My officemates and I have wasted hours on the quizzes on Sporcle.com.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Apr 02, 2010 3:11:33 pm PDT #20536 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Kat - Apr 02, 2010 3:35:57 pm PDT #20537 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
It's really wrong to admit this but I am TOTALLY fascinated by what's happening now. 10 years ago, when the child abuse scandal really came to the forefront in the US, there was a lot of tsking and shaking of the head about the liberal Americans and their wayward ways.
The sex abuse coming to light throughout Europe now sort of belies that it's just an American issue. And I'd wager it's not even a WESTERN church issue.
And that it's the Pope, particularly one who makes noises about going back to pre-Vatican II, makes this a Vatican trainwreck I can't stop watching.
Trudy Booth - Apr 02, 2010 3:55:10 pm PDT #20538 of 30001
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
A high school in Alabama punished students for dress code violations at prom (i.e., dresses that showed too much skin) by paddling them.
Yeah, states that love to paddle will do that. In third grade we'd get smacked by a piece of 1x4 if we forgot our homework, talked out of turn, etc.
sarameg - Apr 02, 2010 3:57:13 pm PDT #20539 of 30001
It's weird, isn't it? eta: Vatican stuff
OK, the extra 12 laps? Are the breaking point. So very sore tonight. Premenstrual muscle and joint grindiness aren't helping. Literally feels like there is sand in muscles and joints.
Trudy Booth - Apr 02, 2010 3:58:04 pm PDT #20540 of 30001
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
The sex abuse coming to light throughout Europe now sort of belies that it's just an American issue. And I'd wager it's not even a WESTERN church issue.
Where else are you thinking? South America (though I guess that's West) and Africa? I think most of the East would be some flavor of Orthodox.
DebetEsse - Apr 02, 2010 4:00:23 pm PDT #20541 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I'm sure there are Catholics in Asia, especially as long as Europeans were in some places.
Hil R. - Apr 02, 2010 4:01:14 pm PDT #20542 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm sure there are Catholics in Asia, especially as long as Europeans were in some places.
Lots of Catholics in the Philippines.
P.M. Marc - Apr 02, 2010 4:03:00 pm PDT #20543 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Also in Vietnam.
Consuela - Apr 02, 2010 4:04:02 pm PDT #20544 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And in China, although they're split between Catholics who recognize the Pope's authority and Catholics who get bishops appointed by the government.
... which makes me wonder how this scandal is playing in China: it's a great opportunity for the government-approved version of the church to try to gain supporters.
I am home and I have caved and turned the heat back on because it's cold and wet outside. And now I think I shall take pie crust out of the freezer. And watch last night's Supernatural.
amych - Apr 02, 2010 4:08:35 pm PDT #20545 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Catholics by country: [link]