At age 45 I finally learned electronics. Learned it enough to write a book about it, a damn good one if I don't say so myself. I had always been a big consumer of science writing, but I hadn't gone back and learned the fundamentals. My husband studied electronics and I used to joke about division of labor as I had a…

And remember, depressingly enough, this isn't just from the right. Remember this year's Democratic primaries in West Virginia and Arkansas? Sorry to bring it up, but a lot of Americans are racist a##holes.

And the shame was this was a Franciscan run church but part of the diocese. If you know Franciscans, you know they are the easiest order to be a trepidacious Catholic with. The other priests were quiet, gentle, funny, human and quite patient with those having doubts. I thought I could handle it, be an ethnic Catholic…

Not in the homily, following the gospels. Announcements at the end, maybe. I forgot the date but it was an incredibly important part of the church calendar and it wasn't fundraising for poor children, sick or elderly. It was to put in an addition with fairly grandiose designs. We already had a large enough (and…

I see what you've done there.

Well, for one the whole "go and sin no more" thing seems to be ignored. And you need to have a contrite heart and not intend to not do it again.

My uncle was a Christian Brother, aunt was a nun, many many other relatives were priests. Sex abuse has been a problem for a very long time.

They could always declare moral bankruptcy.

Oh and the same pastor got arrested a few years later for having sex in a local park. Not with a child thank you.

What film is that?

Before I owned up that I am in fact an atheist, that shushing the voice inside me to don't worry about raising little heathens wasn't a good idea, stopped trying explain away problems to my young children as I thought I was giving them the chance to experience a church community, the thing that made me finally stop…

No idea. Graduated from law school a long time ago and never did take the bar—but doesn't it seem textbook?

First get this Sandusky guy to jail, then go for the old Misprison of Felony charges on the rest of these wimps. [en.wikipedia.org] This is not someone misusing a university car, this is f-ing sexual abuse of minors.

I used to kick ass on Spanish spelling bees in a Spanish for native speakers class in my Miami elementary school. I wasn't a native speaker, but the Spanish for English speaking kids was too easy. People can suck at anything if given the opportunity. Even when there are so few vowel sounds.

That sucks and you are right, incredibly, tragically right.

I always thought Limbo was where its at; unbaptized babies and virtuous pagans sounds like a great place to land. Too bad they decided that Limbo and Purgatory don't exist anymore (not that they ever did, but like how all those years of indulgences are just swept under the rug). If you ever want a reason to not take…

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I remember so wanting to not like Royal Tenenbaums. It looked like twee squared. It is now one of my favorite films. I can rewatch and rewatch it. It captures a similar theme to all of his movies. When I was a kid, I thought I could do anything, I thought being an adult would be awesome, but something frightening and…

How many men are afraid when surrounded by a group of women late at night?

The thing you can't prepare for: no matter how scared you are, it happens. First the delivery, the "I can't do this" train of thought comes, but so does the baby. Dealing with health issues, heartbreak, the talking back, the exhaustion, the work stuff, the school stuff, the friend stuff and the bully stuff. It is all…