Archives: 'Religion'

kat — February 24, 2006, 6:24 am

me and my religion . . .

. . . strolling down the avenue. (Sing along and do your own soft-shoe here.)
The only problem with this imagery stolen from that classic Al Jolson ditty is the word “strolling.” These days, people in their religious fervor don’t do any version of the stroll. They don’t meander or lollygag either. Instead, they strut, run, […]

kat — December 21, 2005, 12:16 am

on heaven and spam

on heaven:
In an upcoming ABC special Barbra Wawa compares the “my god or you burn” similarities between an Islamic fundamentalist who failed as a suicide bomber and an evangelical right wing Christian. She asks, “Does your God want you to be so judgmental?”
Hmmmm.
on spam:
The little e-mails that slip through trying to sell me […]

kat — April 21, 2005, 7:55 am

of laundry and string theory

So, while embroiled in the battle that is my weekly laundry pile last night: one pile of light, two piles of dark, way too much black—I always think I should invest in that Cheer for black, but I never do—I watched NOVA’s “The Elegant Universe” again.