Apr
29
I have something to say about the recent Supreme Court decision that upheld the ban on late-term abortions, whether or not the pregnancy endangers the woman’s life.
I’m a pragmatic contextual ethicist with a spiritual sensibility, and I cannot be silent. I cannot pretend that I don’t understand the next step in this game. If […]
Apr
28
Evidently there is a new movie on the horizon called “The Golden Compass.” At the movie site, they are offering to ask you a few questions to establish your Daemon personality match.
My daemonic match is “Aeschylus” the butterfly: Modest, a leader, sociable, shy and fickle. Since my daemon is for some reason supposed to be […]
Apr
28
I’ve been selected for the Thinking Blogger Award! Jolly Roger at Reconstitution was kind enough to name me as a Thinking Blogger.
VirusHead - Heidi is a recovered Jehova’s Witness and first rate progressive thinker. She covers everything from warm and personal to wretched and Presidential.
Thank you, JR! You’d have been on my picks, too, […]
Apr
22
Here at VirusHead, I have a different host than at work. If any of you use WordPress at Yahoo Small Business, this post will interest you. If not - really - skip it.
I had to spend almost two days addressing the problems of upgrading WordPress at Yahoo Small Business hosting. Even now, I can’t really […]
Apr
19
I am too disheartened by recent events to be able to respond to the news in any kind of responsible way today. I’m taking a break.
And I have been rewarded. I have just witnessed the Snow White/Sleeping Beauty effect. Keep reading.
One of the nicer aspects about not having found a full-time job yet is […]
Apr
18
When we moved to Yahoo hosting at work, I had hoped that the WordPress blogging would be a real service offered.
No-one in customer support knows anything about it, of course. There is no-one in charge of updating the WordPress installations.
Dreamhost and Bluehost both have one-click updates to the WordPress installation. Not only doesn’t Yahoo, […]