Seasonal news from the world of tea
Just what the religious tea-drinker needs: a TEA ADVENT CALENDAR! No, I am not making this up. Check it out:The Tea Advent Calendar is back! The Tea Advent Calendar is numbered from

Sunday funnies
Here's a phrase I'm sure you can use:Found at the lovely website Oddly Specific, which I found through the blog Gleeful. How I found Gleeful, I do not know.

The ones that got away
 I saw this flock of turkeys skulking around the hills of Crockett today after taking the dogs for a walk. I tried to tell them Thanksgiving was over, but they didn't believe me. They are no fools, those turkeys.

Advent shopping without guilt
I am very grateful to the Advent Conspiracy for not being Puritanically legalistic. I have found that it's not seeking to replace one rule (shop until you drop) with another (don't shop! Shopping is evil!). Instead, it is trying to be an instrument of grace for all. Go, Advent Conspiracy!Yesterd

Petition regarding Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality bill
You can find it here.Here's what it says.We call on Christians around the world, and particularly Christian leaders, to oppose the extreme and violent “Anti-Homosexuality Bill” proposed in Uganda. We call on the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, to end his silence on the matter, to condemn the bill in public and to urge Ugandan Christians to oppose it.In addition to life imprisonment for consensual sexual activity between people of the same sex, the bill would introduce the death penalty for anyone whose same-sex partner is disabled. It would introduce im