Don't Be a Dick, But You'll Probably Be a Dick Sometimes, So Recognize Your Dickishness, Apologize and Try To Do Better
That's pretty much it.
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - May 12, 2015 9:56:06 am PDT #26231 of 30000
brillig
shrift - May 12, 2015 10:53:57 am PDT #26232 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I've set up a tea staging area so that I can have a cup steeping while I drink another cup. I have calendar reminders set so I know when to take more drugs. I'm trying to get some stuff done and also set up interviews for a couple Mountain View jobs.
-t - May 12, 2015 11:01:25 am PDT #26233 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I made 4 salads yesterday to have for lunches for the rest of the week. Apparently I did not do a great job of cleaning the veggies. Organic dirt is bound to be good for me, if a little gritty, right?
Toddson - May 12, 2015 11:02:41 am PDT #26234 of 30000
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I love the mixture of theology and antihistamines.
God bless you all (for one reason or another).
Matt the Bruins fan - May 12, 2015 11:39:03 am PDT #26235 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think it's really interesting that Jesus used the word "Abba" when referring to God; my understanding is it's the Aramaic equivalent of "Papa" or "Daddy" rather than the sterner "Father" that it's usually written as in the Bible. In that context, while I can certainly see people being a disappointment to God I can't quite imagine the angry torment-for-all-eternity response some people see Him having to everyone who doesn't measure up. (Then again, I have a pretty good relationship with my own father; friends who had strict authoritarian fathers probably didn't have the same connotations of the parent-child relationship when applied to religion.)
Connie Neil - May 12, 2015 11:49:05 am PDT #26236 of 30000
brillig
I think of lot of the nature of Christianity is from Paul's influence. It's been a while since I've read the letters, but Paul doesn't seem to be a very cuddly kind of guy.
Hil R. - May 12, 2015 11:58:17 am PDT #26237 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
In modern Hebrew, "Abba" is used like we use "Dad" in English -- it's the usual way that people address their fathers, not just little kids like "Daddy" would be. The more formal word for father is "Av." (My Hebrew grammar is terrible, but I don't think Av would ever be used when talking to your father, rather than about him -- I THINK that, if you wanted to talk TO your father formally, you'd address him as Avi, or "my father." But I could be totally wrong about this.)
Hil R. - May 12, 2015 12:03:58 pm PDT #26238 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
A guy who translates Aramaic says that translating Abba as Daddy is incorrect, linguistically. [link]
shrift - May 12, 2015 12:17:33 pm PDT #26239 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Weird. I just got a call from someone in a nearby Bank of America branch indicating that she's assigned to me and that I should contact her with any banking or investment questions.
Burrell - May 12, 2015 12:26:41 pm PDT #26240 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'd be tempted to call the bank and see if it was a phishing scam, shrift. But I'm mistrusting like that.