Ha! Not quite in bible study central around here, so it's likely to be taken the wrong way regardless. Still, sewing some Anglo-Saxons healing charms into the leather couldn't hurt... right?

Salve! I'm working on translating it right now! I've got a medieval Latin exam to pass in a couple of months and since it's basically THE text of the medieval period I figure it's the best practice I can get. (I am eternally terrified, however, that I will be hit by a bus and someone will find three handwritten…

I could not be more behind the 1611 King James bible, beautiful! Reading it side by side with the vulgate (or the Douay-Rheims English translation if that's easier) gives such an interesting picture of their translation priorities.

Yeah- don't tell me you witnessed it as well?

One time I was on the subway when a couple started having sex in our car. A fellow passenger pulled the alarm at the next station and we were stopped for a "health code violation" as security kicked them out. The grossest part was that you could see them starting up again, lying bare-assed on the platform as we…

It's pretty easy to think of examples actually. Take, oh, any mass shooting in America in the last 10 years: lot of white dudes, not a lot of anyone else.

Exactly! So what if her mom's church friends wanted to throw one? The bride and I were the only members of the wedding party who went. Why complain about an invite that a) the bride didn't plan and b) one she specifically said she didn't expect anyone to attend?

Huzzah!

I completely respect their religious beliefs- and I know my comment came off as kind of dismissive, as internet comments are wont to do - just like I respect other people's religious beliefs even when I don't share them.

THANK-YOU! Nothing drives me battier than neo-pagans. I mean, believe what you want to believe, but let's draw the line at claiming that you have any actual historical precedent backing you up. That shit is just offensive to those of use who have actually devoted time to studying history academically.

I completely agree about The Rescuers, but will forever maintain that The Rescuers Down Under is a masterpiece of children's cinema.

It's amazing- and it dealt so sensitively with Nani and her struggle as well as Lilo (I thought) let's get even more representation of different sorts of families and non white characters!

This films was awesome- and it doesn't get nearly enough love. What a great family!

Oh wow! I would love to see that play. I've never even heard of it being put on within a million miles of me.

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov ($11.99 at chapters.indigo.ca, but you could probably find it anywhere)

Exactly this! Nothing irritates me more than how sanctimonious our national narratives can get. The only way you can improve something is by pointing it out, talking about it, and taking action. We're so reluctant to have the uncomfortable conversations, the ones that don't throw us in a good light, but that's the…

Oh man! I wasn't being sarcastic at all. I didn't think you were being mean. I am genuinely always really glad when we get called out on our shit.

Our (Canada's) treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Metis people is unbelievably dreadful. Glad it was mentioned! (Sorry, I just love it when we get shit for it from non-Canadians. I mean, there are people working on it from within the country, obviously, but I just get frustrated because our leaders feel like they…

This is really great. I'm sorry that my post took away from what you were originally saying because I completely agree with and support it.

Eh, a lot of those mitigating factors have to do with family planning choices and how they affect your career. Most millennial probably haven't had children yet, and in fact it is likely this fact (and several others) that has helped the gap to shrink for the younger generations. As the article says it will probably…