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Not-so-Occasional Comments on Life, Death and Many Things in Between by Laurie Mann

Sunday, December 30, 2012

My Year in Exercise

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I probably won't get to walk tomorrow, though I may wind up doing some shoveling, so here's my walking(mostly)/kayaking(a little) ...

Who Said "Religious Freedom Doesn't Mean You Can Force Others to Live by Your Own Beliefs"?

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Even in the days when I was still religious, I was never evangelical. I generally believed in "live and let live," but, well, r...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Do You Think a Group That Practices Harassment Like the Westboro Baptist Church Should be Tax-Exempt?

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I started a White House Petition 14 days ago to tell the IRS to investigate the tax-exempt status of the Westboro Baptist Church. Since th...
Monday, December 24, 2012

From Holidaysburg to Newtown...

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Since moving back to Pittsburgh in 1993, I've probably done the drive between Western Pennsylvania and Central Massachusetts 50 times....
Saturday, December 22, 2012

Follow-up to It's Time to #StopTheNRA #StopTheGOP #StopTheWBC

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A few days after the Newtown Massacre, I decided my anger over the situation needed more than 140 characters, so I wrote a blog post . A ...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Let Your Senator Know How You Feel About Semiautomatic Weapons

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Mother Jones published a list of Senators and their opinions on semiautomatic assault weapons ban . My Senators, Bob Casey & Pat T...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

It's Time to #StopTheNRA #StopTheGOP #StopTheWBC

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For me, the Newtown massacre was the tipping point. It's time to stop pretending that the NRA is good for this country. It's a...
Friday, December 14, 2012

My Letter to President Obama After the Murder of Children/Teachers in a Connecticut School

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I am horrified by yet another gun-related mass murder in this country. But, President Obama, this is yet another fight you must take on....
Monday, December 10, 2012

A Letter to Any Republican Congressional Representative

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You won your gerrymandered district. President Obama won a majority of the national vote. I trust President Obama - I do not trust you in...
Saturday, December 08, 2012

Preparing for Death Online - How ISPs and Social Media Companies Can Help People Plan

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I'm a realist - we all die and we ought to have a few clues about how we handle the material we've written/developed online over t...
Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Creeps in Society, Part II

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Last weekend, I was in Philadelphia, co-running Smofcon 30 , a small conference for conference planners (yeah, that does sound a little se...
Thursday, November 08, 2012

Republicans Still Can't Come to Grips with Voters

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The Republicans are still pretending that they lost many of the 2012 elections, especially on the federal level, because they were not con...
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

My Hopes for the Second Obama Term

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Watching the returns after the 2012 election was mostly a thrilling experience. I'm so happy that the billions the Republican noise ...
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

The Importance of Pollworkers

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Good pollworkers are the lifeblood of every election. It's a thankless job with long hours. Getting sharp pollworkers is vital, par...
Monday, November 05, 2012

Get Out and Vote, 2012 Edition

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It's interesting how terrified Republicans are of all adults voting. It's as if they've finally realized how irrelevant they...
Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Insomnia, Ambien and Me

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I've had insomnia, on and off, since I was 5 years old.  Also had issues with depression and, at times, anxiety.  Been on and off of P...
Saturday, September 08, 2012

Creeps in Society

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I would like to be surprised by the way some people are trying to redefine the word "creep."  One person's bad behavior shoul...
Friday, September 07, 2012

Dealing with Anonymous and/or Abusive Comments

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I do not engage in any conversation in my blog with anonymous posters.  I normally delete such messages without even reading them.  I start...

They Said/They Said and Plunging all Fandom Into War

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[[Error correction - when I first posted this essay, I called it "He Said/She Said"  Not long afterwards, I realized that this ti...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Ground Rules

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I generally agree with Don D'Ammassa's " Ground Rules ," though I'm at the point where I don't read Websites li...
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