I couldn't believe it the first twenty times you told us, but it's starting to sink in now.

Riley ,'Lessons'


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.


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.


Jessica - Apr 19, 2005 8:27:14 am PDT #4350 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

if there's such a thing as orthodox paganism

Modern paganism is like fanfic. The answer is always yes.

I'm sorry too, Maria. But like I said in Natter, the guy's 78. We'll be conclaving again in no time.


erikaj - Apr 19, 2005 8:29:00 am PDT #4351 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Wearing tall hats, a man could trip and have an accident.


Daisy Jane - Apr 19, 2005 8:35:26 am PDT #4352 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Wearing tall hats, a man could trip and have an accident.

And, (apologies to Maria) I'm totally hearing this in a wiseguy accent.


-t - Apr 19, 2005 8:46:18 am PDT #4353 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Wasn't that part of the plot of Godfather III?


Lyra Jane - Apr 19, 2005 8:48:19 am PDT #4354 of 10001
Up with the sun

I think Ratzinger is more a placeholder pope than anything else -- he is 78, so even if his health is good, we'll probably get another new pope in the next decade. Maybe the forces for change within the church decided to wait until they could elect a pope who wouldn't be transitional. Or maybe there just aren't enough forces for change. I can't really say.

In any case, Mal is adorable. He looks so alert and person-like.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 19, 2005 8:49:47 am PDT #4355 of 10001
What is even happening?

Wasn't that part of the plot of Godfather III?
Yes, and I think it was about JPI.

Maria, I'm sorry, too (and I suspect my apologies need to go out to JZ, as well).


Maria - Apr 19, 2005 8:50:41 am PDT #4356 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

Thanks everyone.

No apologies necessary, Heather. I heard it that way too.

Wearing tall hats, a man could trip and have an accident.

For the longest time, conspiracy theories floated about regarding JPI's death. It's only in recent years the Vatican finally disclosed he had a heart attack.

Jess, the only consolation I have is his age. Perhaps I'm being optomistic, but I think that the cardinals chose him for this reason. No more 20+ year papacies, and allow some distance between the cult of personality that seems to have sprung up around JPII and the next reformer.

edit: Godfather x-postyness.