The packing has begun. I've already had to put the small suitcase away.
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It's traditionally done at the Easter Vigil or on other occasions when a baptism is celebrated at Mass, but it occurs to me that today, in this moment, it would be an appropriate time to restate in public some of my baptismal vows. So here goes:
I reject sin so as to live in the freedom of God's children.
I reject the glamor of evil and refuse to be mastered by sin.
I reject Satan, father of sin and prince of darkness, and all his works, and all his empty promises.
And if, in the foregoing, you were to think of another appropriate name to take the place of Satan's, you would not be wrong.
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I don't understand why C-SPAN didn't cover President Carter's funeral. So disappointed that I had to mute the goddamn talking heads yammering over the actual event, even on PBS fer gossake. Just let me watch the event as it happens. When I want commentary, I'll read something.
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So who's gonna jack off all the mosquitoes? https://flipboard.com/@sciencealert/health-43m5auulz/-/a-46NunTaFQCex6ya_rJYJfw%3Aa%3A565656366-%2F0
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Oh, goodie. The amateur pyrotechnics are beginning early. I was hoping the snow and rain and cold might dampen people's enthusiasm - if not their matches - tonight.
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I haz a sad. https://www.ajc.com/news/former-us-president-jimmy-carter-100-dies/3ODQTR5NHVDTDF2SXOU34MKNZM/
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In happier news today, I think my fever may have broken. And I baked an apple pie.
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I also love to #travel. A lot. And when I do, I tend to take a lot of #photos. The profile pic, taken by my best friend from college, was taken a couple of years ago at the tippy top of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park (elevation 12,005 feet above sea level - that's 3,659 meters for all y'all in the rest of the world).
I grew up in #Illinois, moved to #Colorado for my first master's, then back to Illinois, then to #Maryland for a few years while I was working in DC, then back to Colorado. Sevem years ago, I moved to #Michigan, and I like it here.
History-wise, my major field is in modern #Europe. Specifically, the first half of the twentieth century (so, largely, the First and Second World Wars and the years between them). Secondary fields in #medieval, #gender and #sexuality, #citizenship and #nationality, and #queer history.
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OK, new instance, so new #Introduction
I'm a middle-aged gay guy in the metro Detroit region. I'm a polymath: undergraduate degrees in #chemistry and #classics; master's degrees in #classics (specifically #Greek), #Library and #InformationScience, and #history. Completed the coursework for a Ph.D. in history as well, but then moved halfway across the country for a new job and had to give it up.
Politically, I'm an extreme liberal. I usually vote Democratic because that's the best of the bad choices available to me - but they're far too centrist for my tastes. Democratic socialist is probably closest.
As you might guess from my header image, I #read. A lot. Usually around 100 books a year, ranging across the spectrum from history to fantasy, science to sci-fi, fiction, biography, romance (queer variety), religion, philosophy.
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So I've set this up as an alt account, in case it becomes less safe to be publicly out. Will mainly continue to be active on main, but open to interaction here, too, if folks want.
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