Here is a post with comments from a priest I can't find the original Facebook post right now
https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/
Also just saw an article that says AG Barr directly ordered extending the White House perimeter past the church and that it had nothing to do with Trumps photo op. I find that coincidence a bit hard to swallow
I'm truly glad you are okay and sorry you had such a traumatic experience. Thank you for sharing. I'm sure it will make a difference. Every person we can get to not be selfish at this time helps us all.
Nice post Jay, I had moved out at 18 with my sister and a boyfriend at 18 but this made me think of my first apartment on my own at age 25 in the early 90's. It was right off Pearl and Colfax in Denver. 1910 building with teeny apartments. It was 320ish square fee for I think $285/month You'd come in the front door and small bathroom on left and the living room/bedroom on your right. Had a full size Murphy bed that rolled into the wall above which was a well, full bed size closet. next to which was a minuscule galley kitchen with half sized appliances and no counter to speak of. On the plus side it had a tiny balcony that I shared with Augie the guy next door. Actually kind of loved that apartment. Taki's Golden Bowl and a Mexican place that made fresh tortillas were right out on Colfax. I had heard they combined two apartments to make condos out of them at one point but I went to google maps to look and apparently the apartments are now a parking lot for Natural Grocers and Taki's is now a McDonalds
In the late 70' I remember my dad forcing us to watch Monty Python....don't you hate it when your parents are right (wasn't right on Benny Hill) I probably quote Monty Python waaay too much be it from the Holy Grail, Life of Brian or the shows....wafer thin mint anyone?
Anyway we can get Richard Herschberger's take on this? I don't have a contact for him. My husband went to school with AJ Hinch and wants to understand more of the nuance of what happened here.
Thank you for this. You have made my Thanksgiving. I lost my dad a few years ago but listening to Alice's Restaurant one one of his traditions every Thanksgiving. Everyone would have to stop what they were doing and listen when it came on the radio. Of course he had a backup LP in case timing didn't work out to hear it on the radio. I miss my dad but know he is watching me as I write this humming "you can get anything you want..."
During my long and circuitous under grad career (eventually got BA in Anthropology & minor in Art History and a few credits shy of a geology minor) strangely my math credits were the ones that did not transfer so after taking algebra at two different institutions when I then had to take a general math course for a third time thank god I found a math for non-majors course, the History and Philosophy of Math, that changed my whole relationship with mathematics. That course, plus having to take statistics multiple times when I switched majors, convinces me we need to change our approaches in teaching math and we probably should make everyone take statistics in High School.
L8 not only writers, though the arbitrary 35 article cap is absolutely ridiculous. I am an art conservator in private practice and primarily contract with museums around the country on projects. By the three prong test it would seem I should be an employee of all the museums I work with. IANAL and tried to read through the exemptions but could not really determine if my profession would be exempt. My husband is a freelance photographer and reporter and if we lived in California this would absolutely ruin him. It is just a horribly thought out law.
We used to grab Pizza Pizza often when just needed dinner quick and cheap. We haven't been in a while because a local place opened down the street and you can get a large the woks for $1 more and nothing against Little Cesar's but Eagle one is really tasty not artisan but hand tossed and dollar for dollar one of the best pizzas I've had
A similar pizza story for me. I was fortunate during my anthropology undergrad to spend a month in Nepal (even got upper division credit for it!) While I love Nepali food to this day, nothing like good dal bhat and sag, once a week we would all go to Mike's Breakfast to get french fries and pizza...yak cheese pizza which was different but good and close enough to satisfy the urge for western food fast food.
Today is my 53rd birthday (DGAF) and I am ...working. Its OK celebrated last weekend with the kids and my mom. Between Aug 12th and Sept 6th we have seven birthdays so we celebrate them all together, Hubby probably has something planned tonight. Tomorrow is the draft for our family Fantasy Football league so dinner, the draft and then watch the first OU game. OSU played Oregon last night and won (sorry @Aaron Davis) so turning into a football weekend.
Found out I have 25 pounds on my twin sister so I have till Thanksgiving when she will be back to shed the weight...
What a great place for your eternal rest. I love Cave Hill it is my favorite cemetary....yes I make my poor husband stop at all sorts of random old cemetaries...did have a goth phase so maybe that's where the fascination comes from idk
Great post Andrew! My mom, bless her soul, is not the greatest cook, she isn't bad just.... Her bible was the Betty Crocker Cookbook which of course I started out with. Where I really learned to cook was from a foodie ex-boyfriend he never measured anything (unless baking) and pretty much revolutionized how I cook and approach food.
It was only my husband and I but upon threat of him revoking my Okie card I had my first fried baloney sandwich. Foodied it up a bit with horseradish cheddar and toasted in a panninI pan...it was pretty good
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Here is a post with comments from a priest I can't find the original Facebook post right now
https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/
Also just saw an article that says AG Barr directly ordered extending the White House perimeter past the church and that it had nothing to do with Trumps photo op. I find that coincidence a bit hard to swallow
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I'm truly glad you are okay and sorry you had such a traumatic experience. Thank you for sharing. I'm sure it will make a difference. Every person we can get to not be selfish at this time helps us all.
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Nice post Jay, I had moved out at 18 with my sister and a boyfriend at 18 but this made me think of my first apartment on my own at age 25 in the early 90's. It was right off Pearl and Colfax in Denver. 1910 building with teeny apartments. It was 320ish square fee for I think $285/month You'd come in the front door and small bathroom on left and the living room/bedroom on your right. Had a full size Murphy bed that rolled into the wall above which was a well, full bed size closet. next to which was a minuscule galley kitchen with half sized appliances and no counter to speak of. On the plus side it had a tiny balcony that I shared with Augie the guy next door. Actually kind of loved that apartment. Taki's Golden Bowl and a Mexican place that made fresh tortillas were right out on Colfax. I had heard they combined two apartments to make condos out of them at one point but I went to google maps to look and apparently the apartments are now a parking lot for Natural Grocers and Taki's is now a McDonalds
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In the late 70' I remember my dad forcing us to watch Monty Python....don't you hate it when your parents are right (wasn't right on Benny Hill) I probably quote Monty Python waaay too much be it from the Holy Grail, Life of Brian or the shows....wafer thin mint anyone?
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Anyway we can get Richard Herschberger's take on this? I don't have a contact for him. My husband went to school with AJ Hinch and wants to understand more of the nuance of what happened here.
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Thank you for this. You have made my Thanksgiving. I lost my dad a few years ago but listening to Alice's Restaurant one one of his traditions every Thanksgiving. Everyone would have to stop what they were doing and listen when it came on the radio. Of course he had a backup LP in case timing didn't work out to hear it on the radio. I miss my dad but know he is watching me as I write this humming "you can get anything you want..."
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During my long and circuitous under grad career (eventually got BA in Anthropology & minor in Art History and a few credits shy of a geology minor) strangely my math credits were the ones that did not transfer so after taking algebra at two different institutions when I then had to take a general math course for a third time thank god I found a math for non-majors course, the History and Philosophy of Math, that changed my whole relationship with mathematics. That course, plus having to take statistics multiple times when I switched majors, convinces me we need to change our approaches in teaching math and we probably should make everyone take statistics in High School.
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L8 not only writers, though the arbitrary 35 article cap is absolutely ridiculous. I am an art conservator in private practice and primarily contract with museums around the country on projects. By the three prong test it would seem I should be an employee of all the museums I work with. IANAL and tried to read through the exemptions but could not really determine if my profession would be exempt. My husband is a freelance photographer and reporter and if we lived in California this would absolutely ruin him. It is just a horribly thought out law.
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We used to grab Pizza Pizza often when just needed dinner quick and cheap. We haven't been in a while because a local place opened down the street and you can get a large the woks for $1 more and nothing against Little Cesar's but Eagle one is really tasty not artisan but hand tossed and dollar for dollar one of the best pizzas I've had
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A similar pizza story for me. I was fortunate during my anthropology undergrad to spend a month in Nepal (even got upper division credit for it!) While I love Nepali food to this day, nothing like good dal bhat and sag, once a week we would all go to Mike's Breakfast to get french fries and pizza...yak cheese pizza which was different but good and close enough to satisfy the urge for western food fast food.
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Today is my 53rd birthday (DGAF) and I am ...working. Its OK celebrated last weekend with the kids and my mom. Between Aug 12th and Sept 6th we have seven birthdays so we celebrate them all together, Hubby probably has something planned tonight. Tomorrow is the draft for our family Fantasy Football league so dinner, the draft and then watch the first OU game. OSU played Oregon last night and won (sorry @Aaron Davis) so turning into a football weekend.
Found out I have 25 pounds on my twin sister so I have till Thanksgiving when she will be back to shed the weight...
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What a great place for your eternal rest. I love Cave Hill it is my favorite cemetary....yes I make my poor husband stop at all sorts of random old cemetaries...did have a goth phase so maybe that's where the fascination comes from idk
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Great post Andrew! My mom, bless her soul, is not the greatest cook, she isn't bad just.... Her bible was the Betty Crocker Cookbook which of course I started out with. Where I really learned to cook was from a foodie ex-boyfriend he never measured anything (unless baking) and pretty much revolutionized how I cook and approach food.
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It was only my husband and I but upon threat of him revoking my Okie card I had my first fried baloney sandwich. Foodied it up a bit with horseradish cheddar and toasted in a panninI pan...it was pretty good
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