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Blog entries by Spinning Compass

Spinning Compass
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I haven't posted for awhile because I was busy with a play and also I needed to rest my hands. I am having trouble learning to accept the fact that I can't go full-bore 8 hours at work and then come home and fool around on the computer. So every now and then I have to take a "sabbatical" from...
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The other night I watched a "comedy" called "Juno", about a pregnant teenager who seeks a couple to adopt her child. At least it was billed as a comedy. But I had a hard time finding things to laugh at in it. Instead, I watched, appalled. I'm not around teenagers a whole lot so I don't...
Spinning Compass
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One of the advantages of not owning a TV is that I am spared the constant bombardment of advertising designed to make me discontented with the way I am living. Not entirely spared, of course, there's always radio and internet and print. But when one is not always bombarded one does have time...
To mark Autism Awareness Day a private group paid to have the Mackinac Bridge lit up blue at night. Meanwhile the Lieutenant Governor announced several new autism programs to start taking effect. It wasn't long before the first comment came in--and it was negative. "Who is going to pay...
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In the movie, "Saving Private Ryan" there is a scene where Tom Hanks and his squad finally come across the man they have been searching through enemy country for, Private James Ryan. They have been sent to bring Private Ryan home because he is the only surviving son in his family; the rest of...
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Recently Michigan Governor Snyder appointed an Emergency Manager for Detroit. Now, one would think that people would be pleased because he appointed an African-American to be Emergency Manager instead of a white person but no. There are big protests scheduled by none other than the Reverends...
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Well, I see that one of our Michigan Republicans is at it again. He posted a very offensive post about gays based on outdated research on his Facebook page and now everyone is howling for his blood. Could it be that this guy is a secret Democrat out to undermine the party? Nope, the Reps...
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Last Sunday they had a racism workshop at my new church, called "Constructing a New White Identity in the 21st Century". It lasted only two hours but could have gone on much longer. It is part of a series of discussions that they are having on racism and I hope to attend others. This...
I've been following the adventures of the Mars rover Curiosity and I got to thinking, what if Curiosity were to find evidence that microbes exist or once existed on Mars? How would that affect so-called "Creation Science"? Now, for those who are not familiar with "Creationism" or "Creation...
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We just got a new printer at work or so they say (looks a lot like the old one, if you ask me) and when I went to pick up my prints there was a sign on it that this printer was "in training" for voice recognition commands. Meaning you might have to repeat your commands slowly and clearly so it...
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Recently I watched "The Sessions" where Helen Hunt plays a sex therapist who helps a paralyzed man learn how to enjoy sex. I thought it was pretty tastefully done and definitely not as graphic as a lot of other movies I can name. The movie left me wanting to know a lot more about this man's...
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So the Catholic Church has a new Pope, Francis I. All I can say to those hoping that he will change the Catholic church to their liking, is don't hold your breath. Yes, much is made of his humility but there are also rumblings coming from his native Argentina that he sat back and did nothing...
Today i saw on the news that a student has successfully sued one of the universities in the area for something like $40,000. She claimed she was being discriminated against because of her "therapy animal"--a guinea pig. Apparently it was not enough for her to keep it in her dorm room; she had...
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This is my second Sunday at the new church. I can't describe how heady it is to be around people who accept you for who you are and don't try to steer you in any direction. I realize that this is still the honeymoon period and down the road I am apt to find some things that I don't agree with...
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There's been a controversy in the news lately about two African-American high school students who say that they have been racially bullied on the bus and in school. They say it has gone on for quite some time and has escalated to the point where they are being confronted by white students...
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During my last play I went downstairs to the costume room where the kids were waiting for their show to go on (the one that my friend found so offensive) and I was waylaid by one of them who wanted to know if I had time for a survey about my childhood. I said I had a wretched childhood and was...
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Today on James Howard Kunstler's "Cluster**** Nation" blog--yes, that is its name--he must have run out of targets because once again he was attacking Walmart. I would have put in my two cents worth but the comments section quickly fills up with such racist ugliness that after the first fifty...
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Today I started going to a new church, called People's Church. It is Unitarian-Universalist and is about as opposite as you can get from my old church. Walking in to it was a breath of fresh air! My old friends are baffled and hurt by my sudden departure. Only one seemed to understand...
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In looking back over the last couple of years I want to share some things I have learned from the experience. I am not bitter or upset as I knew pretty much going into the experience that it was only going to be temporary because I knew upfront that our belief systems were not compatible. You...
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Every year about this time, my theater puts on a program of one-act plays. The plays are submitted from all over the country and the theater board decides which ones they want to perform. The plays are judged by a jury and the audience also gets to pick their favorites. This year one of the...
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