GODSTUFF FACEBOOK: FINDING A SACRED PLACE IN CYBERSPACE What began with simple curiosity has, in a few short weeks, become something deeply meaningful. And it all happened on Facebook. Like many folks who skew more toward Generation X than Generation Z (for whom the social networking site was, apparently, originally intended), I started my foray on Facebook as an exercise in ennui-abatement. I went looking for college and high school friends, more to see how many kids they had and... Read more

HOLLA! Edwards endorses Obama John Edwards Endorsing Obama (Huffington Post) John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama (NY Times) Edwards Endorses Obama (Chicago Sun-Times) Edwards Endorses Obama (Chicago Tribune) Edwards Backs Obama as Clinton Continues Fight (Washington Post) An endorsement of this kind is not, of course, a de facto nod for the VP position on the Democratic ticket, but we here at GGHQ don’t think that’s such a bad idea. It’d be a smoking hot ticket, in fact, and hands down... Read more

Oh Happy Day: Boober Lives! Variety is reporting that a live-action musical version of our beloved “Fraggle Rock” will be coming to the big screen in the near future, thanks to (go figure) the Weinsteins. The film is being produced by the Jim Henson Co. (under the leadership of the Muppet master’s children, Lisa and Brian Henson) and executive produced by Ahmet Zappa (Frank’s son.) Should be a hoot. Can’t wait. Life comes up.Life goes down.There’s just one way,To keep... Read more

GODSTUFF FOR ONE FAMILY, HOPE MIGHT BE IN YOUR BONES Eighteen months ago, the Kalicky family gave me hope. Now, I’d like to return the favor. I met Kim and Tom Kalicky and their children just before Thanksgiving 2006, when Tom wrote me an encouraging e-mail after reading a column I’d written about my mother’s breast-cancer diagnosis. The Kalickys are born-again Christians, and they wanted to make sure I didn’t turn my back on God because of my terror over... Read more

Uh-huh. That’s right. Obama erases Clinton’s last lead: Superdelegates Word. Read more

GODSTUFF RECLAIMING THE ‘E’ WORD: ETYMOLOGY AND THEOLOGY Mao Zedong published one. So did Ted Kaczynski, Ron Paul, and Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist writer who shot Andy Warhol. The Communists had one. And so did the Anarchists, the Humanists and the Founding Fathers of the Unites States of America (although they called theirs a “declaration,” not a “manifesto.”) Now the Evangelicals have one, too. Earlier this week, a group of more than 70 clergy, leaders and theologians released The... Read more

SO, GG, HOW’D YOU GET SICK? Crime Boy keeps asking me how I caught the world-class cold I arrived home from New York City with this afternoon. The below scenario (or something very much like it played out in O’Hare, La Guardia or anywhere along Bleecker from the West Village to SoHo) is my best guess. Gesundheit. Read more

Meh. (Wheeze.) Phnah! COMMON COLDBy Ogden Nash Go hang yourself, you old M.D,!You shall not sneer at me.Pick up your hat and stethoscope,Go wash your mouth with laundry soap;I contemplate a joy exquisiteIn not paying you for your visit.I did not call you to be toldMy malady is a common cold. By pounding brow and swollen lip;By fever’s hot and scaly grip;By those two red redundant eyesThat weep like woeful April skies;By racking snuffle, snort, and sniff;By handkerchief after handkerchief;This... Read more

Yes. We. Will. Clinton out of Math, Money and Momentum (Huffington Post) For Clinton, Options Seem to Dwindle (New York Times) Pundits Declare the Race Over (NYT) Clinton Aides Doubtful About Future (Washington Post) ‘It’s Over for Hillary’: John Kass (Chicago Tribune) Read more