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Monday August 25, 2014 · 4:33 PM PDT

2014/08/25 · 16:33

FloridaSNMOM and her family, FloridaSNDad, Draco, Lil' Bit and Caedy have what, for them, is an insurmountable problem, and are about to lose both electricity and internet. If you are a friend of MOM's and would like to help, keep reading below.

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Tuesday June 10, 2014 · 9:46 PM PDT

2014/06/10 · 21:46

My late husband, whom many of you might have encountered as he was a Kossack, was an identical twin. Tommy, my brother-in-law has a birthday coming up in a few days. Terun, my late husband, died before he could be made a Mason but nevertheless received unprecedented Masonic honors at his funeral--mostly, I suspect, because of his famous Masonic relative, Joseph Brant.

Tonight, in Lodge, we had our annual inspection by the Grand Lodge of Maine. We worked a degree. However, at any meeting of a Lodge, it is asked if any of the brethren know of any sickness or distress. I stood up, and gave my sign, and mentioned that my brother-in-law was coming upon a difficult anniversary, and that I had spoken to him today. Dutifully, a card was passed along for all Brothers present to sign that will be sent to him. The difficult anniversary is his birthday, and Terun and my anniversary.

Among guest brethren present was a Master of a neighboring lodge, and he--like me--is a gay man. I'm not the Master of my lodge, but an officer.

Not a single member of my Lodge cares one whit that I am gay.

At this time of year, I am deeply moved that my brethren not only care, but they "don't care". They "don't care" that I am gay. They just care about me, and about my brother-in-law.

1 in 4 Americans don't think Earth revolves around the Sun

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Sunday February 16, 2014 · 12:26 PM PST

2014/02/16 · 12:26

I'm not kidding. I wish this were just an Onion piece. But it's not.

Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out Friday.
The survey included more than 2,200 people in the United States and was conducted by the National Science Foundation.

Nine questions about physical and biological science were on the quiz, and the average score -- 6.5 correct -- was barely a passing grade.

Just 74 percent of respondents knew that the Earth revolved around the Sun, according to the results released at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago.

Fewer than half (48 percent) knew that human beings evolved from earlier species of animals.

The NSF hasn't yet provided the cross-tabs of the survey, breaking it down by age, race, gender, region, political affiliation, etc. I'd love to see those, though I think we all can make some pretty educated guesses about which subgroups are the most ignorant.

That being said, it does NOT mean, as several outlets are reporting, that 25% or 26% think the Sun revolves around the Earth. We don't yet know exactly how they phrased the question. Maybe most of that 26% gave "I don't know" as an answer. Maybe. All we can definitively say from the report is that ONLY 74% of Americans KNOW the fact that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

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Thursday February 06, 2014 · 1:56 PM PST

2014/02/06 · 13:56

I have decided that there should be a group on Daily Kos for brothers. Let us keep our secrets, and let us keep our work for social justice.

Consider this a kind of virtual Lodge.

I'm really moved by the many brothers, Eastern Star, DeMolay, Rainbow Girls and others here on Daily Kos. Let us do the work of the craft here: quietly, and earnestly.

Join up here, if you care to: Daily Kos Masons.

Bro. Colonel commonmass, (Kentucky Colonel)

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