'Out Of Gas'
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.
Another fun theological rabbit hole to go down is the Preterist belief that the prophecies of Revelations have already happened, ie, the Romans burning the Temple, and the Tribulation being the persecution of the Christians by Rome. It's always fascinating to see how people rectify "The End Times are here!" with "Oh, the sun came up and none of us have been taken into heaven. Huh."
Preterism: [link]
One of the assistant rectors at my church wrote this, which I really love, in our monthly bulletin:
"An essential part of what it means to be made in the image of God is that we are creative beings. We are clever and quirky and unique - each one of us. We can create great, stunning, so-amazing-there-are-no-words beauty, and say things so funny that people accidentally spit their iced lattes out on their laptops. There are people here who have gone to the MacGiver School of Ministry and created amazing things using nothing but a paperclip, chewing gum, and a roll of duck tape. There are authors and movie makers, songwriters and storytellers. There are cartoonists and ministers, and cartoonist-ministers. It is beautiful and energizing and exhausting. It is a glimpse - just the tiniest glimpse - of what it looks like when you unleash the creative identity of people to do the work of God - to tell the stories of God, to share the love of God, to prick the conscience of God's people through music or words or pictures."
I heard a story about Tom Brady on NPR this morning, and all I could think was how grateful I am that the Starlord - Captain America children's hospital visits aren't tainted by all that nonsense.
Oh, goddamnit, I have to talk to Comcast.
Sorry to hear that, but it reminds me that I have to talk to Verizon, so thanks.
HOLY SHIT: Wegman's Is Coming to Brooklyn
"Oh, yes, I see you do have a $70 charge for a trouble call that should not be on there. I can offer you $35 and premium channels."
"WE DON'T HAVE CABLE THROUGH YOU PEOPLE ARGH HULK SMAAAASH."
Wow! Wegman's is big time now. Of course in Rochester, they have pulled out of every city location leaving us non-suburbian people in a food desert.
I want to set something on FIRE.
Every time one of you mentions Wegman's I think for a second that you mean Schwegmann's and then I get all wistful and nostalgic for bygone chains of yesteryear.