Hec, thanks for those links. Neat stuff.

Cindy, whatever it is you're writing up, feel free to paraphrase or directly quote me. I'm not worried about citations. I do have a Livejournal but there's no need to link to it in your writing or what have you unless you want to.

My agnosticism is borne mostly of disinterest; my life is overwhelmingly full and complex already--I don't need a definitive answer on the existance of God or the lack thereof, and I just don't care very much either way. I don't think my life would be fuller if there were a God or emptier if there weren't. Many, many more questions are more compelling to me.

Edited to add that I can understand why it's a compelling question to a lot of people, and a compelling belief to those of faith, everyone should believe their own truth, nothingwrongwiththatcakes.

I can appreciate that sentiment, Jen.

Jen doesn't need God because she's high on life!

Heh. Which I actually think is true, what with her naturalist, zoological and medical fascinations.

See, I don't know, the idea that this is all there is, that there's no afterlife or higher purpose to it all...that doesn't bother me. I find it kind of satisfying in a way I can't really articulate.

Yeah, for the ethical laws, I was always taught "This is good, therefore G-d said to do it," not "G-d said to do this, therefore it is good."

That's a lovely way of putting it, Hil.

Phew. I was right and Client was wrong about the grant deadline date. His wife/co-director had written 2/21 on the calendar as a heads-up to start thinking about the grant, not as a deadline.

t pounds head against wall

Oh, and DH and I have a babysitter tomorrow, so....

What looks good in movies these days? I'd like to see Bride and Prejudice, but our last two movie selections were All About Me ( National Treasure and Vanity Fair), so I want to at least see if there's something that'd be equally exciting for both of us. Of course, we had identical reactions to the last two movies (NT=goofy and stupid but completely fun! VF=well, that was certainly interesting, but meh), so it's not like going to movies I'm interested in has been so terrible for us, but still.

The basement is now pretty much done. I'm debating whether to start painting trim or take up another project. "Another project" will most likely be cleaning.

"Life should come with a money-back guarantee. If at any time you're not satisfied, return unused portion for a full refund." --Detective John Munch

Maybe there's no afterlife to make us Make It Count here.

But if I'm a Buddhist, like Meatballs "It just doesn't matter."

I am a sad sad creature who just had cake mix for lunch.

I am a sad sad creature who just had cake mix for lunch.

Dude. Just the mix? Nothing to go with that would make it, well, cakey?