(Gay) Mormon Guy: "Some Gays Can Change"

(Gay) Mormon Guy: "Some Gays Can Change": "I recently received a well-written comment here that empathized with my frustration in relationships and the concomitant tension caused by a..."

Curmudgeon With A Gun: The foundational priniciple of self-reliance

Curmudgeon With A Gun: The foundational priniciple of self-reliance: "A lot of talk floats around the blogosphere about preparation for the looming economic and (God forbid) political collapse. Most of that tal..."

Interesting new musical treatments of Isaac Watts hymns.

http://sojournmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-water-and-the-blood

I'll have to get a coupleof people and do a skit on this someday.

http://borepatch.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-told-you-were-anarcho-syndicalist.html

(Gay) Mormon Guy: Born This Way... Not Completely

I had to save this link, because someone like me (a straight male Christian) could publish these studies on this highly-publicized topic and the facts would be lost in the static. Although there could certainly be static that might obscure this man's post, I think his word carries weight.

(Gay) Mormon Guy: Born This Way... Not Completely: "I recently took the time to actually read the landmark psychological studies that claimed to have found substantial causative links from gen..."

Carter Family hymn

Lyrics, of course, by Isaac Watts.  Check this against the shape note books.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaOghBFxg5M&feature=player_embedded

These ladies are FUNNY - if a little, uh, blunt . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinating_A%C3%AFda