Just fyi, turns out there's a religion founded in Salt Lake City that makes the Mormons sound reasonable. Really.
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
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Toddson - Nov 17, 2008 7:25:39 am PST #1516 of 10000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Sparky1 - Nov 17, 2008 7:30:04 am PST #1517 of 10000
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I got a giggle out of Dahlia Lithwick's comment on that case, Todd. [link]
Let's stipulate: Summum is weird. First off, having been founded in 1975, it violates my own base-line spiritual rule: "Never believe in any faith younger than you are." With its pyramids, and mummification, and nectars, and hairless blue aliens, Summum is an existential stew of transcendental Gnosticism and particle physics: Isaac Luria meets Star Trek Voyager. But, as my husband would be quick to point out, yours truly has been known to fly into a panic when a meat fork touches her milk sink, shrieking and driving the offending utensil deep into the dirt of the kitchen avocado plant and then waiting the ritual interval until its kosherness is mystically restored. All of which merely illuminates the First Aphorism of Religion Cases: Only the religious convictions of other people are weird. Yours are perfectly rational.
sumi - Nov 17, 2008 7:39:34 am PST #1518 of 10000
Art Crawl!!!
Matt & Beverly - I am so sorry for the losses your family's have suffered. Peace to you all.
ChiKat - Nov 17, 2008 7:48:33 am PST #1519 of 10000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
{{{Beverly}}
{{{Matt}}}
Much peach for you and your families. I am so sorry.
hippocampus - Nov 17, 2008 8:02:19 am PST #1520 of 10000
not your mom's socks.
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WindSparrow - Nov 17, 2008 8:10:47 am PST #1521 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
{{{{{Matt}}}}} I'm so sorry for your loss. Much peace~ma for your whole family.
sj - Nov 17, 2008 8:11:55 am PST #1522 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
{{{Matt}}} I'm so sorry for the loss to you and your family. Peace to all of you.
WindSparrow - Nov 17, 2008 8:14:19 am PST #1523 of 10000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I'm not being a baby for making an appointment to get my sore throat checked out, not if it was so painful to swallow through the night that I had trouble sleeping, right?
Glamcookie - Nov 17, 2008 8:15:22 am PST #1524 of 10000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Beverly, I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope your trip is restful and peaceful.
Matt, so sorry for your loss. What a tragedy.
Typo Boy - Nov 17, 2008 8:25:37 am PST #1525 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Windsparrow, hell no you are not being a baby. You need to rule out strep or a number of really nasty things, that it is probably not but might be.
Also, even if nothing serious, pain strong enough to interfere with sleep or any other important aspect of life needs treatment.