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Blog entries by Spinning Compass
What does one say about Nelson Mandela that doesn't come across as sounding like a cliché, or that hasn't already been said a thousand times or more? The man was a great man. A giant. Yes, probably as time goes by there will be those who will step forward and tell the world about his flaws...
Recently four young people lost their lives in separate accidents. One of them was someone I knew. The sad thing is that none of these people had to die when they did. Their deaths were 100% preventable. Yet, it is considered bad manners to bring this up.
One of the four died when he...
Every year the sheriff's posse sponsors a country-western show fundraiser which I usually go to as I enjoy country music. Last night it was John Barry's turn to appear, and I have to admit he put on a pretty good show. He's a very versatile performer.
However, he sang a song last night...
Well, my friend and I went to the financial aid office the other day. It's a good thing I wasn't expecting much because that is exactly what happened. Not much.
Apparently, although I am not eligible for a Pell Grant I clearly demonstrate "need". Huh? Isn't that a contradiction, to say...
Tomorrow I go to see the financial aid counselor at school. Frankly, I am not optimistic about my chances for financial aid, especially after a conversation I had over the phone with someone who works in the financial aid office. This person said based on the information I sent them I was not...
Yesterday I played an interesting game as part of an anti-racism discussion group. The game was very simple. All the participants had to line up against the wall. Then, a series of questions was asked. For each question, if the answer was yes, you were instructed to either move forward or...
We are now coming to the point in First John where the concept of "conscience" makes its appearance (1 John 3:19-21). Now, in "To Kill A Mockingbird", the word "conscience" is used two very different ways. One is in Atticus' explanation to his daughter Scout why he has taken on the Tom...
Well, we've safely got past the problematic "liar and antichrist" verses in First John--at least for now--and have moved on to "if you are a Christian there is no sin in you but if you sin, it shows you belong to the Devil." WTF? One thing I've noticed is John likes to talk in circles and...
Today at church we were all assigned to come up with an "elevator speech" about the Unitarian-Universalist church, how you would describe it to a stranger in the time it took an elevator to go from the sixth floor to the first floor. Over the next few Sundays we will all get our chance to come...
Apparently my former church has decided to tackle the subject of pornography, for which I applaud them. It takes a lot of courage to bring something like that up because my experience among evangelicals is that they are rather squeamish about talking about sexual matters. Oh, they are very...
Yesterday I had to put my cat to sleep. She had a fast-growing malignant cancer which could not be treated. She had three wonderful last weeks with me, and the last thing she knew was my arms around her. I am sad because I thought we would have many more years ahead of us, but it was not to...
Last week, a woman in her seventies was eating at an outdoor caf? when a young woman on a bicycle rode up, pushed her to the ground, snatched her purse, and would have rode off except for the actions of four men who leaped on her and pinned her to the ground. Another bystander caught the whole...
Right now my community theater is in the middle of rehearsals for "To Kill A Mockingbird". I do hope we get a good turnout because the story is very relevant. Race has been the big topic of discussion around here ever since the local paper did a series of articles on racism in the Department...
The other day I learned that my old church has taken a break from studying Genesis and is now going through the first letter of John. So I decided to sit down and reread it. As I remembered, there was a lot of good stuff in there about not hating your neighbor and keeping the commandments...
Last night I got together with some of the people from my old church for a friendly end-of-summer potluck. Anyway, all was going well, until one of the men, who is well-known for his strong political views, made a statement about those "ragheads" over in the Middle East.
Now, this is not the...
The other day at church I was talking with a woman about euthanizing a terminally ill cat. She, like so many people I've talked to lately, said that when it was her time to go she hoped someone would be so compassionate as to do the same thing for her. When I said that I had a problem with the...
Amid all the handwringing and cries of woe surrounding the Issy Stapleton case, there is one thing everyone seems to agree about: That there needs to be more services for families with autistic children. And now that we are agreed we can all move on.
Because no matter what happens in this...
The debate between the autistic community and parents and caregivers of dependents with autism rages on. The caregiver and non-autistic community does not, will not, see how the outpouring of support for the mother who tried to kill herself and her autistic daughter, affects those of us in the...
Every so often the website that I get my local and statewide news from, www.mlive.com, has what they call "live chats". Yesterday's topic was autism. The chat was supposed to go live at noon and last for only an hour. But when I tried to log on, there were so many people already commenting...
The case I wrote about, about the Michigan mother who attempted to murder her autistic daughter, has now gone nationwide, and at least one autism activist has started a petition calling for her to be prosecuted as a hate crime. I am not so sure that this qualifies as a hate crime, as such, but...