Author & optimist. Editor, Our Human Family. Writing about equality, racism, and faith. "Embrace all that you are and strive to become all that God created you to be.”
Jimmy Fallon and President Barack Obama "slow jams the news" on The Tonight Show.
If you know me at all you know that I’m a fan of Jimmy Fallon, the host of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Since he took over @FallonTonight (as the show is known on Twitter) in February 2014, the show’s been the one to beat in late night TV wars.
Within the first month of Fallon’s reign, I scored tickets to see Episode 29 (with guests Russell Crowe and the late Joan Rivers) thanks to one of my stagehand-friends from the Radio City Christmas Hall Christmas Spectacular. Seeing the show in person was a thrill, especially one of the early episodes.
So “how do I talk to Christian people about LGBT issues?” Without sounding cavalier or insensitive, I like to think there no LGBT issues. There are only human issues.
But if we have to break the challenges that LGBT people face out into a separate category, I think talking about them with Christian people is pretty much like talking about any other hot topic with anyone else
They, and we, are the legacies of an unbroken chain of proud men and women who served their country with honor, who waged war so that we might know peace, who braved hardship so that we might know opportunity, who paid the ultimate price so that we might know freedom.
When dealing with a problem, it’s all about perspective.
In the past, I’ve defined myself according to my accomplishments or standings; for example, my parents’ firstborn, the short black guy, a graphic designer, an actor, and so on. But what do you do when there are no new accomplishments? No visible forward movement? What do you do when life throws you a disruption of epic proportions and it becomes clear that the circumstances are out of your control?
Cersei plots with the High Sparrow in HBO's "Game of Thrones." Image from moviepilot.com.
The manner in which you practice being honest defines your character. If the things you say are true and you do what you say you’re going to do the vast majority of the time, you build a reputation for having integrity.
Thanks for coming back—again and welcome to my blog’s new home: the bright and shiny, clayrivers.com/blog/.
This is where I’ll be the originating source for all my posts. I’ve migrated a fair number of posts here already. And pretty soon I’ll have them all moved over. (No, it won’t be that soon; but definitely not that long either.)
June 1 Update: So everything’s up and working. I tested the subscription form and it’s working just fine. If you’re interested in subscribing to this blog, scroll down to the bottom of this page, and you’ll find the Subscription button right above the small picture of the palm trees. Click it, fill in the info, and you’re golden.
And as a token of my appreciation, here’s another music video. And stay tuned for that other announcement I alluded to!
Update: Well, I kinda goofed up here. I tested the subscription form Thursday night/Friday morning and it worked just fine. But I had conflicts with a few of the plug-ins that make my site run … and I accidentally turned off the subscription form. Now this would be be so bad except that I didn’t find out about until late Friday afternoon.
And I can’t turn them back on. So I’m waiting to hear back from tech support. But until I get the form situation all squared away, enjoy this video, and come back by next week. I promise to have everything up and running. Thanks!
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Be sure to look for an announcement next week about my upcoming fourth book!
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The most challenging thing about being Donald Duck was that it was the only costume people my height were approved to do. Knowing there was no variety costumes worn and that everyday neverending throngs of adoring fans awaited their favorite Duck made it hard for me to go in and face the day. On many a day.
