It's Friday! The final Friday in December. It is also, depending on whether you are reading this before or after sundown, the second or the third day of Christmas. Yes, it is still Christmas! (The first day of Christmas begins at sundown on Christmas Eve, which means that the second day begins at sundown on Christmas Day, and so on. The twelfth day of Christmas is not the invention of some song writer, but rather Three Kings Day or Epiphany, in which many churches celebrate the arrival of the Wise Men at the place where Mary and Joseph and the baby were by that time.)
Anyway, on this, the final Friday of 2015, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
My wish for the family with two dads who brought Christmas to a group of homeless LGBT youth. They had to remain anonymous, and not for good reasons...
U.S. Judge Robert Hinkle to Florida officials: Respond by Monday in gay-marriage case. And the judge appears to be losing patience with some state officials.
Florida woman in ‘Catholic Warrior’ t-shirt destroys Satanic Temple’s holiday display.
The Salt Lake Tribune Names Same-sex Marriage Plaintifs the Utahns of the Year.
This Response to Homophobic Bigots Is So On Point It Bleeds. Also, cheers for a comment: "...nobody worries more about the asses of gay men than homophobes do."
Europa’s geysers play hard-to-see.
Fossil fish eye has 300 million-year-old rods and cones.
Why rape is so intrinsic to religion: Stories like the virgin birth lack freely given female consent. It's telling how ready we still are to embrace them.
Gay Marriage Ban on Precarious Legal Ground.
Captive Virgins, Polygamy, Sex Slaves: What Marriage Would Look Like if We Actually Followed the Bible.
Airline passenger freaks out over crew's 'Merry Christmas' greeting.
How Many Stars Did It Take To Make Us?.
I wrote about A holly, jolly time.
I also wrote about how we Muddle through somehow.
Jay Thomas' Lone Ranger Story 2014 - David Letterman, Jay treats the audience to his final telling of the "greatest talk show story of all time":
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Friday, December 26, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
Friday Links (All I Want for Christmas edition)!
It's Friday! The third Friday in December. The third! I'm hosting a big party tomorrow and don't have all the shopping or baking done, yet! I'm doooooooooomed!
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Christian right’s vile PR sham: Why their bizarre films are backfiring on them. Delving into why the fear and false persecution narrative underlying fundamentalism prevents them from knowing how to tell an interesting story.
HILARIOUS: Model from 'ex-gay' twins billboard is 'out, proud gay man,' not a twin.
Let’s Say Goodbye To ‘White Collar’ With The Best Shirtless Matt Bomer Moments, In GIFs!
Do Pacific Northwesterners Have An Accent?
Gay W. Virginia high school soccer player comes out by dancing with homecoming king.
"Rape Exceptionalism" and Protecting Law Students from "Triggers". And this is a problem because… victims of sexual assault actually need lawyers, prosecutors, and judges who are familiar with the relevant law.
"The Messier 67 Mystery" --Is Our Solar System an Orphan from a Distant Star Cluster?
New Family Tree Illuminates 'Big Bang' in Bird Evolution After Dinosaur Extinction.
Genes that leap from one species to another are more common than we thought. Does this shake up the tree of life?
Stephen Colbert Is Dead. Long Live Stephen Colbert.
Top 10 Things to Love About Letterman’s Top Ten Lists.
The cute rolling ball droid in the new Star Wars is a real robot not CGI.
News Corpse eBook ‘Fox Nation vs. Reality’ Reviewed By Wonkette.
Seattle’s unbelievable transportation megaproject fustercluck.
INDIANA METHODIST CHURCH TO CLOSE AFTER FIRING GAY CHORAL DIRECTOR - VIDEO.
Eartha Kitt - Nothin' for Christmas:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Every year since 1986, David Letterman has invited Darlene Love to perform on the last show of the year before Christmas. Every year, she sings “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” her Phil Spector-produced 1963 Christmas classic. Every year, Paul Shaffer and a sprawling cast of musicians backs her up. Next May, Letterman will retire from late-night TV, which means that when Love appears on Friday’s show to sing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” it’ll be the last time singing it on Letterman’s show.
Here is a super-cut Best of Darlene Love Singing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on David Letterman:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Billy Idol - Jingle Bell Rock:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Wham! - Last Christmas:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Robbie Williams - So This Is Christmas:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Andy Williams - The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (From The Andy Williams Show):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Muppets ** It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ** Xmas@Rockefeller Center:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Muppets sing Jingle Bell Rock from "Muppet Family Christmas":
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Muppets: Ringing of the Bells:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Doctor Who in Dominoes:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Christmas Charity Single - Oxford A capella group Out of the Blue:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Christian right’s vile PR sham: Why their bizarre films are backfiring on them. Delving into why the fear and false persecution narrative underlying fundamentalism prevents them from knowing how to tell an interesting story.
HILARIOUS: Model from 'ex-gay' twins billboard is 'out, proud gay man,' not a twin.
Let’s Say Goodbye To ‘White Collar’ With The Best Shirtless Matt Bomer Moments, In GIFs!
Do Pacific Northwesterners Have An Accent?
Gay W. Virginia high school soccer player comes out by dancing with homecoming king.
"Rape Exceptionalism" and Protecting Law Students from "Triggers". And this is a problem because… victims of sexual assault actually need lawyers, prosecutors, and judges who are familiar with the relevant law.
"The Messier 67 Mystery" --Is Our Solar System an Orphan from a Distant Star Cluster?
New Family Tree Illuminates 'Big Bang' in Bird Evolution After Dinosaur Extinction.
Genes that leap from one species to another are more common than we thought. Does this shake up the tree of life?
Stephen Colbert Is Dead. Long Live Stephen Colbert.
Top 10 Things to Love About Letterman’s Top Ten Lists.
The cute rolling ball droid in the new Star Wars is a real robot not CGI.
News Corpse eBook ‘Fox Nation vs. Reality’ Reviewed By Wonkette.
Seattle’s unbelievable transportation megaproject fustercluck.
INDIANA METHODIST CHURCH TO CLOSE AFTER FIRING GAY CHORAL DIRECTOR - VIDEO.
Eartha Kitt - Nothin' for Christmas:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Every year since 1986, David Letterman has invited Darlene Love to perform on the last show of the year before Christmas. Every year, she sings “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” her Phil Spector-produced 1963 Christmas classic. Every year, Paul Shaffer and a sprawling cast of musicians backs her up. Next May, Letterman will retire from late-night TV, which means that when Love appears on Friday’s show to sing “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” it’ll be the last time singing it on Letterman’s show.
Here is a super-cut Best of Darlene Love Singing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on David Letterman:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Billy Idol - Jingle Bell Rock:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Wham! - Last Christmas:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Robbie Williams - So This Is Christmas:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Andy Williams - The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year (From The Andy Williams Show):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Muppets ** It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ** Xmas@Rockefeller Center:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Muppets sing Jingle Bell Rock from "Muppet Family Christmas":
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Muppets: Ringing of the Bells:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Doctor Who in Dominoes:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
All I Want For Christmas Is You - Christmas Charity Single - Oxford A capella group Out of the Blue:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, December 12, 2014
Friday Links (rest ye merry edition)!
It's Friday! Already the second Friday in December. Only a few more to go and then there will be no more. Before we reach that point, Christmas day will be upon us, and I feel so unprepared!
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Joyce Brabner’s ‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, And Dealers Plotted Against The Plague’: Book Review.
Let’s Stop Making Jokes About Furries While Discussing That Recent Terrorist Attack on Furries.
“I won’t be a weapon anymore,” says former symbol of ex-gay movement.
Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Obamacare and Civil Rights.
The dangerous myth at the heart of conservative ideology.
FBI Understates Hate-Motivated Attacks on Transgender People.
Marriage equality in N.C. grows LGBT wedding professionals' businesses.
Michigan House Passes Bill Allowing EMTs To Refuse Gay People.
2 Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past.
Gigantic Cambrian Shrimplike Creature Unearthed in Greenland.
Begun The Christmas Tree War Has. Fight over artificial vs cut live trees has been raging for over 100 years.
Obama’s Approval Rating Is in the Tank Because Americans Are Being Lied To.
Shonda Rhimes Delivered The Most Inspiring, Badass Speech. "How many women had to hit that glass before the first crack appeared?"
HARPERCOLLINS REFUSES TO PUBLISH BOOK UNTIL AUTHOR RENOUNCES GAY DAUGHTER.
Anti-gay N.C. church members indicted on felony kidnapping, assault of gay man.
Bobby Jindal's Prayer Rally Materials Blame Gays & Legal Abortion For Hurricane Katrina.
Good riddance, Darrell Issa: A wasteful blowhard’s humiliating history.
After half a century of waiting – this gay couple were finally allowed to tie the knot.
Pastor Donnie Romero Says Gays Are 'All Pedophiles' Who Should Be 'Put To Death' (VIDEO).
Family Research Council Will Fix Constitutional Flaw That Allows Trans Americans Too Much Freedom.
I'm Still Bitter, Bill.
Becoming Willing to Tell Our (Tragically) Unflattering but Still (Super) Effective Stories of Trans Allyship.
Neil Gaiman recites Jabberwocky:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) - ThePianoGuys:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Couch Gag Before Christmas | THE SIMPSONS | ANIMATION on FOX:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
President Obama Hijacks The Colbert Report ‘I, Stephen Colbert, Have Never Cared for Our President’ - President Obama literally takes over Stephen's job for a segment, and it's awesome:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Mad Max: Fury Road - Official Theatrical Teaser Trailer [HD]:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Iron Sky The Coming Race Official Teaser Trailer 1 (2016) - Fantasy Movie HD:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
DANIEL J CARTIER "THIS CHRISTMAS (STAY)":
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
[Official Video] Winter Wonderland/Don’t Worry Be Happy - Pentatonix (ft Tori Kelly):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Annie Lennox - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Joyce Brabner’s ‘Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, And Dealers Plotted Against The Plague’: Book Review.
Let’s Stop Making Jokes About Furries While Discussing That Recent Terrorist Attack on Furries.
“I won’t be a weapon anymore,” says former symbol of ex-gay movement.
Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Obamacare and Civil Rights.
The dangerous myth at the heart of conservative ideology.
FBI Understates Hate-Motivated Attacks on Transgender People.
Marriage equality in N.C. grows LGBT wedding professionals' businesses.
Michigan House Passes Bill Allowing EMTs To Refuse Gay People.
2 Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past.
Gigantic Cambrian Shrimplike Creature Unearthed in Greenland.
Begun The Christmas Tree War Has. Fight over artificial vs cut live trees has been raging for over 100 years.
Obama’s Approval Rating Is in the Tank Because Americans Are Being Lied To.
Shonda Rhimes Delivered The Most Inspiring, Badass Speech. "How many women had to hit that glass before the first crack appeared?"
HARPERCOLLINS REFUSES TO PUBLISH BOOK UNTIL AUTHOR RENOUNCES GAY DAUGHTER.
Anti-gay N.C. church members indicted on felony kidnapping, assault of gay man.
Bobby Jindal's Prayer Rally Materials Blame Gays & Legal Abortion For Hurricane Katrina.
Good riddance, Darrell Issa: A wasteful blowhard’s humiliating history.
After half a century of waiting – this gay couple were finally allowed to tie the knot.
Pastor Donnie Romero Says Gays Are 'All Pedophiles' Who Should Be 'Put To Death' (VIDEO).
Family Research Council Will Fix Constitutional Flaw That Allows Trans Americans Too Much Freedom.
I'm Still Bitter, Bill.
Becoming Willing to Tell Our (Tragically) Unflattering but Still (Super) Effective Stories of Trans Allyship.
Neil Gaiman recites Jabberwocky:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos) - ThePianoGuys:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Couch Gag Before Christmas | THE SIMPSONS | ANIMATION on FOX:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
President Obama Hijacks The Colbert Report ‘I, Stephen Colbert, Have Never Cared for Our President’ - President Obama literally takes over Stephen's job for a segment, and it's awesome:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Mad Max: Fury Road - Official Theatrical Teaser Trailer [HD]:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Iron Sky The Coming Race Official Teaser Trailer 1 (2016) - Fantasy Movie HD:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
DANIEL J CARTIER "THIS CHRISTMAS (STAY)":
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
[Official Video] Winter Wonderland/Don’t Worry Be Happy - Pentatonix (ft Tori Kelly):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Annie Lennox - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, December 5, 2014
Friday Links (rum-pum-pum-pum)!
It's Friday! It's December. As the year draws to an end we enter Advent Season as everything leads up to the big day we've all been waiting for: when we sacrifice the Holly King so the Sun Child may be born and bring us the Festivus Pole!
(In case you don't know: I'm a taoist who loves Christmas music, decorating trees, and making everything bright and sparkly; my husband is a pagan who puts up with my yuletide mania and helps amp up the silly on my decorating themes.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Is This The Best Trans Character In The History Of Video Games?.
What If We’re Wrong About Depression?.
Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop.
The Pain of the Watermelon Joke. Thanks to @geojlc for the link!
Race ya: White people, we have to do better.
In Mississippi Marriage Ruling, Judge Gives History Lesson on Anti-Gay Discrimination. It really is a must-read.
How to Make Your Last Name Plural This Christmas Season.
Teacher Schools Class On Privilege…With A Recycling Bin And Some Paper.
And someone decided that wasn't a comprehensive lesson: How to really understand white privilege.
No longer true that divorce rate is rising, or that half of all marriages end in divorce--hasn't been for two decades.
VISIBLE GIRLS: LONDON’S LOST FEMALE SUBCULTURES. In the early 1980s, photographer Anita Corbin documented the “informal uniforms” of young women’s subcultures across London.
'In 1995 we announced the arrival of Elizabeth. He informs us we were mistaken. Oops!': Parents' heartwarming birth notice to acknowledge their daughter becoming a transgender son called Kai.
Speaking of stories that restore a bit of my faith in humanity: Andre Johnson Bought A Buttload Of Toys For Kids Again.
Turkeygate: In Defense of Sasha and Malia.
Stephen Colbert's Defense Of The New Lightsaber Is Awesomely Nerdy. Thanks to @tdjohnsn for the link!
Arizona pastor predicts ‘AIDS-free Christmas’ if all gays are killed, as God commands. "Predicts" isn't the right word. He advocates for killing us.
My Great-Great-Aunt Discovered Francium. And It Killed Her.
The typography (and iconography) of Ridley Scott’s Alien. This is awesome!
Cartoon by Steve Stack puts #BlackLivesMatter into clear perspective.
THE GLOWING MALE PHYSIQUES OF DUTCH ARTIST MAURICE HEERDINK. Click through all the pages, the art is worth it.
Has Comet Sliding Spring changed Mars' atmosphere forever? 'Meteoric smoke' from flyby may have altered Martian chemistry.
Eric Radford: Olympic figure skater, medal-winning family man. And gay.
One last gasp: Eric Garner and the failure of racial justice.
Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Their Prey’s Muscles.
Where Are The "Comeback" Columns About Obama? They Were A D.C. Media Staple For Bush.
I wrote about: NaNoWriMo achievement unlocked again!.
And Drop-kick me, Odin, through the goal posts of life*. Catching up on my goals, with a tiny digression about a cheesy country song.
Plus my thoughts On apologizing.
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered | Bowie and Bing | PBS - the story of how Bowie saying he hated the song, led to the creation of a new Christmas classic:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Star Wars Prank (Rémi Gaillard):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Kate Pierson - "Mister Sister" (Official Music Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
[Official Video] Little Drummer Boy - Pentatonix:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Queen + Adam Lambert - Somebody To Love (Live on X-Factor 2014):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Carol of the Bells - David Hicken:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
(In case you don't know: I'm a taoist who loves Christmas music, decorating trees, and making everything bright and sparkly; my husband is a pagan who puts up with my yuletide mania and helps amp up the silly on my decorating themes.)
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
Is This The Best Trans Character In The History Of Video Games?.
What If We’re Wrong About Depression?.
Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop.
The Pain of the Watermelon Joke. Thanks to @geojlc for the link!
Race ya: White people, we have to do better.
In Mississippi Marriage Ruling, Judge Gives History Lesson on Anti-Gay Discrimination. It really is a must-read.
How to Make Your Last Name Plural This Christmas Season.
Teacher Schools Class On Privilege…With A Recycling Bin And Some Paper.
And someone decided that wasn't a comprehensive lesson: How to really understand white privilege.
No longer true that divorce rate is rising, or that half of all marriages end in divorce--hasn't been for two decades.
VISIBLE GIRLS: LONDON’S LOST FEMALE SUBCULTURES. In the early 1980s, photographer Anita Corbin documented the “informal uniforms” of young women’s subcultures across London.
'In 1995 we announced the arrival of Elizabeth. He informs us we were mistaken. Oops!': Parents' heartwarming birth notice to acknowledge their daughter becoming a transgender son called Kai.
Speaking of stories that restore a bit of my faith in humanity: Andre Johnson Bought A Buttload Of Toys For Kids Again.
Turkeygate: In Defense of Sasha and Malia.
Stephen Colbert's Defense Of The New Lightsaber Is Awesomely Nerdy. Thanks to @tdjohnsn for the link!
Arizona pastor predicts ‘AIDS-free Christmas’ if all gays are killed, as God commands. "Predicts" isn't the right word. He advocates for killing us.
My Great-Great-Aunt Discovered Francium. And It Killed Her.
The typography (and iconography) of Ridley Scott’s Alien. This is awesome!
Cartoon by Steve Stack puts #BlackLivesMatter into clear perspective.
THE GLOWING MALE PHYSIQUES OF DUTCH ARTIST MAURICE HEERDINK. Click through all the pages, the art is worth it.
Has Comet Sliding Spring changed Mars' atmosphere forever? 'Meteoric smoke' from flyby may have altered Martian chemistry.
Eric Radford: Olympic figure skater, medal-winning family man. And gay.
One last gasp: Eric Garner and the failure of racial justice.
Electric Eels Can Remotely Control Their Prey’s Muscles.
Where Are The "Comeback" Columns About Obama? They Were A D.C. Media Staple For Bush.
I wrote about: NaNoWriMo achievement unlocked again!.
And Drop-kick me, Odin, through the goal posts of life*. Catching up on my goals, with a tiny digression about a cheesy country song.
Plus my thoughts On apologizing.
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
American Masters: Bing Crosby Rediscovered | Bowie and Bing | PBS - the story of how Bowie saying he hated the song, led to the creation of a new Christmas classic:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Star Wars Prank (Rémi Gaillard):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Kate Pierson - "Mister Sister" (Official Music Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
[Official Video] Little Drummer Boy - Pentatonix:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Queen + Adam Lambert - Somebody To Love (Live on X-Factor 2014):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Carol of the Bells - David Hicken:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
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