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Entries from January 2006

Dreams: Coretta Scott King 1927 - 2006…

January 31st, 2006 · No Comments

DREAMS
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
- Langston Hughes

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith”
- 2 Timothy 4:7 (WBS)

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Tags: Ethnic Minority · General · theWord

Washington State: Gay Rights Win!

January 27th, 2006 · No Comments

This has turned into an interesting week for this back-woods and marshy metropolis. An oxymoron? That’s Seattle. But as of today, the entire state is involved.
First, on Sunday, our long-suffering Seattle Seahawks won not just a playoff game, but the highest rank in its conference, and with it won a chance […]

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Tags: Gay/SGL

LAUGH: Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.

January 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Read Steven Fullwood’s piece about getting on Oprah Winfrey’s bad side (Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid) if you want to laugh, or just look at this picture in its full size. This’ll make you laugh…

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Tags: General

Love Alive 30 years!

January 27th, 2006 · No Comments

Good lord! Where has the time gone? I forgot all about this. 1975-6… which means they were recording this in 1974-5 the year I lost my cherished sombrero in the California desert. I was not happy.
We were on our way to “Amabama” as one friend called it. […]

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Tags: Ethnic Minority · General

Darfur Exibit: The Smallest Witness

January 25th, 2006 · No Comments

The Smallest Witnesses: The conflict in Darfur through childrens’ eyes

What:

Panel and Reception

Date:

February 1

Time:

6:30 pm

Location:

Odegaard Library ~ University of Washington - Seattle

Featuring: Human Rights Watch investigator Olivier Bercault, who collected the drawings. Bercault has documented human rights violations in Sudan, Chad, Afghanistan and Iraq; Nancy Farwell, Chair of the African Studies Department […]

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Tags: General

Book Review: “…and let the choir say AMEN!”

January 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

Justin Hall reviews “…and let the choir say AMEN!” by Caesar Brunswick

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Tags: Ethnic Minority · Gay/SGL · theWord

Washington State Quarter

January 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

I love collecting the state quarters that have been coming out for the past few years now. Today, I took my first look at the choices for the Washington State quarter. I think they’re pretty good even though they fall on the side of being incomplete.

Design #1

This design I like the nature […]

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Tags: Ethnic Minority · General