Like maybe God would give us a starship so me and Einstein and Ray Bradbury could travel from galaxy to galaxy...
Now there's a god I could get behind.
My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Aug 03, 2006 7:56:36 am PDT #320 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Nutty - Aug 03, 2006 7:56:50 am PDT #321 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
When Colbert asked him to actually name the commandments, I think he was only able to come up with 2 (maybe 3).
This was a turning point in the West Wing pilot! A bunch of religious televangelist/activist types being frumpy and pissy with Josh and Toby, complaining about the lack of 10 commandments in public places etc. etc., and one of the televangelists is using the 3rd commandment as the 1st, adn Toby keeps quietly correcting him, and suddenly President Sheen sweeps into the room, reciting the actual 1st in his stentorian glory.
It was kind of a foolish scene, because I don't know anybody with any religious education who can't recite the beginning at least of most of the famous phrases; and really, there are a lot of variations for how the commandments are phrased, so you can fudge it a lot as long as you get the concept right, and really really, what do you think comes first when defining the tenets of a religious system?
(I did think it was funny that Bartlet recites the Catholic variant of the 1st commandment, long before he is canonically described as Catholic; both because that's the version I know and because of all the version to annoy a group of fundamentalists, the Catholic version is probably it.)
Steph L. - Aug 03, 2006 7:56:51 am PDT #322 of 10001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
ALLYSON RULES ALL!!!! SHE KICKS ASS AND IS WICKED PRETTY!!! AND BOY, CAN SHE WRITE!!!
BEEP.
Allyson - Aug 03, 2006 7:57:08 am PDT #323 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
See? That's what I'm talking about.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 03, 2006 7:58:01 am PDT #324 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well? Where the hell is my praise?
Check your jacket copy.
Sean K - Aug 03, 2006 7:58:01 am PDT #325 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Well? Where the hell is my praise?
Allyson, you are awesome, accomplished and very funny. And that tuna sandwich you're thinking about having next Tuesday for lunch? BRILLIANT!
Lee - Aug 03, 2006 7:59:16 am PDT #326 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
ALLYSON IS A SEXY BITCH!
Oh, wait, that was yesterday's thing.
-t - Aug 03, 2006 8:00:33 am PDT #327 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, dear. I certainly hope Matt's dad and Dana's grandfather improve.
I feel like I should be able to take part in the religion discussion now that I've started actually reading a Mishnah, but I literally started last night and I haven't fully figured out how text about conquering the Moabites relates to the commentaries about what the Levites did when they retired.
Scrappy - Aug 03, 2006 8:00:40 am PDT #328 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
ALLYSON IS SMART, FUNNY, HAS GORGEOUS EYES AND AN AMAZING HAIRCUT.
Sue - Aug 03, 2006 8:01:13 am PDT #329 of 10001
hip deep in pie
What about the groovy hippy lady who liked your hair? That's your increasing fanbase!!
We're already fans.