by podblack on March 27, 2010
UIC student Jason Connell used the appearance of the hate group to raise money for queer rights groups such as Human Rights Campaign, International AIDS Foundation and Chicago based Jerusalem Open House. Donations were named in honor of the Westboro Baptist Church and community thank you cards will be sent from the non-profits to WBC [...]
by podblack on October 18, 2009
Many, many thanks to Sean the Blogonaut for the alert – here’s the scoop. Earlier on in this blog, I wrote of the Mercy Ministries and Gloria Jeans case, an entry called ‘A Coffee Shop in my Town‘. The article is due to questions about the former editor of young women’s magazines (Marina Go, from [...]
by podblack on February 15, 2009
Reading the Bible so you don’t have to. An accurate retelling of the Book of Job (with some things ommitted for time’s sake).
by podblack on February 10, 2009
This depiction featured is NOT my Australia. And this is NOT what religion should be. And this should NOT be happening. Any questions? No? Good. Then let’s just do something proactive about it and not put up with any more of this time-wasting insanity. Go donate blood, donate money, donate time and donate something better [...]
by podblack on April 26, 2008
So, Pharyngula has this to say about a particular online series of amateur videos: KBSU is the campus television station for Bemidji State University, and apparently they’ve been broadcasting crap lately — several hours a day have been dedicated to episodes of this feeble series of videos called “Does God Exist?”. It’s awful. It’s basically [...]
by podblack on March 17, 2008
I don’t go to the coffee shop Gloria Jean’s often. Usually on a Saturday, I’ll go past it and if I have spare change, I get a cappuchino. Most of the time, I’ll do a drive-through on the way to work, if I feel like a coffee. They have a box, next to the till. [...]
by podblack on February 4, 2008
Tip of the tentacle to Pharyngula for this find on the site The Sixth International – Alice Donut and the Chick-inspired “Lisa’s Father”: “pretty faithful to the original…” “Warning: very dark humor and unpleasant subject matter.”? Well, that’s Jack Chick for you too…
by podblack on February 3, 2008
Just a short message because apparently you are keen on visiting the city of Perth, which is where I live. You’ve expressed that desire, in regards to the recent death of actor Heath Ledger – via an ‘open letter to the family’: …for misguided reasons you are hiding the body of Heath Ledger and refusing [...]