I did not know that Mel Gibson has his own church.

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The church - which offers a daily morning mass in Latin - follows an antiquated ideology of Catholicism dating back to the 16th century.

Female followers of Gibson's church must abide by a strict dress code, requiring them to wear veils over their hair and long skirts, with a ban on pants for women.

Catholics will be glad to know that Gibson's sect is not recognized by the Catholic church so it really is Gibsonism I guess. Looks like Mel could give Tom Cruise a run for his money in the nutty actor business.

Happy Birthday Trudy! Happy Houseday Vortex!

Speaking of religion - this amused me:

Schism!

In case you'd been wondering why Scientology is such a silly crock, you should know — it wasn't. Before it was corrupted by the people running the show, Lafayette Ron Hubbard's technology and philosophy actually worked. We just need to return to the primal purity of the original Scientology vision. And that's why Freezone has split from the Church of Scientology™, and proudly displays a picture of a goofy fathead in a nautical cap on their web page.

It's going to be interesting to see how the fascist goons of the Church of Scientology™ deal with heresy. If it cuts into their profits, anticipate a religious war.

the primal purity of the original Scientology vision.

Ah yes, the eternal questions of "Why Are We Here?" "What Is The Meaning of Life?" and "Can a second-rate pulp sci-fi author win a bar bet to start a religion?"

Ah yes, the eternal questions of "Why Are We Here?" "What Is The Meaning of Life?" and "Can a second-rate pulp sci-fi author win a bar bet to start a religion?"

It's nice that at least one of these questions has been answered conclusively....

And perhaps we are all here to make bar bets.

Oh shit. I have to vote tomorrow. I am unimpressed. Feh.

This is exactly how I felt when I went to vote today. feh indeed. All I knew was that I wasn't voting for this guy.

I just realized last night that I have 2 Weddings in 2 Days (1,000 Miles apart..ish..l actually haven't figured out the mileage) in less than a month and I don't know what I'm wearing to either of them.

And perhaps we are all here to make bar bets.

Possibly. Then again, there are those who believe that the Hokey Pokey is what it's all about.

Now I'm worried there will be a religious war between the Bar Betters and the Hokey Pokeys....

All I knew was that I wasn't voting for this guy.

Heh. I come home to 4-5 campaign phone calls on my answering machine. I didn't get any calls from O'Malley, though! Just candidates' mothers and best-friend's uncle's dog's first owner, or something. It's annoying.

I didn't get any candidate calls this year because I only have a cell phone now!

Am I a winter? Huh. Who knew?