Trigger Warning: This post contains references to child abuse, including possible sexual abuse. Why was I on hiatus? For one, I was exploring other blogs, some devoted to specific topics, some meant to be “and this is the last blog!” But the main reason is almost a year ago, my mother, whose home I will […]
I learned very little from my required Economics class in high school. Her tests were taken directly from the notes she put on the overhead projector, meaning all you had to do was right them down and glance at them a few times for a perfect score. All I had to do, anyway. Plus she […]
Appropriately enough, I think, my mind turns to Passover today. Okay, okay, specifically my mind returns to the Passover sequence in The Prince of Egypt. What can I say? I still love the songs. The bit with the plagues was ridiculous. I mean, Moses asks to let the Israelites in Egypt go free. Ignoring for […]
Funny story. My mother and I discussed the possibility of homeschooling baby sister before she started preschool, largely because the education system in this state is one of the worst in the country, and this city is not one of the better ones for education in that state. But since a four, five, six year […]
History noun, plural his·to·ries.1. the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.2. a continuous, systematic narrative of past events as relating to a particular people, country, period, person, etc., usually written as a chronological account; chronicle:a history of France; a medical history of the patient.3. the aggregate of past events. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/history?s=t Dear Hulu (and undoubtedly […]
If books and movies are to be believed, evil times, whether those evils are personal or affect the whole world, are perfect situations for people to either lose their faith or find their faith. Some personal evils include the death of a loved one, especially by violence, natural disasters destroying a home, really, anything that […]
My mother, in essence, doesn’t understand why I can’t leave well enough alone. Talking about religion makes people uncomfortable and defensive, so why bother them about it? It’s their right, after all. Yes, it is. But one must also consider why they believe what they believe, and what impact that will have on the world. […]
Edit: Oops! I got Genesis 38 confused with Numbers 22. The YouTuber I directed you to before also covers that tale in “The Most Bizarre Bible Story.” The end of 2019 was kind of rough for me. Things aren’t quite settled yet, but I’m trying to work on it. Reading, though–that’s something I’ve been doing […]
A lot of my thoughts about the comfort of a higher power, you know God or Allah or Krishna or Vishnu or Buddha, whatever name you want to use, have until recently been focused on “Well, people want to think there’s a reward waiting for them in the next life and the bad guys will […]
Maybe it’s just me. But do you have people in your life who just try to add to the gender divide (religious divide, racial divide, etc.) rather than admit it’s only their own personal opinion? Now I’m one of those stereotypical millennials who has spent huge chunks of her adult life living with her parents, […]
The Implied Spider 