Judgment machine 🕊️
"No sense makes sense."
—Cult leader Charles Manson
> hayseeds for jesus | sunday
I didn't know a thing about them. But my intuitive, unconscious mind decided that I did.
The Branson Family had walked into a Tulsa coffee shop where I worked on a Sunday.
- My judgment machine belched into operation before the family could even fully get through the door.
I spotted a daughter's shirt: "Jesus loves you." ✝️
In my mind, I rolled my eyes and quickly labeled them "The Branson Family."
The Manson Family was a murderous cult that captivated media audiences during the 1960s. Branson, meanwhile, is a Missouri vacation destination for Christians and conservatives. 🔪 💀
Together we get: "The Branson Family."
I'd long before taken to calling the coffee shop where I worked "the Branson of coffee." No one thought my joke was funny.
Based on appearance alone, I likely would not have given The Branson Family the same charm and enthusiasm I would have, say, a beautiful, tattooed public defender dressed in black on black.
Until meeting The Branson Family, my conversations with customers at the coffee shop were mostly about the weather and scones.
- But at one time in history, coffee shops were known as "penny universities."
For a penny, you could get a cup of coffee and an informal education by listening in on debates about democracy, politics, and the arts.
I joke at work that coffee shops are for two things: coffee and revolutions.
- next time "What came next surprised me forever."
- listening Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus"
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> the rulebreakers | ad astra 🚀
bio Grew up in Bethany, Oklahoma. One of the first women in space.
other titles Mom, biochemist, Christian, Okie
distance in orbit 89 million miles
"The Baptists wouldn't let women preach, so I had to become an astronaut to get closer to God than my father."
—Oklahoma astronaut Shannon Lucid
- next time "This fight against fascism gotta start right here!"
- listening David Bowie "Space Oddity"
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