he is in his 70s.
Discovery/History/TLC (one of those type) had a special on Papal elections last night. They referred to electing an old Pope as 'someone who will keep the chair of Peter warm without moving the furniture around too much.'
Cordelia: I get it now. You're all spies. Probably all Russian. And you've brainwashed me, and want me to believe we're friends so I'll spill the beans about some nano-technology thingy that you want. Gunn: So I look Russian to you? Cordelia: Black Russian. Angel: That's a drink.
'Hell Bound'
Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[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.
Connie Neil - Apr 19, 2005 7:54:07 am PDT #4340 of 10001
brillig
Calli - Apr 19, 2005 7:55:14 am PDT #4341 of 10001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I kinda like the thought of Pope Benedictine XVI. Kinda like a huge bottle of liquor in a pointy hat. (More than three times as big as a fifth.)
Since I'm a UU pagan I also lack an aggessive canine, but I'm glad the pope's been chosen. Now we won't have 5 minutes of BBC America (a large chunk considering it's a 20 minute show) devoted to, "Nope. No pope yet." They'll spend a day or so on the Ratzinger Retrospective and Speculations, and then they'll move on to Tony Blair's chances of staying PM, soccer scores, and the latest super 'flu.
Daisy Jane - Apr 19, 2005 8:11:12 am PDT #4342 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
My parents- mom and stepdad- are UU, which doesn't count as organized religion. I loved that church though. Alex's service was there and it was beautiful. It's actually where I first met my stepfamily many moons ago. It's not for me, but I still have fond memories.
Jessica - Apr 19, 2005 8:12:15 am PDT #4343 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
My UU aunt describes her church as "We believe in one god, at most."
[eta: Which technically, since they've got a bunch of pagan members, is more quippy than accurate. But it makes me laugh.]
Maria - Apr 19, 2005 8:19:46 am PDT #4344 of 10001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm disappointed. Really and truly. The marginalization of many American Catholics continues.
Daisy Jane - Apr 19, 2005 8:20:35 am PDT #4345 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
We had a few athiests in our church, probably some pagans- though I'm not sure they were in the strictest sense (if there's such a thing as orthodox paganism).
Daisy Jane - Apr 19, 2005 8:21:32 am PDT #4346 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hugs Maria for all the disenfranchised and disillusioned Catholics I know.
Gudanov - Apr 19, 2005 8:24:24 am PDT #4347 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
orthodox paganism
I think there was a website, apparently it involves really bad webpage design.
erikaj - Apr 19, 2005 8:26:03 am PDT #4348 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Polter-cow, Nova, or rather Mr. Griswold, sent me that yesterday, Aw, he wants to be a Baby Bayliss...yay him. He'd better get used to being taken for granted a lot though. The picture of the new pope gave me a wiggins. An uninformed wiggins, but still, the man looks scary.
brenda m - Apr 19, 2005 8:26:10 am PDT #4349 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm disappointed. Really and truly. The marginalization of many American Catholics continues.
I'm sorry, Maria. It's not my church, but I'm disappointed that it didn't turn out better for you and your ilk.