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[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.
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And Mal is just the cutest little thing in Greece. (I can't say the world, because the other Buffista babies would negate that.) Congratulations, Raquel!
Kate, the newly-elected pope may choose to keep his own name (in this case Joseph) or pick another. Often, he picks a name that gives a hint as to where he's going theologically.
This is definitely going to be a x-post.
Timelies. Spreading all-purpose industrial-strength ~ma willy-nilly because I skipped like a mad thing. But I did look at the wonderful Ohio pictures, and at Raquel's Mal, who is the epitome of cute.
Hell, The Gap is The Gap with fewer jeans.
This is so very true.
the newly-elected pope may choose to keep his own name (in this case Joseph) or pick another
Have any recent popes kept their own name? "Recent" being relative, of course.
Have any recent popes kept their own name?
Pope Recent IX.
OK, I think the sugar high I'm on is making me silly.
Not that I know. Google doesn't think so either. I think the last popes who kept their own names are back in the day when we only had 2 and 3 digits in a year.
Choosing a different name also signifies the concept that "self" takes a back seat to his role as the shepherd of the entire flock. Joseph is a man; Benedict XVI is responsible for guiding over 1 billion persons' souls.
Just like: Robin is a girl.
Scrappy is a disco inferno.
the lady who made my latte today called me sweetheart and was really nice to me. It kind of made me want to cry. People are not so much with the nice, these days, in my work world.
According to the Indianapolis Star:
Choosing a new name as pontiff did not become a tradition until 996, when Bruno, the first German pope, became known as Gregory V. Named after a pagan god, the 6th-century priest Mercury changed his name to John II as pope.
Eta: Oh, Nora, people should be nice to you! What is wrong with people that they are not showering Nora with kindness?
{{{Nora}}} Everyone should always be nice to you.
{{{vw}}} Much strength~ma to you.
Just like: Robin is a girl.
Scrappy is a disco inferno.
Now THAT is a religion I could get behind!
edit: Nora, everyone should be nice to you. I so decree. If they are not, off with their heads. Or let them eat cake. On second thought, you keep the cake AND the heads. They can't have one without the other.