Not really related, but I haven't seen this or this discussed here and I figured a little schadenfreude would brighten the morning.
And what's the fun in becoming an immortal demon if you're not regular, am I right?
The Mayor ,'End of Days'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Toddson - Dec 10, 2009 6:45:59 am PST #2965 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Polter-Cow - Dec 10, 2009 6:46:01 am PST #2966 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Some people get exposed to the message "you are an inferior person because you don't believe" a lot. That can make one resentful.
My parents say I think I'm a superior person because I don't believe. I'm still resentful!
They were pleased when a friend who dropped me off from college said, "Happy holidays!" to them rather than "Merry Christmas," though.
smonster - Dec 10, 2009 6:47:46 am PST #2967 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Seska, I hope you don't think I was directing any kind of frustration at you. We've always celebrated both sets of holidays in my house and actually it's a bit of a tradition to invite non-Jews to Passover Seder. I am just bemused by my mother.
In fact, my Christian but anti-organized religion BF is going to be joining us for Chanukkah this weekend.
smonster - Dec 10, 2009 6:50:28 am PST #2968 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Thanks for the links, Toddson.
Taitz Fined $20,000
I want to claim emotional damages simply from hearing her voice.
Hil R. - Dec 10, 2009 6:50:38 am PST #2969 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
They were pleased when a friend who dropped me off from college said, "Happy holidays!" to them rather than "Merry Christmas," though.
I think it's different when it's coming from someone who knows you. I don't care what a store clerk says to me, but I will get a bit "Buh?" if a friend who has never acknowledged any Jewish holidays wishes me a Merry Christmas.
In elementary school, they had us sing, "We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a jolly winter, we wish you a happy Chanukah, and a happy new year." Even in first grade, we all thought that was dumb. It's a Christmas song, just let it be a Christmas song. Other religions can go in other songs, or in no songs, or in whatever songs the members of those religions want to be in.
Gudanov - Dec 10, 2009 6:53:12 am PST #2970 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I know people here are only sounding off about having religion imposed upon them, but some Christians don't do that, and I get tired of hearing that we all do.
I didn't mean to generalize. I don't think that all Christians believe that non-believers are bad people.
erikaj - Dec 10, 2009 6:59:57 am PST #2971 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Besides those impersonal greetings are all about tone anyways, as the "edgy" college kids who slip by "Welcome to Taco Bell...may I fuck your mother today?" find out. Phonebanking gets like that, too. No matter how awesome your candidate/ issue is by the end of the day, it's totally "Would you like fries with that?" (No, I never ask to fuck their mothers...around here, that would just confirm too much anti-Dem prejudice.)
smonster - Dec 10, 2009 7:00:54 am PST #2972 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Srsly. If I had Xanax, I'd take some right now. Why should the sound of my coworker (and FRIEND, ffs) tidying her cubicle make me want to go STABBITY STABBITY STAB?
Trudy Booth - Dec 10, 2009 7:01:10 am PST #2973 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
And insisting that a "Happy Holidays" given several weeks after Chanukah is over actually includes Chanukah is just silly.
Well, people say it from Thanksgiving until New Years. I don't think it has a running check-list. Though that would be funny. "Happy Holidays! Well, except for Thanksgiving. And Chanukah, that's done. Or is it half done? Today is, what? The 19th? OK, so it still includes Solstice. Happy Soulstice, maybe half of Chanukah, Christmas (Eve and Day), Boxing Day, Kwanza, Kings Day/Orthodox Christmas, New Years (Eve and Day). Here's your change."
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Dec 10, 2009 7:02:50 am PST #2974 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
"Happy Holidays! Well, except for Thanksgiving. And Chanukah, that's done. Or is it half done? Today is, what? The 19th? OK, so it still includes Solstice. Happy Soulstice, maybe half of Chanukah, Christmas (Eve and Day), Boxing Day, Kwanza, Kings Day/Orthodox Christmas, New Years (Eve and Day). Here's your change."
About mid-way through next week I am going to go into a shop and say that. Minus the 'here's your change'.