So, Tree Day became Tree Days (but not T'ree Days, just Two), but now I'm back at work. I've got another new kid this morning, taking my total up to 20, at which (theoretically) it will stay.

I think every week should have a holiday on Wednesday. Forever. Yes indeed. (Just Wednesday, not Thursday. I'm not greedy!) Happily, as I was available I went and met my friend's daughter at the airport on Wednesday. Now that was interesting, as I'd never seen her, and she'd never seen me, and I just knew I was looking for someone in her early 20s who looked vaguely like a younger, more Arabic-looking version of my friend. And SHE totally wasn't expecting to be met, so I had to be damn sure and not miss her. Anyway, it all worked out nicely, and we had 2 days of doing touristy things in Bangkok - went to the Grand Palace (which is just amazing) and to the Night Market and to the lie-down-on-the-reclining-chair-with-silk-blanket-and-pillow swanky cinema del swanky to watch The Bourne Whateverthefuckitisnow, got groceries, looked into sorting out her next travel plans...generally we did a lot of achieving. We even got pirate supplies for our weekend on the island of Koh Samet where we're going to celebrate another friend's birthday in Pirate fancy dress! Well done us!

Regarding the Bourne movie - Holy Crap, I realised while watching it that Julia Styles looks remarkably like SA. I mean, refuckingmarkably. Especially when she coloured her hair - then it was kind of freaky.

My other Bourne movie remark is that the directof of photography was Oliver Wood. Which just begs fanfic. BEGS.

Oh! Before I forget, I would pay good hard cash to see JZ and her Ren Faire chums talk filthy marital sex to piss off the assclowns who kicked Teppy's group out of their pub. Assclowns.

Hey there, BigDuluth! Don't think we've met - welcome aboard!

Catholics...Protestants last I checked neither of us have added any extra books to our THE Book. I just get a tad bit suspicious of people adding more books...

See, as a non-Christian it's difficult to see why some texts got included and others got kicked to the curb, so adding them later seems fair enough. (And indeed from a Jewish POV the whole New Testament is suspicious extra books that got added to 'The Book', for that matter.)

But that is a whole can of worms that I probably don't want to get into, really - I've been reading a lot about comparative religions lately, and it's hard to get out of that headspace. Er. Yes. Salad shooters! Corsets! Duct Tape!

Catholics...Protestants last I checked neither of us have added any extra books to our THE Book. I just get a tad bit suspicious of people adding more books...

Catholics include the Apocrypha in their Bibles. I've lost track of what status they accord them relative to the 66-book canon, though.

Aye it does get messy. People should just let people be them and move on. And if someone else likes your style...

Yeah it's plenty cool being here even if I do miss the "during the day chat". Everything in West Coast time kinda throws me too. But I got directions from a book, peeked in the window and rather like it. Good online communties are hard to find. My other big one is still around on ancient IRC network.

Eh not horribly surprised. Seriously. The most visible people in the media are usually the ones either scaring people, or claiming God is on their side, or the ones being caught for illegal shit. In some ways it's kind of like the government. The difference is that in religion the aim is to have faith in the higher power. In government... I don't think anyone has any faith in the jackass behind the wheel.

I'm also suspicious for all kinds of other reasons. I was actually planning to become a Pastor at one point in my life and did my undergrad at Presbyterian school and had religion as one of my majors for part of my time there.

Things changed.

I gotta remember to set my alarm for my chiropractor appointment tomorrow, my back is not very happy

Things changed.

Yeah. Time was, I was wanting to be in the ministry myself, one way or another. But over the years I sort of slid into the opinion that God simply does not work the way all too many people say S/He/It does. I'm pretty sure that The Divine is a much hoopier frood than that.

Yeah, I came to the conclusion that God simply does not work.

omg!

Much cuteness.

Turn up the speakers.

Very much work safe. [link]

Spoilerfont to highlight after you watch:

she didnt win the event but made the final

If you could blend little children into cuteness juice that little girl is made from concentrate!

But I got directions from a book, peeked in the window and rather like it.

...dude! Did you come find us because of the Lobby book?

!!!!

That's fabulous!