F 2S | 2M 2M 1D 1M | 2R 2L,...

ft hood incident predictably inspires islamophobia w/racist overtones

... asked Senator Hutchison on air: "The name (of Maj. Hasan) tells us a lot, does it not, senator?" Hutchinson's response? "It ... it does. That'd be like me saying the name Smith tells us that all Smiths are WASP bigots. Further, "The Council on American...their loved ones. We stand in solidarity with law enforcement and the US military to maintain the safety and security of all Americans." The very...