My mom just told me she got me season one of Bosom Buddies for my birthday. I hope she was joking.

This reminds me of a very funny story I heard this weekend at church camp (I shit you not). Mom and I sat with our pastor and his wife at lunch one day, and somehow we got on the subject of what our families thought about certain life choices. My pastor grew up in a very devout Catholic family and even considered becoming a priest. When he went away to college, though, he became a Christian and decided to become a minister. He went home and told his family. They were less than thrilled.

So, what did they do about it? They bought him a subscription to Playboy Magazine. They thought that would solve all his problems.

And this makes me laff and laff and laff.

My pastor grew up in a very devout Catholic family and even considered becoming a priest. When he went away to college, though, he became a Christian

By Christian you mean a different denomination (man, that came out demonination which is no good), right? I thought it was a joke that some people regarded Catholics as not Christian.

Someone gave me a copy of The Watchtower at the bus stop this morning. (She was very pretty, dressed smartly and smiled at me. I would have taken a live badger had she handed it to me) I wonder if it would be more effective reading material than comic books or novels at keeping people from effing talking to me. Seriously, last night I had to resort to actual rudeness (as in, no longer looking up from book, smiling or nodding) and he still wouldn't stop talking to me.

Yeah, I tried to come up with a better way to say that and failed. In my religious background world (and I'm not saying this is right or wrong), Christian and Catholic are different--Christian means "born again" or "saved" or whatever, and Catholic is separate from that. Just like Lutheran would be separate, as well.

And that just sounds bad no matter how many different ways I try to type it.

I thought it was a joke that some people regarded Catholics as not Christian.

Not a joke. Especially in the South (in my experience).

Someone gave me a copy of The Watchtower at the bus stop this morning. (She was very pretty, dressed smartly and smiled at me. I would have taken a live badger had she handed it to me) I wonder if it would be more effective reading material than comic books or novels at keeping people from effing talking to me. Seriously, last night I had to resort to actual rudeness (as in, no longer looking up from book, smiling or nodding) and he still wouldn't stop talking to me.

I had a college friend that, when asked "Is anyone sitting there?" would reply "Just the Lord." He said it was very effective at keeping people away.

I thought it was a joke that some people regarded Catholics as not Christian.

Oh, man, I got in a HUGE fight with my 4th grade teacher about this. In public school. My hackles are STILL raised about it and I'm WAY lapsed.

A delivery driver just did a double-take at me doing the happy dance in the box offrice window because I just got off the phone with my mechanic who says I can pick up my car tomorrow for $50! Yay! If you are in the Los Angeles area and driving a German car you must let me give you his number.

In my religious background world (and I'm not saying this is right or wrong), Christian and Catholic are different--Christian means "born again" or "saved" or whatever, and Catholic is separate from that. Just like Lutheran would be separate, as well.

I think I'd say "born-again Christian" or "evangelical" or even just "Protestant."

Yeah, I'm sorry guys. I really mucked that up. And I wasn't trying to say anything about that at all.