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Desperate Who?

Submitted by shaktinah on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 16:23

This arrived in my emailbox this evening:

Subject: UUism and Desperate Housewives

Well, we're moving into pop culture. Bree referred Lynette to go to a UU church (where she hears we are open to asking questions) last week on Desperate Housewives.

To which my reaction was, who is Bree and who is Lynette? Maybe pop culture has moved into us but not all of us have moved into it.

Unexpected Moments of Grace

Silliness

The Red Line

Submitted by shaktinah on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 16:32

The Red Line of the DC metro system bends in a U shape, connecting two wealthy Maryland suburban cities with DC in the middle. On the western side of the U, the stops in DC are pretty ritzy too. But on the eastern side of the U, the Red Line runs through slightly shoddier neighborhoods.

I take the Red Line home from work most days, passing through Union Station and then out into the above ground. First, New York Avenue, then Rhode Island Avenue... There are block after block of train tracks and warehouses, on the roofs and sides of which the taggers express themselves in vibrant colors. Looking out the window in the early evening sun, I see words and combinations of letters that I do not recognize. And then suddenly... three little words that I know very well. STOP THE WAR.

Unexpected Moments of Grace

Kindness

Forget the Popemobile

Submitted by shaktinah on Sat, 04/12/2008 - 17:53

I'm not a big fan of the new pope. (I loved JPII!) But I have to admit that the new pontiff seems less foreboding and slightly more endearing in this commercial for riding the DC METRO.

Addendum (2008.04.13 11:22 pm):
More Pope products, for the papal faithful.