there are millions of people around this world praying to their god — whether it's Hindu, Buddha, Allah

Adding an almost parenthetical ::headdesk:: here -- there's so much Teh Stupid in the entire invocation it's almost not worth breaking it down, but: Hindu? A faith, not a god. Buddha? A person, not a god. Allah? Some fairly substantial doctrinal differences in the expressions of faith, but generally acknowledged to be basically the same god as the one you're praying to, moron.

Plus, as Theo points out, the gigantic hubris of telling God to stop dicking around and honor His own name by making everyone vote the way we think they should.

Speaking as a Christian, this guy's theology is made of utter epic fail. And I can only imagine how irritating, obnoxious and nauseatingly offensive the whole thing must be to atheists and agnostics.

Can I join the lemurs, too?

Hey Erin, what about this? (Or for all of us who would like to belong to the lemurs.)

Humanity is stoopid

Just a quickie-- I may go back and futz with it more, but I loved this guy's face. Seemed perfect.

Some of these people who call themselves "Christian" would probably be the first to nail Jesus back on the cross if he were to show up again preaching what he did in the Gospels.

"Help the sick? Give to the poor? Huh?.... Kill the socialist!"

Some of these people who call themselves "Christian" would probably be the first to nail Jesus back on the cross if he were to show up again preaching what he did in the Gospels.

The hub (who grew up amidst some serious fundie) refers to this particular breed of idiots as "the ones who think 'casting the first stone' sounds like just a great idea."

It's Essie Clutch Me If You Can, I believe.

Thanks!

Just got to spend time with kat and K and Noah, who's getting very big and mobile and even more flirty. Well worth it despite my exhaustion.

Everyone prefers the kitten's food to their own. Except the kitten, Loki. I swear. And he's the only one who can eat anything. I just hope Dev's stomach doesn't erupt again.

Apparently, I am going to have highlights whether I want or not. The aggressive white hairs dye, just not as dark. Eh, it's fine by me, just there are more of them now. It's only noticeable to me (I know where they are.)

Cool ice.

This might just satisfy my dragonfly desires once and for all.

"Help the sick? Give to the poor? Huh?.... Kill the socialist!"

Anne, I think I want to marry you.

Huh. Well, I now need to sing the praises of The Company Store (not that I had anything but good to say about it before.)

I let them know that the package had indeed been stolen from the premises and included my correspondence with USPS. They offered to reship it at no additional cost. That's right, they are replacing something that was stolen through no fault of theirs. !!!

So, I've taken them up on that (I almost feel guilty,) with a request they ask for signature upon delivery, which means it will stay at the post office (unless my carrier is a real shit in which case there will be documentation to go after the post office and the supervisor already sounded really unhappy.)

Hopefully I'll get these damned sheets eventually.

I'm really surprised. I let them know out of courtesy (so they could close the call.) I wasn't expecting that.

So, The Company Store and their customer support? Rock.

I was in the FAC during the 2000 election, and I remember people praying so hard I thought they would sweat blood, begging God to "open the eyes of people's hearts" (real quote) and lead them to vote for Dubya.

And all I could think was, there were people probably praying just as hard for Gore to win, so -- whose prayers does God listen to? None of them? All of them? Does he/she/it just listen to them all and then point and laugh?

Although I'll admit, for the past 2 weeks or so, I've been praying -- actual talking to God/universe/etc. -- that this vile hatred that the McCain/Palin camp is fomenting doesn't lead to violence towards Obama or his family or his supporters.

I admit it, the more disgusting hatred that keeps coming up, the harder I pray that Obama is kept safe. Because this shit is INSANE.