I'm dropping out of this conversation because I really don't know enough about Catholicism to respond, and also because I know I see it through a little bit of a fuzzy glow. (I wasn't raised Catholic, but my mom's family is, hardcore, as is my husband's mother. I also worked for a liberal Catholic organization briefly right after college.) It saddens me that people single the Catholic Church out for criticism so much over other Christian denominations, but I recognize some of it is deserved.
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 22: You've got Angel breath
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Lyra Jane - Feb 09, 2005 12:52:52 pm PST #190 of 10001
Up with the sun
ChiKat - Feb 09, 2005 12:53:00 pm PST #191 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
How did you do that, Betsy? Ouch!
erikaj - Feb 09, 2005 12:54:28 pm PST #192 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, they/it cut a giant swath. They are like Religion Starbucks.
Lyra Jane - Feb 09, 2005 12:55:05 pm PST #193 of 10001
Up with the sun
Shit. I DO have a partial rotator cuff tear.
That's not good!
Betsy HP - Feb 09, 2005 12:56:09 pm PST #194 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Our best guess is that this dates from a nasty fall I took in December. There was a rainstorm. I was running from Building 300 to Building 400.
Gah.
-t - Feb 09, 2005 12:56:17 pm PST #195 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yikes, libkitty! I hope the books and so forth survive in usable form! What a disaster.
{{{Betsy}}} Both of my parents have had messed up rotator cuffs, they might have been torn. Painful as all get out, but healable. There is, fortunately, good PT for it, probably from sports medicine. I wish you as speedy a healing process as possible.
erikaj - Feb 09, 2005 12:56:21 pm PST #196 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, dang, Betsy..
Ginger - Feb 09, 2005 12:59:01 pm PST #197 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Sex may be good or bad, but hurting books is always bad, libkitty. Let me know if you end up having to raise money to replace books.
Ouch, Betsy. My mother had a torn rotator cuff from a fall and she was treated quite successfully with physical therapy. She may not have forgiven me for pointing out that injury meant the end of her pitching career.
DavidS - Feb 09, 2005 12:59:47 pm PST #198 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Shit. I DO have a partial rotator cuff tear.
Oh no! You can't pitch in relief until June, at least. I hope this doesn't take a foot off your fastball.
In a more serious mode - I'm sorry! At least the surgery is routine.
Betsy HP - Feb 09, 2005 12:59:50 pm PST #199 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Fortunately, I pitch right-handed.
Unfortunately, I can't pitch.