tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48431210014775889302024-02-21T05:45:02.939-05:00tangenjilltangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-70351226226297490122023-03-31T17:52:00.000-04:002023-03-31T17:52:01.430-04:00Never Give Up Hope Hallelujah. tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-52195501152870057822022-05-05T17:37:00.004-04:002022-05-05T17:48:56.003-04:00You Don't Have To Be Pro-Abortion To Be For Reprodutive Freedom Back in the early '90s while working in the communications department of a non-profit, I remember answering the phone and hearing a man ranting on the other end. He said he was from the Family Research Council__which is against contraceptives being legal and available. He was angry that the foundation supported reproductive health initiatives, including long-lasting tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-51070777126368098312009-03-22T20:23:00.003-04:002009-03-22T20:37:00.229-04:00In a NutshellYou don't have to espouse a religion to be a good person. And using religion to spur hateful or hurtful acts against others is an abuse of power. Each person must question, think and act with consciousness...with humanity. We are all related. Let's honor one another's stories and build a better future for all...decent people everywhere. Right on.tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-48189797313157477732008-12-20T20:42:00.005-05:002008-12-20T20:56:56.124-05:00Hey...I'm wishing everyone everywhere peace and tranquility. Spent the day baking cookies; just me and my dog listening to the radio...madrigals, etc. It was transcendent...or at least peaceful. Out the window I saw snow, icicles and birdies coming to the feeder. Idyllic.The boys were visiting their auntie in Connecticut. It was therapeutic all-round. Rolling out dough. Making menorahs/hanukkiahs, tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-43756103673583943192008-10-19T20:29:00.005-04:002008-10-19T21:14:51.161-04:00Two Great WomenThey did good...better than good. They dissed Palin to her face (if you call the truth a dis)...and were brilliant...especially the RAP about shooting a "mother-humping moose." Take that all you MILFboys!tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-80974349259359844852008-09-25T10:04:00.008-04:002008-09-25T20:06:10.431-04:00Superiority is DelusionalSome folks hold America apart as superior based on the Manifest Destiny myth which drove "white" settlers and missionaries west to conquer the land and its people. But this is a myth. Some folks' viewpoints narrowed in whom they thought should have rights. Others' losses were their gains; Native Americans were denied U.S. citizenship until the 1920s. Still other people acknowledged the common tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-3600155923098669932008-05-01T10:51:00.004-04:002008-05-01T11:02:26.154-04:00I'm Glad I DidMore mothers breast feed their babies, a least for a little while...tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-87197787799872153012008-04-27T09:19:00.003-04:002008-04-27T09:26:42.568-04:00Speaking OutLaura Berg has won the PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award...after having been accused of sedition; can you believe it?tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-4445514525671480892008-04-19T06:59:00.002-04:002008-04-19T07:02:22.173-04:00Thank Goodnessthis little one came into a culture that respects her difference...tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-5717690320251963682008-04-17T04:05:00.003-04:002008-04-17T04:14:03.177-04:00Distorted View of BeautySince when is starving a power image? Who raises their daughters to be weak and call it beautiful? The patriarchy and their henchmen. It's psychological abuse. It's an us vs. them elitism with very few "winners."tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-30961321579196656822008-04-16T05:11:00.005-04:002008-04-16T20:01:27.703-04:00Now for Something Positive...This is a nice article on a beautiful place from the past....tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-59066539952906122142008-04-16T04:43:00.007-04:002008-04-16T20:02:18.447-04:00Hate Speech Against Native Americans is NOT AmericanSad to say I could believe it when I read it...and since when is sophomoric male behavior the standard of what gets broadcast? This reminds me of freshman psychology class at UM where after the women in my class described a multi-faceted ideal man (all positive), the "men" in my class snickered that the ideal woman was "about three feet tall, with a flat head (to put your beer on) and her mouth tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-68748346658322210362008-04-01T10:22:00.003-04:002008-04-02T10:31:09.443-04:00Something to Smile About...I've always felt a kinship with Bjork; I love how she takes walks along the beach recording new ideas for songs...http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?fr_story=1b7437f415e3c9898200afe28d6c4089255471cd Multimedia Video Bjork in 3-D: The 'Wanderlust' Video tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-44349447070245401952008-03-24T11:24:00.005-04:002008-04-01T04:29:42.495-04:00This is RidiculousA story in the Times focuses on a boy who has been repeatedly bullied for four years; others set him up to get beaten and it sounds like the school district and other parents DO nothing to stop it. Outrageous. It's no wonder some kids are pushed to the brink. It's heart breaking. I get angry just reading about it.Confronting bullying/scapegoating needs to be a community-wide process. It's not tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-60782454725046020592008-02-26T20:52:00.003-05:002008-03-13T14:40:31.271-04:00So...the roadtrip was greatWe just got back from a roadtrip to/from Michigan; its was 12 hours each way. Hanging out with the cousins...building snowmen, sledding, snowmobiling and visiting with grandma and grandpa on the back forty; watching the lunar eclipse...playing with the dogs...we missed getting to Ann Arbor but being out in the country was great. We love you, Golda...tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-62665487537955300312008-01-26T17:12:00.001-05:002008-03-19T19:46:32.261-04:00Physics! Anti-gravity?John Hutchison has a scientific effect named for him...looks like anti-gravity to me. But then again, I majored in English lit.Check it out http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5787522280823887082Also, here's some grainy video footage of the effect: www.hutchisoneffect.ca/Videos/2LBottle2.swfAnd more...www.hutchisoneffect.ca/Videos/BowlSpin.swfSeems a lot like what people have written about tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843121001477588930.post-87110851300848869952008-01-15T20:33:00.000-05:002008-02-01T20:04:18.298-05:00A Better Future for All...He, She, It, TheyBob Herbert really hit it today in "Politics and Misogyny" (New York Times)."Sexism in its myriad destructive forms permeates nearly every aspect of American life. For many men, it’s the true national pastime, much bigger than baseball or football. Little attention is being paid to the toll that misogyny takes on society in general, and women and girls in particular."That's the crux; there seems tangenjillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15143488886896645757noreply@blogger.com1