In Austin you see cars with bumper stickers saying "Keep Austin Weird." If you haven't been here you don't know how true this is. I once remarked to a friend that "it takes all kinds." He replied "No, it doesn't, but we sure have all kinds."
I say this to let you know that conservative Christian bloggers are not common in these parts. There is at least one other, however: Et-tu Jen is a young woman who grew up as an atheist, and her excellent blog chronicles her journey to becoming a believer. I've been slowly working my way through her archives and it is a fascinating story.
Jen was kind enough to recommend Driving Out The Snakes in a recent post, so I'm hereby returning the favor. Check it out.
Thanks!! The wonderful Darwins are around here too. Lucky Austin!
ReplyDeleteA couple examples for people who aren't familiar with Austin:
- In 2004 I had a Bush bumper sticker on my car and my car was keyed and the sticker ripped off. I wasn't surprised at all.
- A couple years ago we had not one but *two* homeless transvestites on the ballot for mayor. Neither came in last.
- I was on an email list for women in technology in Austin. Literally less than 5% of the posts had anything to do with technology. It was all about liberal politics and animal activism. One time a woman posted a "poem" that was just a bunch of sentences talking about how many men she's "f----d" [censoring mine], how she's proudly had three abortions, and a few other things that I can't even reference b/c it's just too offensive. Anyway, when a couple people complained, the community came down hard on them, accusing them of not being open-minded and (my favorite) not appreciating art.
Ah, Austin.