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Apr. 2nd, 2019 08:39 pm"They used to say if man could fly, he'd have wings. But he did fly. He discovered he had to. Do you wish that the first Apollo mission hadn't reached the moon, or that we hadn't gone on to Mars and then to the nearest star? That's like saying you wish that you still operated with scalpels and sewed your patients up with catgut like your great-great-great-great-grandfather used to.
"I'm in command. I could order this. But I'm not because, Doctor McCoy is right in pointing out the enormous danger potential in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically advanced as this. But I must point out that the possibilities, the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great. Risk. Risk is our business. That's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her. You may dissent without prejudice. Do I hear a negative vote?"
Today the Church Board at First United Methodist Church of Omaha on which I presently serve, at the spurring of our pastor the party for whom the possible personal and professional consequences are the greatest, voted unanimously to adopt a new marriage policy that includes the performance of same-sex and other gender diverse marriage ceremonies in defiance of the vote in February of the global Methodist Conference.
"I'm in command. I could order this. But I'm not because, Doctor McCoy is right in pointing out the enormous danger potential in any contact with life and intelligence as fantastically advanced as this. But I must point out that the possibilities, the potential for knowledge and advancement is equally great. Risk. Risk is our business. That's what this starship is all about. That's why we're aboard her. You may dissent without prejudice. Do I hear a negative vote?"
Today the Church Board at First United Methodist Church of Omaha on which I presently serve, at the spurring of our pastor the party for whom the possible personal and professional consequences are the greatest, voted unanimously to adopt a new marriage policy that includes the performance of same-sex and other gender diverse marriage ceremonies in defiance of the vote in February of the global Methodist Conference.
- Sat, 22:23: i really need to regularly draw two 3faces on fridays all the time
- Sat, 22:59: Hero of Three Faces update: the first hipster. https://t.co/5u13obkkc9 #doctorwho #dcu
- Sun, 11:10: My church is progressive enough there's an ushers & greeters meeting this afternoon about if we should be attacked.
- Sat, 16:18: Looks like Imma run out my 3Faces buffer today. But, as you may know, I actually don't like'em much & meant to use it up at the weekend.
- Sat, 17:07: It occurs to me I oughta do laundry today before church insteada tomorrow after church cuz it's been longer'n usual
- Sat, 17:08: Dunno whether I will
- Sat, 17:09: Maybe, if I think I shouldn't wear these jeans to usher, I'll get out the nonjeans I haven't worn since the dress code changed at work
- Sat, 17:25: You know what, Imma just plan it that way
- Sat, 17:26: Glad that's sorted
- Sat, 18:57: Hero of Three Faces update: experimental art. https://t.co/9KlTGR2waV #doctorwho
- Thu, 18:23: Is there kneeling in CoE services?
- Thu, 22:50: Hero of Three Faces update: there's a chart on the About page. https://t.co/4ldRiNogY5 #starwars #doctorwho
- Sat, 22:17: Hero of Three Faces update: my version of when Clark tells Lois. https://t.co/2tvlUf26Fs #superman #loislane
- Sun, 11:20: Slept in too late for church. Thought I was gonna get a day of never leaving home but there's not enough milk for that.
- Sun, 06:04: Actually it's later than I thought it must be so I musta got SOME sleep
- Sun, 12:58: Home from church and grocery shopping. No laundry this week so I don't have to leave the house now till work tomorrow.
- Sun, 13:15: New milk-shopping tactic: base need not on often-faulty recall of amount left in current jug, but on recall whether there's a spare.
- Sun, 17:13: Hero of Three Faces update: some days a gag's reduced to one panel to get it done. https://t.co/p9xQNcTJGZ #harrypotter #guinan
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Feb. 21st, 2016 01:03 pmTwitter mirror came back on this week! For two days. I thought the reason it stopped was because I wasn't tweeting anything. BUT NOOO
Here's what I thought I wasn't going to have to enter here manually this weekend, like I'm doing right now:
Here's what I thought I wasn't going to have to enter here manually this weekend, like I'm doing right now:
- I don't have to do laundry this week. I was home sick for two days, I didn't wear clothes enough.
- omg #Quisp cereal onna shelf at HyVee
- Combination of the cold/cough I've been fighting all week and a liter of Coke at 21:00 and I guess I'm gonna be awake all night.
- Actually it's later than I thought it must be so I musta got SOME sleep
- Home from church and grocery shopping. No laundry this week so I don't have to leave the house now till work tomorrow.
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May. 11th, 2015 07:02 pmYou can't have too much diversity. There's centuries to make up for.
Today I miss AKOTAS enough to wonder how the spreadsheet formulas would have to be updated.
There are all those years I skipped over.
The trick may be to get enough distance from AKOTAS so that writing it feels like writing fanfiction.
In the 90s I did that with Dailies characters from the 80s.
And/or start another side blog at Tumblr.
thinking about starting another side blog, for artistic nudes thinking about starting a side blog for... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1j0Uo5q
Reviving AKOTAS as daily gags again is an attractive prospect (assuming any revival), but today I'm thinking no, better some new format.
On the other hand, tryna do AKOTAS as a novel only reminded me that gag panels are my best thing. Hmm.
Forty years of tv storytelling progress: Meredith Grey throws up on camera when B.J. Hunnicutt hadda turn his back.
Reddington pulls out all his IV tubes and I think, "There are no strings on me"
Photoset: unite4humanity: Watch the Baltimore Police LIE and get called out by a reporter for The... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1jdlrxQ
Did Star Trek invent the trope where Jack the Ripper is something bodiless that possesses someone new every... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1jsu8p2
The new associate pastor's first sermon quoted Tolkien and amounted to, "We're all stories in the end."
Steve did not expect the hammer would move. Once he realized it was going to move, however, his reflexes... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1kDtRWo
I believe if you’re disappointed in a STAR WARS movie that has lightsaber battles and speedy piloted flying... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1kMdzxm
These are my first vanilla zingers since my wife died. #runningoutoffirsts
Today I miss AKOTAS enough to wonder how the spreadsheet formulas would have to be updated.
There are all those years I skipped over.
The trick may be to get enough distance from AKOTAS so that writing it feels like writing fanfiction.
In the 90s I did that with Dailies characters from the 80s.
And/or start another side blog at Tumblr.
thinking about starting another side blog, for artistic nudes thinking about starting a side blog for... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1j0Uo5q
Reviving AKOTAS as daily gags again is an attractive prospect (assuming any revival), but today I'm thinking no, better some new format.
On the other hand, tryna do AKOTAS as a novel only reminded me that gag panels are my best thing. Hmm.
Forty years of tv storytelling progress: Meredith Grey throws up on camera when B.J. Hunnicutt hadda turn his back.
Reddington pulls out all his IV tubes and I think, "There are no strings on me"
Photoset: unite4humanity: Watch the Baltimore Police LIE and get called out by a reporter for The... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1jdlrxQ
Did Star Trek invent the trope where Jack the Ripper is something bodiless that possesses someone new every... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1jsu8p2
The new associate pastor's first sermon quoted Tolkien and amounted to, "We're all stories in the end."
Steve did not expect the hammer would move. Once he realized it was going to move, however, his reflexes... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1kDtRWo
I believe if you’re disappointed in a STAR WARS movie that has lightsaber battles and speedy piloted flying... http://tmblr.co/ZO40Ou1kMdzxm
These are my first vanilla zingers since my wife died. #runningoutoffirsts
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Mar. 8th, 2015 10:36 amIt's Daylight Savings Day in the US. Only the clocks on my ovens don't adjust themselves; the computers and the cellphone adjust automatically. Except the cellphone doesn't do it till midmorning. And it's my alarm clock. Missed church today.
- Sun, 12:25: @Omorka My beliefs aren't as conventional as my choice of congretion may suggest. I can translate from serpent or rope to wall.
- Sun, 12:30: @Omorka In other words, thanks for your thoughts.
- Sun, 20:58: RT @HeerJeet: @BrentNYT Lynchings were really a major transitional form of mass entertainment, as important as Vaudeville in creating American culture
- Sun, 21:20: RT @labcoatman: Here’s @dangolding writing a followup piece about the fallout from his “death of gamers” piece. It’s great as usual: http://dangolding.tumblr.com/post/101639865598/some-things-i-shouldve-said
- Mon, 06:46: RT @AntonioFrench: U.S. approved Ferguson no-fly area to block media http://t.co/zhTcyVaEL2 via @USATODAY
- Mon, 08:00: Photo: edwardspoonhands: tastefullyoffensive: Corgi Avengers [via] Instant reblog! http://t.co/QtWcRhMR19
- Sun, 11:28: Was asked to light a candle for her in a short ceremony during the service
- Sun, 11:41: really was not prepared for this may be useless the rest of the day
- Sat, 17:18: Got off Twitter yet spoiled by Tumblr within two hours. Considering the nature of the spoiler I'm surprised it took that long. #DoctorWho
- Sat, 20:08: Huh, I expected Gordon to at least spend a night in jail. #gotham
- Sat, 22:52: RT @Karnythia: #SNL is actually getting worse as I watch. Wow.
- Sun, 00:04: I have Doctor Who rush and I won’t even see the episode till tomorrow morning, I’ve just seen the spoilers... http://t.co/bjeCDYFdjF
- Sun, 09:23: My computer’s automatic time adjustment kicked in, but my cellphone’s didn’t. Guess which one is my alarm... http://t.co/lqxX3GihdK
- Sun, 10:50: Insert in the order of service, listing church members passed away since last All Saint's Day. Was not prepared for this.
- Sat, 17:18: Different approaches. http://t.co/gmGye2vD0W
- Sun, 11:55: The closing hymn today is set to g traditional English melody ... that Shore swiped for his hobbit theme.
- Thu, 16:00: I dare you to have seen this crossover anywhere else. http://t.co/XW14KHtvMX
- Thu, 18:07: Remembered no bell choir rehearsal tonight only after already detouring to church from work. By bus.
- Thu, 19:08: Jesus allowed government and religion to kill him to make a point, but first he got violent with the bankers.
- Sat, 12:58: RT @TheTweetOfGod: Nobody knows what they're doing. I can't stress this enough.
- Sat, 13:03: Tryna decide if maybe seeing Doctor Who 18 hours earlier's worth switching to the other laptop to see if the BBC One stream will work today.
- Sat, 13:22: aw who'm i kidding. gotta at least try
- Sat, 13:45: No good. Stream site said I needed to update Flash Player. Flash Player was updated, message was still there.
- Sat, 15:15: Photoset: philsandifer: thartwell: sonnetscrewdriver: thartwell: pinchtheprincess:... http://t.co/eKetwTJ8Wr
- Sat, 17:26: wackd: Okay, this is proving difficult to explain, so I’m gonna try using codewords to make it less... http://t.co/jXVpVWVZBl
- Sat, 20:02: But slavery was so long ago…. http://t.co/WIftP3wHeU
- Sat, 20:09: Is ... is that Martha Jones' jacket? ... http://t.co/I1Tu3Jys1W
- Sat, 20:18: I've scrolled Tumblr all the way back to bedtime last night. I guess it's time for resuming my Hulu Doctor Who rewatch, dinner, and drawing.
- Sat, 21:02: or maybe insteada drawing anything new ill just update the cast page which i wanted done this weekend anyway
- Sun, 09:26: RT @LOLGOP: So you're willing to bet the next 1,000 years of the planet that Rick Perry knows more about science than NASA #PeoplesClimate #ActOnClimate
- Sun, 11:31: I miss her most at church, now that choir season has started again.
- Sat, 13:23: The stream I've been using three weeks to watch Doctor Who won't load today.
- Sat, 13:24: Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow morning
- Sat, 15:03: RT @capricecrane: George Zimmerman threatened to kill a man in a road rage incident. But it was probably the other guys fault for wearing a car.
- Sat, 15:43: power outage. time for a nap
- Sat, 16:01: The Pharoah thing always bothered me. #spn http://t.co/Q8SLgbirbL
- Sat, 19:39: Went to the grocery store and forgot everything I thought didn't need to be put on the list.
- Sat, 21:15: "I think that a huge problem is people who read comics and don’t understand the point of superheroes,..." http://t.co/7Jg3eCOjL4
- Sat, 21:19: The most disarming thing abnout going back to the other laptop is getting back one-button Home and End.
- Sat, 21:42: okay gotta go back out gotta get milk
- Sat, 22:10: Accidentally told the command prompt to copy the entire directory into the backup directory insteada just the newly modified file.
- Sat, 22:18: RT @LOLGOP: To Republicans, poverty is a life choice — like being gay or menstruating. http://t.co/mRAh7TNYGc
- Sun, 09:19: RT @neverjessie: The Onion dropping the truth on gender http://t.co/HpgFGwsbM3
- Sun, 09:34: RT @Karnythia: We demonize sex work, but look...I'd rather have working girls around than the cops who prey on & abuse communities.
- Sun, 09:58: Saw all the spoilers for Listen before I watched it this morning and still got leaky at the eyes. #doctorwho
- Sun, 10:02: Showered and dressed this morning before the last minute. All I have to do to leave for church on time is leave for church on time.
- Sun, 10:17: "There are no 'conflicting reoprts'. Zero. Every single witness says the same thing. #ExceptTheOneWhoIsHiding.., http://t.co/kIypmDJtc1
- Thu, 17:33: church wifi woohoo
- Thu, 17:34: Aaand Open Office won't open again.
- Thu, 17:38: I may uninstall and reinstall when I get home, but I may not want to set the precedent of reinstalling Open Office EVERY OTHER DAY.
- Thu, 17:56: RT @washingtonpost: "Fat shaming" doesn't work, a new study says http://t.co/UULtuw9DEh
- Thu, 18:01: RT @LOLGOP: REMINDER: Conservatives don't blame the victim as much as they identify with the perpetrators.
- Thu, 18:14: You know what, how much is MSOffice these days?
- Thu, 18:18: "There’s a very important qualifying statement on the video’s Youtube page: this is an arrangement of the theme don… http://t.co/egNYzsMkrz
- Thu, 19:47: Now the church wifi won't open any pages on my laptop. Except it's probably my laptop cuz the other guy's laptop's working fine. #adware?
- Thu, 20:33: Well, the issue with the latter connection attempt at church appears to be the synergy between the church wifi and this laptop, cuz ...
- Thu, 20:33: ... another laptop connected just fine at church while mine wouldn't, but mine's just fine now it's home.
- Thu, 20:49: 6. Terrorism totally works! http://t.co/NHVtglrJh3
- Thu, 20:52: Dinner with T&T, then cartooning
- Thu, 21:31: Uh oh. I think I have to draw the Doctor's chalkboard for this 3Faces. #idowannaaa
- Thu, 21:42: Tryna think of shortcuts for drawing the chalkboard that don't require looking up old cartoons to crib in the spreadsheet that won't open.
- Thu, 22:59: Hero of Three Faces update: missing scene, cuz a fiction-plane traveler'd've misunderstood.http://t.co/j8ZYNmyuhD #doctorwho
- Thu, 23:24: RT @washingtonpost: "Gilmore Girls" is coming to Netflix. Yes, that's a big deal. http://t.co/l872AlAspn
- Thu, 23:24: "Answer the pizza."
- Thu, 23:43: Photo: deducecanoe: moofable: thyroiddiseasediaries: Spoonies need the occasional (constant) reminder to... http://t.co/PWxOpNww3L
- Fri, 05:26: Creative Process update: guilt. http://t.co/lBGUlF1xJw #webcomics #CreativeProcess
- Fri, 07:09: I fear this is the Congress we deserve.
- Sat, 12:40: niqabisinparis: me to westerners: omg you take your husband’s name after marriage? that’s so oppressive.... http://t.co/vCeMwpT6iR
- Sat, 12:42: "@sarahmorrigan It's Caturday, folks! Time to spoil your kitties!" Ciana, Mei-mei, Rosebud was the sled.
- Sat, 12:43: RT @elonjames: #WeWillNotLiveInFear but when unarmed Black folks came to a vigil for #MikeBrown they were met by a full SWAT TEAM.
- Sat, 12:44: RT @elonjames: #WeWillNotLiveInFear but the Black kid who yelled a White woman actively inciting a riot was thrown to the ground by the cops…
- Sat, 13:01: RT @TheObamaDiary: In which @Only4RM wins the day: http://t.co/nfxh7XtCAG
- Sat, 13:32: I'm thinking of trying one of the livestream options I saw in a friendslocked post. #doctorwho [better clean the catpans first then]
- Sat, 15:10: I think the thing I second-most appreciate not having spoiled myself for was the new title sequence. #DoctorWho
- Sat, 15:18: RT @jbouie: The real injustice, I guess, is that a community might want accountability for a cop who killed an unarmed man.
- Sat, 15:19: RT @Rschooley: @jbouie "We will not hide" on an anonymous letter on behalf of a man that's been in hiding for a week?
- Sat, 16:03: "When you are 13 years old, the heat will be turned up too high and the stars will not be in your..." http://t.co/FXmHDFPPVN
- Sat, 16:14: How do you turn off the spellcheck markers in Open Office/Calc? I know I've done it before but I can't find the menu command now.
- Sat, 16:53: Capaldi's Doctor's personality'll unfold over time? Pity no one thoughta that inna 80s. Naw, he'da just got bumped 18 months and then fired.
- Sun, 00:03: Photo: halorvic: Maybe you should wear labels http://t.co/qSDUHWmpjX
- Sun, 08:30: RT @ferretthimself: I wonder what percentage of people read the followup, apologetic essay as compared to the assholish rant that went viral.
- Sun, 09:43: RT @LOLGOP: Rand Paul is the best Republican at minority outreach, which could not be a more damning statement about GOP minority outreach.
- Sun, 09:47: i really must catch up on these movies http://t.co/4KAybj9RVk
- Sun, 10:09: gaiusthegenius: cosmictuesdays: agatharights: teroknortailor: the way that people treat Reg is proof that... http://t.co/y69GDJQUsn
- Sun, 10:35: May not make it to church this morning; car starter trouble.
