The Pink Flamingo

Christian Blackmail

December 21, 2017December 21, 2017 CULTURE, FAITH

I’m sure you’ve seen the admonitions on Facebook. Because we are Christians, the only way to put Christ back in Christmas is to feed

The Great UFO Debate?

December 20, 2017December 19, 2017 Classic TV, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Harry Reid, Star Trek

The world was all agog, the Pentagon was investigating UFOs. Wow! Beam me up Scotty! Well, apparently the person benefiting from milking the gov’t

Eye of the Beholder

December 19, 2017December 18, 2017 Abuse, CRIME, CULTURE

Let’s be brutally honest. Sexual harassment exists, at times, in the eye of the beholder, if they are not attracted to the harasser. Fact

I Told You So

December 18, 2017December 17, 2017 Abuse, CONSERVATIVE, CRIME, CULTURE, Pedophiles, POLITICAL

One of the things I love most about waxing political is the old ‘I told you so.’ Well, I told you so. I have

Sunday Morning Opera:

December 17, 2017December 15, 2017 Baritones, Beverly Sills, CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

I’m still hurting. The only way I know to handle it is by dealing with the greatest of them all.

Historical Veracity and Liberal Versions of Christ

December 16, 2017November 26, 2017 Art, Christian History, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, HISTORY, Roman

NOTE: I am dealing with personal business this week. Because I have no idea what I will be doing, or a timeline, I’m doing

PART II: Why Biblical Context Matters

December 15, 2017November 27, 2017 Ancient, Art, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Religious Cults

This was first published on April 16, 2015 This is what we have to work with. Note that I am only using ‘classical’ Western

PART I: Why Biblical Context Matters

December 14, 2017May 17, 2018 Ancient, Art, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Episcopal Church, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Religious Cults

First published on April 15, 2015. People much wiser than am I have said that you can use the Bible to prove anything. You

The Far Right’s Manly, Sexy Jesus of Nazareth

December 13, 2017November 26, 2017 Ancient, Art, Christian History, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Christian Reconstructionism, Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Far Righ Loons, HISTORY, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL, Religious Cults, Roman

First published on March 7, 2014 Jerry Boykin’s homo-erotic musings about Jesus of Nazareth include what sort of gun he would use. Of course,

Our Lady of Guadeloupe

December 12, 2017November 26, 2017 Catholic, Faith, Saint Days 1

First published on December 12, 2008. Today is the Feast Day for Our Lady of Guadeloupe, the Patron Saint of the Americas. I am

Sunday Morning Opera: Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125

December 10, 2017November 26, 2017 CULTURE, Music, Opera, OPERA, Sherrill Milnes

Eric Leinsdof Sherrill Milnes Placido Domingo Jane Marsh Josephine Veasey This is considered one of the finest recordings of Beethoven’s classic yet created. I

The Need to Strip Elizabeth I of Her Gender

December 9, 2017November 26, 2017 Art, Christian Patriarchy Movement, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, England, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Victoriana, Vulcanology

First published on January 18, 2015. I am fascinated by the history of fashion. What people wear and wore is more than couture, it

Part II: Jerry Boykin’s Homo-Erotic Tribute to Manly Men

December 8, 2017November 26, 2017 Ancient, Christian History, Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Faith, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Roman

First published on November 23, 2013. Both the far left and the far right have a very skewed version of the Christian religion. Both

Part I: Jerry Boykin’s Homo-Erotic Tribute to Manly Men

December 7, 2017November 26, 2017 Ancient, Art, Ayn Rand, Christian History, Classic Hollywood, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, ECONOMY, England, FAITH, Far Righ Loons, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, Idiot Conservatives, MAIN PAGE, Roman

First published on November 21, 2013. Nothing annoys me more than historical ignorance being spouted as fact, lapped up by an equally ignorant audience.

Why the Babe?

December 6, 2017November 26, 2017 20th Century US, American, BASEBALL, Boston Red Sox, CULTURE, Hank Aaron, HISTORY, History of the Game, MAIN PAGE, MLB Hall of Fame, Steriods, Ted Williams, World War II

He was out of shape, overweight, loved food, cigars, good times, little kids, and hitting ’em where they ain’t. Born in 1895, he came

Cheesy Christmas Movies

December 5, 2017November 26, 2017 Art, Classic Hollywood, Classic TV, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

Originally published on December 21, 2014 During the month I basically stayed with my mother, with only 2 days of relief, she spent much

Social Justice Thugs

December 4, 2017November 26, 2017 Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE

First published on November 26, 2016. The problem with so-called social justice is that for there to be ‘social justice’ for one entity, another

Sunday Morning Opera: Nessun dorma

December 3, 2017November 26, 2017 CULTURE, FAITH, Music, Opera, OPERA, Proverbs Challenge 1

First published on July 16, 2017. Last week, one of the music magazines ran a list of their top ten Nessun dorma tenors/and or

Christ Was Black, or a Palestinian & Other Revisionist Lies

December 2, 2017November 26, 2017 Ancient, Archaeology, Art, Bigotry, Biology, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, FAITH, Faith, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, POLITICAL, Racism, Revisionism, SCIENCE

First published on April 12,2017 I consider myself a historian. As such, perhaps the entities I loath the most are revisionists. I detest people

The Devil and Donald Trump

December 1, 2017November 26, 2017 Ancient, Barack Obama, Bigotry, Bill Clinton, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, Eric Cantor, FAITH, Faith, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Historial Ignorance, HISTORY, MAIN PAGE, Persecution, POLITICAL

First published on January 24, 2017 At least five years ago, when I was going through spiritual turmoil, I was having a discussion about

Understanding Henry VIII

November 30, 2017November 26, 2017 Anglican, Catholic, Christian History, Cultural Illiteracy, CULTURE, FAITH, Historial Ignorance, MAIN PAGE, Pope Francis 2

First published on February 18, 2017 I never truly understood the disgust Henry VIII had for the Vatican, for refusing to abdicate its role

REWIND: Why I Do Not Like Thanksgiving Day, Which Is a Crock

November 29, 2017November 26, 2017 CULTURE, FAITH, Family, PERSONAL

First published on November 27, 2008 THINK ABOUT IT Rejoice always, pray without ceasing give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will

Moving Week

November 28, 2017November 26, 2017 PERSONAL

Today we loaded the moving trucks. The cats are at the vet, waiting to be tranquilized for their journey to their new home. The

No Hugs Please!

November 27, 2017November 26, 2017 CULTURE, MAIN PAGE, PERSONAL

The other day some conservative talking head became irate because someone with the Girl Scouts wrote that parents should not force their daughters to

Sunday Morning Opera: The Day the Music Died

November 26, 2017November 25, 2017 Baritones, CULTURE, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, OPERA

There are no words, there is no music. There is only a raw emptiness. My heart aches for four children who are now without

Making Lists

November 25, 2017November 24, 2017 PERSONAL

I wish it were a naughty or nice list, but it’s not. It’s a what do I need to do before I move that

Trying to Be Thankful

November 24, 2017November 23, 2017 Books by SJ Reidhead, PERSONAL

This has been a rough year, one of death, loss, and my world falling apart. It has forever changed. I will be moving on

“As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly” Thanksgiving

November 23, 2017November 22, 2017 CULTURE, MAIN PAGE

I hear my nephew-in-law is going to be frying a turkey. I want to dedicate the following to him, and all the other men

Today the Music Died

November 22, 2017 Baritones, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, OPERA

There is nothing more that an be said, other than our prayers go out to Florence, Danial, Sasha, Nina and Maxim. They lost their

Why?

November 22, 2017November 20, 2017 20th Century US, CRIME, CULTURE, DEMOCRAT, FAITH, HISTORY

After all these years, I still don’t understand why. I was just a little kid, but what I remember is it was the first