Outside the Pigeon Holes

As a former Pharisee, I am possibly acting like a reformed smoker here but man, these folks ticked me off! A Christian comedian left a status message on Facebook that said: Evangelical Christians are so pro-marriage that 50% of us do it again Ok, I know what he was driving at...But of course the majority of the responses were things like "Yeah! What's wrong with people", "Way to speak the truth, man!" "I've been married for 8 bajillion years and I'm all that because I have it all figured out!"...You know what I'm talking about. Well, since this hit close to home, I replied with: "A large percentage of Christians also think it's OK to shame other Christians for their failures." Which of course drew the age old 'we're supposed to label sin as sin...Paul tells us so...We're not being judgmental when we say that something that is wrong is wrong" And other such generalities. Some folks actually believed that most ...

I was invited to guest blog on a website called Stuck In the 80s Here is a sneak preview of the blog...This is the "writers edit" It could be edited down...Dunno how it works... Being a single mom of two ornery cats, one spoiled Jack Russell and a maltese with a heart condition (aka - a walking pharmacy) I have to skimp on some things - like CDs and i-Tunes purchases. I have loads of vinyl but alas, my turntable is as broke as my bank account. So when this girl is weekend cleaning and has a craving for some good music she turns to Pandora Internet Radio http://www.pandora.com/ . Here, I can type in the name of an artist to create a station featuring songs by that artist and similar artists. While I enjoy Pandora overall, past station-creation attempts have been somewhat disappointing. It is, after all, something of a crap shoot. One recent day, though, Praise be, I stumbled upon the key to Pandora's Box of 80s lovers nostalgia. Write it down: KAJAGOOGOO. In the next two h...