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how many pinheads can fit on the wings of an angel? ~ What story is this connected to? One of the headlines: “New Coat Made From Chest Hair” ~ Does anyone else feel like a fat-positive clothing-optional pool party would be awesome? Or is it just me? ~ In a “fat-positive clothing-optional pool party” there would be no judgement and shaming about bodies. This is a good idea. Maybe we could extend this acceptance of our neighbor to include attitudes about race. ~ facebook will not stop oppression ~ It is amazing how they could do all those signs while the cars were parked in the same place, and the shadows didn’t move.
This cartoon hoodie looks a lot like a Klansman hat ~ The invisible hand of the market keeps groping me without my consent. ~ Here is a better chat about the book. The Fox interview might be part of a bizarre marketing scheme for the book. You could make a drinking game out of the interview. You do a shot every time he mentions his Phd. ~ when you give a cussword, do you gift wrap it? ~ a clown sees it all walking home makeup scraped off smile in a bag weight of the world on his shoulders lady by the stop sign pays for everything ~ It’s more fun to blame Jesus.
Dr. Aslan has degrees in Religions from Santa Clara University, Harvard University, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, as well as a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa, where he was named the Truman Capote Fellow in Fiction. ~ 1- I have, almost, always agreed with Abbie Hoffman. … Stay away from needle drugs. The only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. 2- Is the syringe half empty, or half full? ~ Can you prove that the Abba turd in “Priscilla” was really the product of Agnetha?
Maybe, just maybe, your ideas are not “right”. As to whether the people around you are your friends. When you say friends, do you mean people you have bonded with, or social media contacts? One advantage of facebook “discussions” is that you can finish what you have to say without being interrrupted. That seldom happens face to face. ~ When I hear of antics of New York politicians, I think of our own characters, like Cynthia McKinney and Newt Gingrich. At least they don’t get caught sending naughty pictures over the internet. For which we can all be grateful.
Are parents and teenagers still fighting over haircuts? ~ This collection won second place in a writing contest. The pictures are from Short Mountain. One comment: “As always, you’ve bookended your writing with unique (and a tad creepy) photos.” ~ Michelle Nunn sponsored an unnecessary post about the ravings of a guitar player. ~ tell the inconvenient truth and they might banish you Maybe productive is a better goal. I suspect the intent of some people is to throw mud. The road to heaven is paved with bad intentions. Yes it does. Being told to ignore it is little help. I wonder how many people will unfriend you because of this. Truth is dangerous.
In the CNN interview, Rachel Jeantel talked about some tweets by Trayvon Martin being “boast, not truth”. This phenomenon may be more widepread than many think. The trouble is, if you call people on it, they call you nasty names. ~ 1- GSV has it’s share of quirks, and. like the faeries, defies easy explanation. 2- My problem with the concept of atheism is the dependence on what I call the belief paradigm. Mankind has evolved into a thinking critter, and many of us are proud of our thoughts. 2a-The question of whether or not you believe in G-d may be irrelevant. Maybe the question should be whether you have a knowledge of G-d, aka gnosis, whether than what you believe.
2b- This belief paradigm is a holdover from the Christian dominance of our culture. Christianism is based on beliefs, rather than practices. When people leave the Christian religion, they tend to look at non religion as being in the same format. 3- Any appropriation of Native American culture in the faeries tends to be rather shallow and improperly used. It is often little better than kids playing cowboys and indians. The same thing goes for new age G-ddess worship. We mean well, but get a lot of things wrong. 4- I was in a discussion once which said there were rave faeries and circle faeries. Circles certainly are less important now than they were twenty five years ago. Part of this is a function of having eight hundred people at a gathering. It simply is not practical to have everyone sit in on a morning circle.
5- Years ago, the Atlanta faeries (few used the R adjective then) wrote a feature about communities for RFD. There was a discussion, which was taped. The three qualities of faeries were said to be listening, honesty, and acceptance. 6- I have never been to a gathering outside the south. I suspect they do things different elsewhere. 7- This will teach me not to look at facebook so often. ~ The faerie world seems to be more about experience than belief. Maybe the issue of believer, or atheist, is irrelevant. While I have never heard this concept articulated, it would seem to be in tune with the faerie feng shui.
There is a culture shock when you go from the everyday world into faerie space. Maybe putting aside the belief paradigm is part of the difference. ~ the road to heaven is paved with bad intentions ~ When I was in high school I worked at a golf course. One day a man missed a putt. He threw his putter down, and shouted “shit, piss, and corruption”. !~ haiku dangerous – embarrass in the morning – hide the evidence ~ ~ Just what we need. Another story about an ass hole.
This is as good a place as any to end the first part of your story. I hope there is more to come. Obviously you survived the next twenty seven years, as did I. Inserting the date into this chapter helps me to gauge where I was in 1986. It was very different from hustling in New Orleans. I am also reading “Significant Others” by Armistead Maupin now. It is set in 1985 San Francisco, which was a third alternate reality. There will be a book report on my blog in the next day or so. I am starting to ramble, and may send an email with details I don’t want to get into the public domain. Anyway, you are off to a good start. The key thing now is to continue to produce.
Are season ticket holders required to buy tickets to the practice games?. ~ what is there to do – probably write a haiku – a cow would say moo ~ poetry warning – embarrass in the morning – video porning ~ existential threat – Israel nuclear bet – Iran Internet ~ It is not the same situation. However, the knee jerk urge to “do something” often has unintended consequences. Also, this is Russia we are talking about. This is a mysterious country. Winston Churchill called it a ” a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” America has loved to hate Russia for years and years. I sense the old anti communist fervor is being brought out of the closet, pardon the expression. I seriously doubt the IOC is going to do anything, especially with just a few months to go before the games.
The lady said to William Faulkner: I have read Sanctuary four times, and I still don’t understand it. Mr. Faulkner said to the lady: Read it a fifth time. ~ You don’t need a weatherman To know which way the wind blows Bob Dylan ~ “Liberal Media” is a myth. It is concocted by self described conservatives, who think liberal is an insult. There are a few folks on the internet who might call themselves liberal, but they tend to be just as trashy as the self described conservatives. ~ three rules for on site operators: 1 it is none of your business 2 you do not understand it 3 you are not interested
Maybe you can believe in being right and practice being kind. ~ “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain. ~ This is a thought provoking concept. The problem is where this thinking will lead. ~ “Star policy is not to write about suicides, except when they occur in public areas, as Manley’s did.” ~ Or you could make a game about the infinite capacity for denial. ~ Why did a PFC have access to these secrets? ~ 1- The salaries of our elected officials is tiny compared to the bribes, or campaign contributions, that get them elected. This is much more of a scandal. 2- The fact that our soldiers are fighting to uphold a corrupt Afghan government is ridiculous. The soldier should be playing war games at a base in South Georgia. We have gotten our revenge for 911. It is time to move on. ~ Pictures are from The Library of Congress. ~ Selah