Brian P. Mann

Poor Bristol Palin. She spews intolerance and hatred, and then complains of "bullying" when people disagree with her.

Then she says this:

John Becker: Bristol Palin, Bullying Victim? An Open Letter

She also hauled out two thoroughly debunked right-wing talking points about marriage -- first, that it's been a static and unchanging institution for "thousands of years," and second, that "in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home" (when in reality, study after study after study shows that claim to be patently false).

So, as a single mother, is she going to give up her child for adoption to a loving heterosexual couple? Somehow I doubt it.  Read more... (126 words, estimated 30 secs reading time)

I had a nice Hangout today with some friends from Google+.

I really like Hangouts, because you can gather with friends from all over the world, and it's almost like everyone's in the same place. I have a group of friends that I hang out with, and as far as I know, none of us have ever met in real life. We met when Google opened a Group for the beta testers of their chromebook, the Cr-48.  Read more... (179 words, estimated 43 secs reading time)

And to go along with yesterday's post, I'm forging full speed ahead. I bought a domain name just for my future freelance writing business, and am in the process of setting it up and figuring out how to get some good clips.

Today’s theme for the Blogathon is Our Second Act. This is for people who have changed, want to change, or are changing direction in the mid-part of their lives.

I’ve been pretty laid back for the first part of my life. Not much ambition, content to do just enough to get by. I’ve never held a job that paid more than $500 a week, and have mostly worked for a dollar or two above minimum wage. I drove cab on and off for about 14 years, and starting out, I made pretty good money, but the price of gas wiped out most of the profits in the later years. I’m now working as a clerk in an adult toy/video/lingerie store.  Read more... (379 words, estimated 1:31 mins reading time)

For various reasons that are unimportant here, I feel compelled to link to John Scalzi's essay on what it is to be poor. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/

Hopefully, you'll get as much out of it as I do every time I read it.