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.
Do you see any goats around? No, because I sacrificed them.
Willow ,'Showtime'
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
Oh honey, the mentally unwell people have been in the fanbase since Game Changers was Stucky fanfiction on the internet. The calls have been coming from inside the house the whole time!
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.