And wow, I feel like a double jackass for posting all my angst right after sj's post about her wedding, because that is seriously awesome and deserves people squeeing over it, which I actually *am* doing, just in parallel with the angst. Gah.

You've had a helluva week, amyth. I hope your lap heals soon.

Teppy, it's okay to cry. You've had a shitload of stuff happen. It would stress out anyone. Yeah, you want to be there for Tim, but you're human. The fact that you realize that and have tried so hard to bear up is the best you can do. I hope the snakes dropping down from the ceiling turn out to be loads of cash so you can afford to have the AC fixed.

Congrats on settling on a place, sj!

sj, that place looks lovely and perfect! yay!!!

And wow, I feel like a double jackass for posting all my angst right after sj's post about her wedding, because that is seriously awesome and deserves people squeeing over it, which I actually *am* doing, just in parallel with the angst. Gah.

Please don't! It's how things work here; we all know that.

It's something that has freaked me out from time to time (particularly once, and here, when I ragged on a Chick tract in an overly emphatic way that called into question Chick's inspiration [implying it was diabolical]).

I get that way about a statement I have been making occasionally. In reference to the rigid, fundamentalist Christian doctrines and attitudes that I once espoused and now reject, I say "God does not work that way. And if He does, I want nothing to do with him." Because I know darned well that while a conservative-style God could cheerfully forgive a liberal for being mistaken, God won't sit still for us puny humans judging Him and His ways.

sure it's legal but it's disrespectful so it shouldn't be allowed.

So what's this guy's plan to take care of the numbnuts who cat-called me while I was out for a walk on Saturday morning?

We're getting married here sometime in mid-November!

Aw, Teppy. Peace and handling things ~ma to you.

Congratulations, sj!

I'm sorry, Tep. Big crises seem to fracture everything around them and Everyday Shit becomes a Shitpocalypse.

And then you wistfully look back on those days when you were occasionally bored, thinking, "Man, I could use a couple weeks of boring right now."

Oh, yeah, sorry I forgot - Amyth, healing~ma for your burns.

And then you wistfully look back on those days when you were occasionally bored, thinking, "Man, I could use a couple weeks of boring right now."

I'd even take Mildly Annoying. Like, dog poops on the floor, but that's the ONLY thing that goes wrong. Boy howdy, I'd love that.

Yeah, I actually think the folks that want to build the community center in lower Manhattan ought to say, "Oh man, this is ouchy. Never mind. We'll pick another spot." This is a moral judgment, not a legal one.

So, for moral reasons should Jewish community centers not be built in areas where Palestinians live, even if there is a large Jewish population in the same neighborhood to be served? Of course Jews are not responsible for what Israel does. But neither are Muslims responsible for what Al-Qaeda does.