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• What is Traitmarker?

  

  I was labeled melancholy as a child (in addition to kleptomaniac, compulsive liar, and rebellious). Add middle child and Dr. Benjamin Spock hammered the last... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Race, Sexuality & Evangelical Androgyny

  

  Recently, I was accused by the leader of a Christian group of heading up The Gay Posse, an insult that was punishment for my effective defense of someone wrongl... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2012 DEBATE, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Roman & Alaina Wood: "last Forest in the City"

  

  Every once in a while I hear an album that sucks me into a vortex of hyperfocus, contrary to my signature ADD. That's what happened when I was introduced to... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 MUSIC

• Advocate: Tennessee Immigration and Refugee Rights Coalition

  

  Advocates are underrated. Each of us had an effective advocate those first few, critical years of our lives. We each should still have someone who "watches our... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• "a Gift"

  

  A GIFTI do not expect them.My mind is aworld and a life awayIn a horror Ihave only heardAnd imaginedafterward,A secondhandsorrow,Borrowed, notborne.But there... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• "dark"

  

  DARKInthe dark, all of my theologyDeserts meAnd I fearRank breath, sharp knifeSlow death, slow lifeFear –Like the miasma of drowned wormsShortens breath, hamper... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Four Signs Your Christian Husband Might Be Cheating on You

  

  I live in a county with a high volume (and tolerance) for the impromptu affair. It is also an overwhelmingly conservative, Christian county which makes it that... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2012 DEBATE, MARRIAGE, RELIGION, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Down with the Tyrant! 15 Symptoms of Spiritual Abuse

  

  I came across a paper yesterday that I had filed away for a decade. The paper, entitled RESIDUAL EFFECTS OF SPIRITUAL ABUSE, was paper-clipped to another... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• John Calvin and Zombies

  

  I've kicked around ideas as to why zombies are a center-stage topic of interest for my children. My wife and I don't talk about zombies (ha, like that would mak... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Paul Dengler & Forrest Gump: Praying for Shrimp

  

  What do faux painting, the blues, and shrimp all have in common? Paul Dengler, of course, but you probably wouldn't know that because Paul Dengler is so modest. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Royal Ruckus: Rumors of Our Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

  

  It's only half the story, but I've ferreted out details about rap duo Royal Ruckus' decade-long hibernation into the belly of Middle-Earth finally to emerge thi... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Taylor Carroll: the Damage (ep) Release

  

  Memphis-raised Taylor Carroll releases his four-song EP, The Damage, each song, each instrument, and each vocal performed by the artist himself. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• P90x & the Great Wall of China

  

  Any compelling proof I need for the science of P90X is in the Great Wall of China. I cajoled Gordon Laurie, British jujitsu enthusiast and Washington-Lee High... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Drier Fire & the Comfort Police

  

  I am grateful that my wife did not go to the office last Thursday. Else I would have come home to a house of ash. She decided to stay home at the last minute.... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Craig's List Creepers

  

  So I had this China cabinet for sale on Craig's List this past spring. I get a phone call from a lady in my town who wants to buy it. But she wants if for half... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Welcome to the Club

  

  You know that unsettling feeling. You are standing at the cash register. You just swiped your debit or credit card. You have typed in the magic code. You are... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• In Memoriam: Chris Brown

  

  Chris passed on September 23, 2011. A Thursday. I had been watching THE OFFICE when I was notified. The "Benihana Christmas" episode. Chris had been my student... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Join the "human Race" Facebook Group: 29 Members

  

  I laughed all day after seeing the facebook group "Forget About Categories: Here's to Being a Member of the Human Race" with a meager membership of 29 souls. I... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Interpreting Francis Schaeffer for the Pomo

  

  My first encounter with Francis Schaeffer was in the bathroom at a fundamentalist college. Inspecting the cleanliness of rooms on my hall one Saturday morning (... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2011 DEBATE, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Angelic Carrier: Going Postal on the Mailman

  

  There are certain people I never want to see. Ever. And there are certain times I never want to see them. Policemen (who ride behind me on the interstate or... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 DEBATE, RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION