Connie, I spoiler-fonted out the explicit current season reference in your post.
Huh, I thought that point was included in the ads.
'Dear Diary, Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy.' 'Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.'
Jayne ,'Safe'
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.
Connie Neil - Jan 10, 2009 1:22:15 pm PST #538 of 30000
brillig
Jesse - Jan 10, 2009 1:26:19 pm PST #539 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Arminianism
What is that?
Last night, I was asked to describe the differences between different strains of Protestantism by a Jew, a Catholic, and a Christian Orthodox. I was like "...." I could barely describe the basics of the tradition I grew up in.
And seriously, Steph, don't be ashamed. The reason these groups work is because they are so appealing.
msbelle - Jan 10, 2009 1:26:38 pm PST #540 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
yeah java - she usually is more supportive and the one reading more and more books to keep perspective. I think she may just be not having a great time right now and honestly, the reality of his tantrums and reading about theoretical tantrums are just so vastly different. She has never had to deal with the level he brings (which is not that often) not with her two kids or nieces and nephews, not with having taught school for 10 or so years - but it is him right now and isn't gonna just stop all of a sudden.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2009 1:28:41 pm PST #541 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought that point was included in the ads.
Never seen the ads. Thought it safer to err on the side of caution.
Lot less sore than yesterday, but still sore. Hadn't realised it had been hurting that badly. Improved range of motion, so it goes in the win column.
tommyrot - Jan 10, 2009 1:38:29 pm PST #542 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.
By y'all... off to DC!
Steph L. - Jan 10, 2009 1:58:23 pm PST #543 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Arminianism
What is that?
It's often posited as the "opposite" to Calvinism, in that it doesn't believe that anyone is predestined to heaven or hell (although it *does* teach that God already knows who will accept grace, which sounds kind of like predestination, but the difference there -- IIRC -- is that God doesn't choose people's destinies; they use their free will to accept grace or not, and he just knows about it ahead of time).
Arminianism also teaches that a person can lose their salvation, which seems like bullshit to me.
Here's a Wikipedia link, although I don't know how thorough it is: [link]
Steph L. - Jan 10, 2009 2:00:42 pm PST #544 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Unrelated to religion: there was an ice-coated tree/shrub in our yard, and I took some nifty pictures of it.
t /random self-pimping
Barb - Jan 10, 2009 2:03:43 pm PST #545 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Tep, those pics are wicked cool. I especially like the B/W ones but then again, I'm a whore for B/W pics.
dcp - Jan 10, 2009 2:11:04 pm PST #546 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Very nice. I like the color versions better, myself, especially with the blue sky in the background. It still looks cold, but not grim.
sumi - Jan 10, 2009 2:15:06 pm PST #547 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Teppy - those are beautiful pictures.
Was it as icy on the ground?
It was snowing here longer than I had expected it to but I haven't ventured out to see how much snow we got.