What is wrong with Tyra Banks?
Simple question - probably a complicated answer...
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12.27.2008
Simple question - probably a complicated answer...
12.21.2008
Insight from Ellie Simone
We took the kids to see the Christmas trees at the Museum of Science and Industry on Friday. We were talking up the content the whole way down. We pointed out the Field Museum to her on the way, saying, "the museum we're going to looks kinda like that one. See the pillars?" We had to explain what pillars were, but she got it right away.
When we turned the corner at the Museum of Science and Industry, I said, "See, Ellie? There it is. See all the pillars?"
She replied, "Wow. That's one fancy museum you got there."
When we turned the corner at the Museum of Science and Industry, I said, "See, Ellie? There it is. See all the pillars?"
She replied, "Wow. That's one fancy museum you got there."
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Alright, I'll shut up after this one...
This is an addendum to the last post. However, after I state my piece, I promise I'll go back to quoting my daughter since she's far more interesting than I'll ever be. First, let me say that I'm sorry if I pissed you off, Olekobe, but as they say, I calls 'em like I sees 'em. Second, I'm hoping a Biblical scholar or someone more wizened in the ways of the Word can help me out here. There was a good article on Mental Floss website about parthenogenesis, and it got me thinking:
If life begins at conception... If we draw the line at the point the sperm enters the egg, then Christ was never alive. If he was never alive, then he couldn't have possibly been resurrected, could he? And if (in order to maintain the integrity of your belief system) you insist he was alive, then life can't be said to begin at conception, right?
Help me understand this inconsistency.
That being said, I wish nothing but Peace, Love, and Understanding to my friends of many faiths. Shantih.
If life begins at conception... If we draw the line at the point the sperm enters the egg, then Christ was never alive. If he was never alive, then he couldn't have possibly been resurrected, could he? And if (in order to maintain the integrity of your belief system) you insist he was alive, then life can't be said to begin at conception, right?
Help me understand this inconsistency.
That being said, I wish nothing but Peace, Love, and Understanding to my friends of many faiths. Shantih.
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12.14.2008
Focus on Fixing the Body of the Church and Leave Women's Bodies Alone!
It's bad enough when the evangelicals are wasting God's time "praying away gays" and puking their opinions on people in the sheep's clothing of biblical precedent - but now the Catholic Church (about as close to Christian Main Street as you can get) has issued a 36 page document condemning the practice of IVF, or In Vitro Fertilization. This dude does not abide.
Speaking as one who has gone through the gut-wrenching tribulations of a difficult conception and one who is currently witnessing several loved-ones go through similar ordeals, that is total bullshit. We were fortunate enough to have a child delivered unto us by the Will of God or the Writers of Arrested Development (and, quite frankly, I don't care which), but others are still struggling - some of them are Catholic. Making their best hope of conception a violation of dogma is, in a word, "fucked."
Conception is a messy affair, smothering an egg in sperm like egg batter on a Monte Christo in hopes that one of them makes it through and then hoping that the resulting blastocyte will take. That event is no more elevated than a virus infecting a cell. The beauty is what happens after - when an egg becomes fertilized and the parents embrace the event and the child is loved and is given the appropriate tools and grows into a human(e) being. Attributing undue importance on such a base biological reality goes beyond misinformation, it becomes downright dangerous.
If I've read your club's book correctly, your Jehovah retains full veto rights on our free will - Lazarus was raised from the dead and Sodom and Gammorah were completely erased - so, if the Lord is truly opposed to the unnatural creation or destruction of life, He will step in and call us for "giving Him the business." In that light, a little leeway on the part of those actually trying to give God a helping hand in creating life would be much appreciated.
Catholics beware! You are on a slippery slope to Christian Science. Those of you inoculating your children against deadly diseases are just fucking with God's will to wipe them out. As a matter of fact, don't do anything because anything you do may be in violation of God's will. Perhaps the Catholic Church should focus on stopping the decay of "Christ's Body" from the inside, and leave the bodies of Women out of the conversation.
Maybe, if the Catholic Clergy would get laid once in a while, they would not be so obsessed by penises in vaginas (the "Conjugal Act," in dogmatic terms, or a "Cream Pie," by porno terms). Lord knows it did me a world of good. Until then, Benedict, take your stupid-ass doctrine, shove it into your post-hole-digger hat, and cram it up your ass. You are a piece of shit.
Speaking as one who has gone through the gut-wrenching tribulations of a difficult conception and one who is currently witnessing several loved-ones go through similar ordeals, that is total bullshit. We were fortunate enough to have a child delivered unto us by the Will of God or the Writers of Arrested Development (and, quite frankly, I don't care which), but others are still struggling - some of them are Catholic. Making their best hope of conception a violation of dogma is, in a word, "fucked."
Conception is a messy affair, smothering an egg in sperm like egg batter on a Monte Christo in hopes that one of them makes it through and then hoping that the resulting blastocyte will take. That event is no more elevated than a virus infecting a cell. The beauty is what happens after - when an egg becomes fertilized and the parents embrace the event and the child is loved and is given the appropriate tools and grows into a human(e) being. Attributing undue importance on such a base biological reality goes beyond misinformation, it becomes downright dangerous.
If I've read your club's book correctly, your Jehovah retains full veto rights on our free will - Lazarus was raised from the dead and Sodom and Gammorah were completely erased - so, if the Lord is truly opposed to the unnatural creation or destruction of life, He will step in and call us for "giving Him the business." In that light, a little leeway on the part of those actually trying to give God a helping hand in creating life would be much appreciated.
Catholics beware! You are on a slippery slope to Christian Science. Those of you inoculating your children against deadly diseases are just fucking with God's will to wipe them out. As a matter of fact, don't do anything because anything you do may be in violation of God's will. Perhaps the Catholic Church should focus on stopping the decay of "Christ's Body" from the inside, and leave the bodies of Women out of the conversation.
Maybe, if the Catholic Clergy would get laid once in a while, they would not be so obsessed by penises in vaginas (the "Conjugal Act," in dogmatic terms, or a "Cream Pie," by porno terms). Lord knows it did me a world of good. Until then, Benedict, take your stupid-ass doctrine, shove it into your post-hole-digger hat, and cram it up your ass. You are a piece of shit.
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4:37 PM
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12.13.2008
12.06.2008
Haiku
Not like I need to go out of my way to prove I'm uncool, but here's a haiku I wrote today:
Snowflakes are falling
Each one taking its own path
They all find the ground
Snowflakes are falling
Each one taking its own path
They all find the ground
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8:34 PM
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12.01.2008
Related to the previous post...
The following was from a CNN article:
Are you freaking kidding me? That makes the guys who shot each other at Toys R Us look less stupid. Damn, people... Come on!
"Giuliani, Huckabee and Romney could all make another stab at presidential politics in 2012. And possibly joining them could be Palin.
She comes out on top in a recent Gallup poll that asked Republican voters who they are most interested in seeing run for the GOP nomination in 2012."
Are you freaking kidding me? That makes the guys who shot each other at Toys R Us look less stupid. Damn, people... Come on!
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