Four years later and three hundred miles away, the brown recluse spiders have found me again. No more Mr. Nice Guy -- after I saw the first one I put glue traps in my HVAC closet, behind my desk, and under my bed. Now four days later, here are the results: [link]
Right. Sir. Honey.
Zoe ,'The Train Job'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
dcp - Jul 07, 2009 1:33:10 pm PDT #27894 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Polter-Cow - Jul 07, 2009 1:37:04 pm PDT #27895 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Damn. You'd think they'd stay true to their names and hole up with J.D. Salinger or something.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2009 1:42:13 pm PDT #27896 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2009 1:48:01 pm PDT #27897 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Turkish TV gameshow looks to convert atheists
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists?
Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to launch a gameshow where spiritual guides from the four faiths will seek to convert a group of non-believers.
The prize for converts will be a pilgrimage to a holy site of their chosen religion -- Mecca for Muslims, the Vatican for Christians, Jerusalem for Jews and Tibet for Buddhists.
But religious authorities in Muslim but secular Turkey are not amused by the twist on the popular reality game show format and the Religious Affairs Directorate is refusing to provide an imam for the show.
"Doing something like this for the sake of ratings is disrespectful to all religions. Religion should not be a subject for entertainment programs," High Board of Religious Affairs Chairman Hamza Aktan told state news agency Anatolian after news of the planned program emerged.
The makers of "Penitents Compete" are unrepentant and reject claims that the show, scheduled to begin broadcasting in September, will cheapen religion.
"We are giving the biggest prize in the world, the gift of belief in God," Kanal T chief executive Seyhan Soylu told Reuters.
"We don't approve of anyone being an atheist. God is great and it doesn't matter which religion you believe in. The important thing is to believe," Soylu said.
Steph L. - Jul 07, 2009 1:57:21 pm PDT #27898 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
the Vatican for Christians
Is the Vatican considered a holy site for non-Catholic Christians?
Barb - Jul 07, 2009 2:00:01 pm PDT #27899 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Don't mind me-- that was kind of shitty. I'm in A Mood.
amych - Jul 07, 2009 2:00:13 pm PDT #27900 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Is the Vatican considered a holy site for non-Catholic Christians?
Relatedly, if the priest converts you to some other flavor of Christianity, is that considered points for or against?
Jesse - Jul 07, 2009 2:12:34 pm PDT #27901 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In my flavor of Protestantism, we don't have holy sites.
Hil R. - Jul 07, 2009 2:32:23 pm PDT #27902 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
When I saw an article about that same show a few days ago, it said that both Jews and Christians would go to Jerusalem. I wonder if they changed it, or if one of the articles got it wrong.
Lee - Jul 07, 2009 2:43:16 pm PDT #27903 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
DINAO: Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Karl Rove