Paul Gadzikowski

"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.

• Fri, 13:30: short on sleep and cranky. spending the day irritated with creators and fans who don't see dark&gritty superman is homogenization.
• Fri, 16:01: sean bean and indira varma as thomas and martha wayne amirite
• Fri, 18:43: RT @AntonioFrench: DOJ Gets Ferguson, St. Louis County Cops To Ban 'I Am Darren Wilson' Wristbands http://t.co/Krhb3rkxcs via @HuffingtonPost
• Fri, 18:46: RT @cnnbrk: Montana teacher originally sentenced to serve 31 days for raping student is resentenced to nearly 10 years in prison. http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/26/justice/montana-rape-sentence/index.html
• Fri, 18:54: stimmyabby: where-zozi-dares: stimmyabby: "strong sense of justice/injustice" is on a list of my "deficits"... http://t.co/ysjrhXOlHI
• Fri, 20:26: RT @LOLGOP: LGBT people can't marry in 31 states. You can be fired for being gay in 29 states. The real victim? Someone paid to bake a cake.
• Fri, 20:54: jinjonatorx: NTs with “good intentions” advocate eugenics. NTs with “good intentions” have murdered their... http://t.co/Sr0rQitKfx
• Fri, 21:38: plvntgender: please call me out if I do anything wrong. please tell me if I’m following someone... http://t.co/qbTPv4uiR9
• Fri, 22:12: Whoosh. I could tell Aubrey was coming on as a regular but I wasn't expecting that. #BONESonFOX
• Fri, 22:27: RT @evanier: If Obama wants G.O.P. Senators to confirm Eric Holder's replacement quickly, it's easy: Have Holder start prosecuting Wall St. criminals.
• Fri, 22:47: BREAKING: There is a video a protestor recorded that shows the cops swung first..inciting the riot.... http://t.co/ABHXYcuGp1
• Sat, 11:21: Been seeing about something called Ello. Would it be exciting to join a social network when it's new? Owait I did that with Google Plus.

• Tue, 14:46: The reason the A in LGBTA doesn't stand for "allies" is true allies don't draw the attention to themselves.
• Tue, 22:37: RT @caulkthewagon: This woman is a hero. MT @EliottCNN: Jameila White walked a mile to #Ferguson to hand out free water and milk https://twitter.com/EliottCNN/status/501932047729172481/photo/1
• Tue, 22:56: Photoset: mixtapewormhole: atane: thisiswhiteprivilege: softboycollective: TUESDAY 8/19: Ferguson PD... http://t.co/y7Y3kVMJfS
• Tue, 23:09: RT @keithboykin: Everything was calm until police moved in. Organizers keep protesters moving on sidewalk.
• Tue, 23:32: You wouldn't think it would be so hard to find something in your house big enough to soak both feet.
• Tue, 23:35: RT @TalibKweli: Been in Ferguson for an hour and the police are clearly agitating the people. They are treating these people like animals.
• Wed, 00:19: RT @TheWeirdTeacher: BREAKING: Cops in #Ferguson continue to not understand how twitter or smart phones work. Or their jobs. Or basic human rights.
• Wed, 00:30: RT @Nettaaaaaaaa: STL COUNTY PD just told us they're here to "protect us" with rifles. We're AT A CHURCH.
• Wed, 00:31: RT @blogdiva: SO WILL ERIC HOLDER DO ABOUT THIS TOMORROW? that's my one question RT @ryanjreilly: Photographer arrested #Ferguson https://twitter.com/blogdiva/status/501964210071670784
• Wed, 00:34: RT @thewayoftheid: https://t.co/dKkvesNmmF
• Wed, 00:34: RT @WesleyLowery: No media member has done anything to get in way of law enforcement. They've given contradictory instructions and then gotten physical
• Wed, 07:12: RT @WesleyLowery: Not a joke, police now claiming that they cleared everyone into street to "protect" McDonalds/private property. There was no threat to McDs
• Wed, 07:12: RT @WesleyLowery: For context, police REFUSED to collect security cameras / investigate destruction at stores that were looted last week.
• Wed, 07:19: indieannajones: Seriously, what the police are doing is not “bad”, it’s illegal. There is a reason why... http://t.co/udROvBXHbv
• Wed, 08:49: RT @LibyaLiberty: If you think Muslims aren't condemning ISIS, it's not because Muslims aren't condemning ISIS. It's because you're not listening to Muslims.
• Wed, 09:15: RT @RantingOwl: Funny how racists think the only eyewitnesses that are credible are the ones saying Mike Brown charged the cop. These people…
• Wed, 09:16: RT @RantingOwl: Nevermind that those eyewitnesses have only been alluded to and have no names or faces. Somehow THEY'RE credible but Dorian Johnson isn't.

• Sat, 12:59: Woke up with a prepared to-do list for before I went in to work today, and it's all done!
• Sat, 13:00: (Well, the list included "mow the lawn", and I left the back yard for tomorrow, but it was really a weekend list.)
• Sat, 15:57: How soon after a series' latest season ends does it show up on Netflix?
• Sat, 22:39: Cheeseburgers for dinner tonight, partially to use up some buns before they start getting stale. Too late.
• Sat, 22:39: there will be 3faces sketch tonight
• Sat, 23:18: Searching Bing Images with "Time Trapper 1980s" turns up more pictures of Pernell Roberts and Gregory Harrison than of the Time Trapper.
• Sat, 23:43: RT @celebrityhottub: Things Harder To Explain To A Kid Than 2 Men Kissing: - How A Car Works - The Sun - Basically Everything That Happens In The Bible - Cameras
• Sun, 08:21: I posted the 3Faces I promised and then forgot to tweet it
• Sun, 08:21: Hero of Three Faces sketch: http://t.co/lcX00MDP6G #dcu #lsh #doctorwho
• Sun, 08:46: Getting myself into trouble again - dduane: matociquala: Apparently it’s time again for the annual “Kids... http://t.co/eorN9iP22m
• Sun, 09:11: RT @LOLGOP: You can still be fired for being gay and denied marriage in most states. But the real victims are people who might have to bake a cake.
• Sun, 09:31: I haven’t seen the full scene from last night’s @OrphanBlack that everyone’s crazy about, only the gifsets... http://t.co/rQO7hW3Zfw