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I love this! >> Saving Food From The Fridge: It Will Taste Better, May Even Last Longer And Reduce Your Energy Bills : TreeHugger - http://www.treehugger.com/kitchen...
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Kevin Johnson, Elena, The Amber and 17 other people liked this
"Fridges are a recent invention; for thousands of years, people lived without them, but had many low-tech ways of making food last. Today most fridges are filled with stuff that would last just as long and probably would taste a lot better if it was never lost in the back of the fridge. They are expensive air conditioned parking lots for what Shay Salomon called "compost and condiments." Some are looking at alternatives to such an expensive and wasteful model. Kris De Decker of No Tech Magazine "refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution," and shows the work of Korean designer Jihyun Ryou, who says "we hand over the responsibility of taking care of food to the technology, the refrigerator. We don’t observe the food any more and we don’t understand how to treat it.""
- Anika
from Bookmarklet
Wow i didn't know many of those tricks
- SteVe C
alot of this goes out the window if you live in the tropics, tho.
- Joe The Sausage
I use all of them except the sand one. I never thought of sticking root veggies in sand and it's just a DUH! The others I do on a smaller scale, though Adrian won't let me leave eggs out. I do have to get on him about keeping "salsa veggies" in the fridge in plastic. That's just nasty.
- Anika
The egg thing... will that work with store bought eggs that have the whatchmacallit removed?
- Michael W. May
The what?!
- Anika
These shelves are so beautiful. I love them.
- Stephen Mack
Do they have these at IKEA?
- Adrian
Anne Bouey, Amit Patel, Dan Hsiao and 4 other people liked this
Nice!
- Stephen Mack
Will it become part of my personalized search results?
- Brian Johns
The future is so wide and unexplored. Anything seems possible.
Nakachi, Ashish, Mark J Severely Inert and 54 other people liked this
(Photo credit: http://www.cvcomics.com/artands...)
- Stephen Mack
Although despite my thinking about the future, I just spent half an hour loading and reviewing reports from 10/27/2010 instead of today, so maybe I should also think about the present.
- Stephen Mack
zombo.com?
- Mike Nencetti
THE ONLY LIMIT IS YOURSELF WELCOME TO ZOMBOCOMMMMMM
- Stephen Mack
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- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
I love it. :)
- Jenny R
Jenny, thank you. I love this random photo so much. Nothing is as limitless as the sense of possibility from the open road.
- Stephen Mack
It speaks volumes. :)
- Jenny R
Thanksgiving bump. I am thankful for my kids and for you but most of all for the future.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
“Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.”
- Amit Patel
I am thankful for the opportunities that lay before me and the people that will stand beside me as I explore them.
- Georgia
I'm still following that road -- looking to see what's far ahead, but loving the scenery right here right now.
- Stephen Mack
We get closer to it every second.
- Stephen Mack
Every time I see this pop up, I get all ... "Is it my birthday again? Do I get presents?"
- Lix
Lix: YES! and YES! ... just not today.
- Stephen Mack
Darn. :D
- Lix
That reminds me of one of the final shots from The Terminator.
- Akiva
Think You Can Sell That Photo of Your Cat on Your Living Room Couch as Stock Photography? Think Again. - http://thomashawk.com/2012...
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vicster liked this
That. is. insane.
- Stephen Mack
Ugh.
- SAM
25 Extremely Upsetting Reactions To Chris Brown At The Grammys - http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538...
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Lix, Morton Fox and The Real sofarsoShawn liked this
0_o Whoa.
- SAM
Ooof
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
That's horrible, but some of those comments are even worse.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
o_O
- John (bird whisperer)
mmm
- Laura (goldie)
horrible
- Laura (goldie)
wtf.
- Anna Lynn M.
They've never been hit in their fucking lives, if they were they wouldn't be saying that.
- Zulema ⋅ spicy cocoa tart
i feel sick.
- Joe The Sausage
WELP.
edythe, Tinfoil 2.0, Stephen Mack and 4 other people liked this
Signed on for all of five minutes, and heading back to my cave. Have a good one folks.
- Derrick
I like the Juke too. :)
- caj needs a haircut
I like toyotas.
- AJ Batac :)
Have a good one, D.
- Stephen Mack
"Atheism in America" Godlessness is the last big taboo in the US, where non-believers face discrimination and isolation http://on.ft.com/xftE79 ~ “I’ve been told things like ‘I hope you have an accident, die and go to hell.’ So that’s what I’ve been up against.”
Morton Fox, Iván Abrego, Janet-The Bottley Crue and 20 other people liked this
"Psychotherapist Marlene Winell, who practises in Berkeley, California, specialises in “recovery from harmful religion” and advocates religious trauma syndrome as a psychological diagnosis. “There are so many places in the US that are just saturated with religion. Everything is interwoven – their families, their schools, their business – so that if you were not part of the club, part of the group, you get ostracised and people go through really horrible experiences of not belonging any more.” If that sounds like the experience of leaving a cult, perhaps that’s because, as Winell argues, “in its raw form, fundamentalist Christianity that believes that the Bible is the word of God is basically a giant cult.”
- The Real sofarsoShawn
From the outside, keeping your views to yourself may not seem such a problem. But this is only if you think that it’s easy to live hiding who you really are from almost everyone around you, even close family. Take Matt Elder, who lives in Festus, Missouri (pop. 11,602). When I met him in a downtown St Louis diner, he came across as a cheerful, friendly guy, not someone living under a...
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- The Real sofarsoShawn
Data backs up anecdote. A now famous University of Minnesota study concluded that Americans ranked atheists lower than Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society”. Nearly 48 per cent said they “would disapprove if my child wanted to marry a member of this group” (many more than the next most unpopular category,...
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- The Real sofarsoShawn
Boo hoo hoo.
- Akiva
That's an interesting reaction. I wonder how that would look under a post about about oppression of e.g. gay people.
- Eivind
Religion is a choice. Being gay isn't. It's kind of rude that you'd try to pair the two.
- Akiva
I know you think it's a choice, but it really isn't. The best I can do is to choose to pretend to believe in your gods.
- Eivind
That's absolutely ridiculous. You really believe that religion is genetic?
- Akiva
I don't know what role genetics play in people's religiosity. Why's that relevant? If I close my eyes and try really hard I still won't believe that you're one of the only real god's chosen people.
- Eivind
You don't know what role genetics play in religion yet you're sure it's not a choice?
- Akiva
I know I can't decide to suddenly believe in one or more of the proposed gods. You don't know what role genetics play in sexual orientation.
- Eivind
So you also think that homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
Eivind, perhaps you can't, but atheists and agnostics do every day through conversion. That is their choice.
- Kelli H.
What do you mean 'also', Akiva?
- Eivind
Answer the question. Erase the 'also' if it makes you feel more comfortable. Do you believe that homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
If religion isn't a choice, doesn't that suggests atheists shouldn't make fun of theists either?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
I don't think homosexuality is a choice, Akiva. Victor, ...
- Eivind
I don't think either side should make fun of the other.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Why do you think that religion is not a choice then?
- Akiva
I think religion is a choice. People pick and choose those all the time. An atheist, at least this atheist, can't just suddenly decide he now believes in one or more gods, though.
- Eivind
But you earlier typed that religion isn't a choice. You typed specifically 'I know you think it's a choice, but it really isn't.' Can you explain that?
- Akiva
The data seem to show that most people tend to stick to the religion they grew up with, or at least to something similar. Radical conversions aren't common.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
That's not essential to this conversation, Victor. I'm interested in Eivind particularly. I'm a Jewish Buddhist who was raised Catholic because his parents converted before I was born. I have a particularly unique view.
- Akiva
I didn't read your comment carefully enough, Akiva.
- Eivind
You're still not answering the question, Eivind.
- Akiva
I did. I explained why I answered the way I did.
- Eivind
I think it's relevant, Akiva
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
So you believe that religion is genetic?
- Akiva
Victor, you're wrong. You know what they say about statistics. I value Eivind more than that. I refuse to denigrate him. I want to know what HE thinks. I don't care what statistics say.
- Akiva
I am not sure. I can't rule out the possibility that genetics play a part.
- Eivind
And how do you feel about homosexuality?
- Akiva
Or are you admitting that Jews are a race?
- Akiva
It's clearly hereditary. Which is not the same as genetic. But there are structures in the brain that seem to be associated with strength of spiritual belief.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
So it's hereditary but not genetic? Jews are a race but they're not a race?
- Akiva
How can you explain that I'm not Catholic?
- Akiva
Akiva, I don't understand your questions.
- Eivind
Don't act dumb because it's convenient, Eivind. It's unbecoming of someone of your intelligence. Answer. The fucking. Question.
- Akiva
There aren't specific genetic loci that you could look at and say this person belongs to X race. I'm of the opinion that race is more of a cultural concept than a biological concept.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Victor, do you think that homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
Akiva, I don't think homosexuality is a choice. I think you were right the first time when you pointed out that the discussion regarding sexuality doesn't cleanly map to the discussion regarding theism/atheism
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Thank you. Religion IS a choice. The pressure of parents is a huge thing. It's unbelievably stressful. I refuse to impress my beliefs on my kids. I want them to do what I did, figure it out on their own. I'll support them in their choices regardless of how it might be opposite of I believe. I wonder if Eivind would do the same.
- Akiva
Atheism isn't a choice. I didn't think it would be cool to be the only person I knew that didn't believe in God. I didn't think it would be great to be different from my friends in a way they would never accept. It was a realization. I realized none of it made sense and the questions I had couldn't be answered. I realized I didn't believe. I can't choose to believe again. Choice and genetics aren't the only two options here.
- Heather
Heather, you really believe that your atheism wasn't choice? That's physically genetic?
- Akiva
It's either genetics or environment.
- Akiva
And, for the record, I absolutely respect atheism. It's far more reasonable than theism.
- Akiva
Reread my last sentence.
- Heather
Isn't atheism more like a neutral state? It's then a choice to pick (or being forced) some religion on top of that.
- Jemm
Heather, then what are the options?
- Akiva
I'd guess nuetral point would be "community model" your family friends and larger aquantances religious choice. Your reaction as you find your place on the"religion continuum" would be the question. Is it genetics, education, or...?
- WarLord
The word I believe best describes it, is the word used in my post. If you read it you would know it. Or is reading my post an attempting to understand it less desirable then asking me leading questions?
- Heather
Jemm, often yes. There are atheists, people who simply don't believe in a deity. Then there are atheists who are proselytizers, who believe it is their job to convert people. I'm not down with anyone who thinks they are in a position to dominate other people.
- Akiva
Heather, I'm honestly curious. Do you really want to challenge people rather than educate them? I may have missed your point. I'm simply interested. I value people who have opposing viewpoints. Either you want to help me or you don't.
- Akiva
@Akiva: I agree with that. I was only observing the way of thinking, not how the people act - religious or not. I don't approve of forcing anything, either.
- Jemm
"It was a realization."
- Heather
Do you believe that your realization is somehow more valuable than other people's realizations?
- Akiva
When did I say or hint at that?
- Heather
You haven't. I'm just asking.
- Akiva
I believe religion and atheism are choices, and that a good number of people don't realize they've made a choice because they've been indoctrinated since early childhood. Those folx have chosen to go along with their families', friends', community's beliefs. I think that the hate & conflict between religions, and between the religious & atheists, is a big part of what has turned me off when it comes to organized religion in general.
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Why would you think to ask me that?
- Heather
Because I'm curious. Will you answer the question?
- Akiva
No. Do you think you're choice in religion is better or makes you a better person then others?
- Heather
Starmama, proselytization is violent. I don't support it in any form.
- Akiva
Heather, absolutely not. But I'm at least willing to discuss it. You are apparently not. What does that say?
- Akiva
Do you even know my religion?
- Akiva
I am discussing it.
- Heather
Yet you refuse to answer my question. Why?
- Akiva
I did answer it.
- Heather
No, you didn't. You know it. You're smarter than that. I'll repeat it: Do you believe that your realization is somehow more valuable than other people's realizations?
- Akiva
Ok, I'll repeat my answer. No.
- Heather
Crap. Totally misread your answer.
- Akiva
Imagine that.
- Heather
That's rude. I'm honestly curious about your opinion, I've expressed nothing but respect for it. And you've come back at me as a jerk. I just wanted to understand you.
- Akiva
Oh I'm sorry, I misread your respect for snark and condescension.
- Heather
Can you prove that? Can you show me one comment I've made toward you that was snarky or condescending?
- Akiva
I said I misread you, you know the same way you snapped at me before realizing you misread me.
- Heather
And I admitted that in a kind way, deleted my comment, and essentially apologized for it. Then after that, you capitalized on my mistake. I think even your apology was based in sarcasm. I know you don't like me and honestly I don't care. But I try to treat you well. You deserve better than what I do. And I'm sorry about that. Truly.
- Akiva
Listen Akiva, I'm really sorry if you're being a polite gentleman and I'm taking it all wrong. I'm sorry if you're honestly trying to gain understanding and insight into the mind of an atheist. I love knowledge and I have a need to understand people too. I'm also not refreshing the page, I'm intently following the conversation as it happens. If that's caused problems, I'm sorry for that...
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- Heather
Akiva, is the fucking question about whether Jews are a race or how I feel about homosexuals?
- Eivind
Oh good lord, girl. I don't need you to make me look like a jerk. I'm legendary at that. I'm a total jerk. I hate people. I just think we'd both benefit if we didn't think that we were both out for each other. We don't agree on a lot of things but I absolutely refuse to disrespect you over that. If I didn't surround myself with people who disagree with me, I'd never understand myself.
- Akiva
Hey, Eivind. Welcome back to the conversation! BOTH. I want answers to both.
- Akiva
Thanks for respectfully calling me "girl".
- Heather
I was being affable! Dammit. You are a girl aren't you? You're a hell of a girl. How is that an insult?
- Akiva
I guess it's not, boy.
- Heather
Absolutely not. And if you were offended by it, I'm honestly sorry. It's just ... I dunno. Two of my most used phases are 'old boy' and 'old girl'. WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO DIFFICULT.
- Akiva
I feel about homosexuals as I feel about heterosexuals. Most people are good people, and I don't think sexual preference makes a difference. I think 'race' is a somewhat outdated term, and what we describe as different races often maps better to culture than to actual genetics. There are certainly no well defined genetic borders that separate Jews from the rest of us.
- Eivind
Ha ha remember when Shawn posted a link? OMG.
- Akiva
That's actually quite incorrect, Eivind. Jews have diseases that are specifically linked to them.
- Akiva
You also didn't answer the question. Do you think homosexuality is a choice?
- Akiva
Also, do you think that black people are a culture and not a race? Asians? Indians?
- Akiva
It's quite correct, Akiva. It's all a continuum. There aren't any well defined genetic borders anywhere. This doesn't work the way you seem to think it does.
- Eivind
So you believe that a disease is culture-related?
- Akiva
And you believe that black people are a cultural choice rather than a racial one?
- Akiva
Sure, there are single-gene mutations that have higher incidences in Jewish (specifically, Ashkenazi) populations like Tay-Sachs disease or cystic fibrosis, but you can't look at someone's genome and say, well, they're clearly Jewish.
- Victor Ganata
Akiva, I don't think you understand genetics very well.
- Eivind
Then why is that disease uniquely bonded to Jewish people?
- Akiva
I'm simply asking a question. Why won't you answer it?
- Akiva
Which disease? Tay-Sachs? Or cystic fibrosis? Non-Jews can be born with those conditions as well.
- Victor Ganata
Akiva, for someone trying to gain understanding, you seem to ask very narrow questions instead of letting people tell you what they think. I would imagine if you give people the freedom to express themselves and read it with an open mind, you'll gain much more understanding then selecting specific questions to be answered before moving on.
- Heather
That's true but Jews are more likely by a huge margin to have Tay-Sachs, for example. By a wide margin.
- Akiva
Heather, I'm just wanting my questions answered. I'm absolutely ready to admit that my questions are wrong. But I always get curious why people refuse to answer questions.
- Akiva
Akiva couldn't that be based on religion or cultural mating selection?
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
There is no one-to-one correspondence between "race" and someone's DNA makeup. There is no "black gene" or "white gene". I don't think it's possible to answer the question you're posing if someone doesn't believe in a biologically-determined concept of race.
- Victor Ganata
Jimminy, possibly. But aren't diseases genetically based? I could be totally wrong on this.
- Akiva
Victor, that's incredibly interesting. Thank you.
- Akiva
While asking questions is legitimate, accusing others of refusing to answer because they didn't respond with THE answer that you chose you would accept before you even asked the question is nonsensical.
- Chris Topher
I just want ANY answer. The refusal of any answer is suspect.
- Akiva
The problem is that the question is loaded with an unwarranted assumption: a biologically determined concept of race. It's a lot like asking someone when they stopped beating their wife.
- Victor Ganata
Akiva, yes but Tay-Sachs is going to occur more often in a population if for some reason the population limits it's own breeding patterns to members of a population known to carry recessive genetics for Tay-Sachs. *Tay-Sachs could be replaced with other genetic disorders/diseases if you want.
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Akiva, do you think European royalty is/was a race? They had hemophilia occurring at an incredibly high rate.
- Heather
Victor, that's an answer. The lack of an answer? It's suspect. And I'm actually not passive-aggressive. I loathe it. When I ask questions, it's usually because I want to be wrong. I want to be educated. I know I come off as whatever but in reality, I just want to learn.
- Akiva
Heather, I think that's different. And it's insulting. The royals weren't killed because of who they are. I can be killed for who I am. And regardless of Victor's stance in this particular thread, he at one time backed Jewishness as a race. I can be killed for who I am. I didn't choose to be Jewish. It's my heritage. My family was killed in Germany. What does that mean? Why do I get so upset over it?
- Akiva
And why should gays not be allowed to marry? Why should they have been killed as well? And Gypsies?
- Akiva
Anyone can be killed for who they are. And I didn't know death was part of the discussion.
- Heather
Of course death is part of the conversation. Are you unfamiliar with Jasper, Texas? Are you unfamiliar with women who aren't paid properly because of their gender?
- Akiva
I thought this was about atheism and the discrimination of atheists by theists. I guess I'm on the wrong thread.
- Heather
Clearly. I want atheists to be treated with the respect that they often don't treat theists. I want atheists to be not afraid, to have equal rights. Atheists can be killed for their convictions. I'm thoroughly shocked at your ignorance. I'm religious yet I am on your side. Good grief.
- Akiva
A lot of things, I think. You have me on your side even though you possibly think I'm an idiot for my beliefs. Yet I'd fight for your beliefs. How does that work?
- Akiva
I think Jimminy's comment here is a valid consideration for the genetic disease factor (and I think Heather's example of the royal family was exactly along those lines): a population that very actively discourages or forbids intermarriage is going to have a higher incidence of particular genetic markers. I think the discussion about culture and race and Judaism is very interesting and...
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- joey
I think it came up as part of the discussion as to what characteristics of a person are and aren't a choice.
- Victor Ganata
Against my will, I agree with joey's comment.
- Akiva
Akiva, I deleted my comment, stop bringing it up.
- Heather
Ah, okay. Thanks, Victor. Well in that case: I don't have a choice about being perceived as Jewish ethnically and discriminated as such at various points in my life (regardless of whether I had been raised with the religion or culture or not) but I also don't have a choice about not being considered 'part of the tribe' or religiously Jewish (without conversion) because my mother was an...
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- joey
I missed this ^ ... I'll brb I know what Heather's meaning to say about atheism is thati it's arrived at by a sense of skepticism, whic is not just an unwillingness accept staus quo-ism. Skepticism is a provisional aproach to claims. It is the application of reason, not revelation
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
No one cares about your opinion. This is about me and Heather working out our sexual tension.
- Akiva
Hahahaa this may help Akiva :D (i think you should get Eivind some Vday sweets to charm him, all girls love chocolate <3 ... moving along... Reason applied to any and all ideas - no sacred cows allowed. Skepticism is a method requiring doubt, not a position. When we say we are "skeptical," we mean, that we must see compelling evidence before we believe. Modern skepticism is embodied in the scientific method which is why you find a larger % of atheist scientists than the general populace.
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
Lastly...Jimminy,Victor, & Joey *nods head* yes is right race has no genetic or biological basis. This has been thoroughly debunked. All human beings have the same ancestors from Africa….Darwin :) The physical diversity of today is purely a function of geographical accidents, climates, isolation, & wndering bands. There is simply no such thing beyond the arbitrary & the artificial of...
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- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
Coming late to a thread makes for interesting reading. The whole "it's either a choice or it's genetic" is not quite a correct starting point though. It's not A or B like that. Anything genetic is not rigid programming, just tendencies/predispositions/higher risk. And many non genetic things are nonetheless defining. In all cases, one can go against ones programming (whether genetic or...
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- Iphigenie
Iphigenie speaks in eloquent prose what I have been pondering. Most especially the very last statement: "I see atheists that are as aggressively religious about their beliefs as some of the worst religious bigots"
- Janet-The Bottley Crue
Yeah, ultimately, I think the whole "it's a choice, or it's not" is a false binary. And I have been disgusted by atheists who feel the need to cram their beliefs down other people's throats, but, yeah, they're not necessarily representative, and it certainly doesn't justify persecution.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
It must be tricky in the US where a lot of the social "glue" that's left outside work is religious. People are uncomfortable with atheism, you don't need to say much to make them feel threatened - the more they have given up for their religion, the more threatening you are (same goes for any opinion that requires sacrifice, but religion is the most common). And I also think that some...
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- Iphigenie
Here in Europe atheism isn't such a big deal, but I can imagine what it is like, say, in Bible belt. I think more than anything atheists want to separate church from the state and stop things like Creationism/ID being taught at schools at the expense of real science etc. It's fine, if people want to hold on to their beliefs when it's more of personal thing instead of organized.
- Jemm
As an Atheist, my biggest issue is religion being used to create laws...i.e. gay marriage, abortion, birth control, etc.
- Chris Topher
And keeping laws/traditions in place. And as an untouchable topic.
- Heather
That ^ was one of my major hang ups, sitting through the preaching in my religious instiutions, temple & church. I always wanted to raise my hand and ask questions. Even when I got to ask whom was speaking afterwards it would go something like this: "Why? It is written!" ~ the ol' "parental because I said so" doesn't cut it when you're supposed to be an omniscent "G_d"
- The Real sofarsoShawn
from FFHound!
I think you'll actually find a lot of theists who agree with the goal of preventing this country from becoming a theocracy.
- Victor Ganata
Amen. A theocracy run by anyone besides a deity is not really a theocracy.
- Eric Logan
Yes, people who want to make everything they consider immoral be illegal, and everything they consider moral be compulsory... should be kept as far away from power as possible. Whether they base their sense of morality and values on a god or science.
- Iphigenie
I hereby pledge that I will no longer argue on the internet.
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OH, oh I'm sorry, but this is abuse.
- Eivind
YOU'RE WRONG
- Akiva
It's not the arguing that hurts you, it's the rapid deceleration of utility.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
Penis.
- Akiva
Yeah, leave that to the experts, buster.
- Steven Perez
I hate wind.
- Eivind
Flagged.
- Your Neighbor Steve
What incisive and intelligent comments you have all made. :^)
- Friar Will (:^)
I hate to argue. I love to discuss.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
discussions are great. I love them too.
- Friar Will (:^)
'Walking Dead' writer Robert Kirkman talks about tonight's show 'Nebraska' and previews the rest of the season: 'Things just keep getting worse from here' (EW.com) - http://insidetv.ew.com/2012...
From the article: "I love the trailers for this season where it’s like, 'This is happening: People shooting guns! Cars are flipping!" [Laughs] Q. It’s basically Smokey and the Bandit, right? A. Right. We come back and it’s basically… I was going to say Dukes of Hazzard, but that would sound like I was being critical of the show."
- Stephen Mack
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My car got a complimentary software upgrade during its last service. I really wish they'd included release notes. Also, my prefs got wiped.
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Kevin, this was a pretty big update. I found the release notes on the web site. I've copy and pasted a few and I'm sure others can contribute some as well.
- Stephen Mack
* Following feedback from customers, we've returned to the default of a clockwise rotation of the steering wheel moving the car to the right. We apologize for any inconvenience introduced by the last update's reversal of this preference.
- Stephen Mack
* Under rare circumstances when travelling at freeway speeds, the car might suddenly travel in reverse. This has been fixed and should no longer occur.
- Stephen Mack
* Stereo system update: The car will no longer allow Katy Perry. Any such music will be automatically replaced with silence. Also, the car will no longer hum along tunelessly with Arcade Fire songs.
- Stephen Mack
* New feature: Truly intermittent windshield wipers. Switching on the intermittent windshield wiper function will insert a random delay between wipes of anywhere between 1 second and 1 year.
- Stephen Mack
* GPS/Nav system-enabled units routing drivers to Wisconsin will no longer favor travel via underground river systems unless that is the most optimal route.
- Stephen Mack
My father never knew his father. He was an only child, raised by his mother. He never knew why his father either left or was kicked out -- his mother would never tell him. In his late '50s, due to a random web page I wrote about my family, my father was discovered by his half-sister.
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It turns out my grandfather had started a new family, even given his new first-born son the same name as my father. My father learned this from his newly found half-sister. He also found out that his father had passed away 10 years before.
- Stephen Mack
All his life, my father loved Jewish culture, had Jewish friends, read Jewish humor books (mostly Leo Rosten).
- Stephen Mack
My father had absolutely zero idea until he was 59 that his father was Jewish.
- Stephen Mack
His mother was Catholic. She never talked about anything Jewish at all. He found it on his own.
- Stephen Mack
I don't know much about anything, but to me there's something to the idea that a Jewish identity is a mix of culture and upbringing and also in the blood.
- Stephen Mack
#SaturdayFF I guess, sorry it's late.
- Stephen Mack
That's fascinating, Stephen. I heard a similar story once on This American Life.
- Kelli H.
Whoa. That's very similar to my dad's story. It makes Jewish identity sort of complicated.
- Georgie Bestie
Wow, you don't look one-quarter late-onset Jewish! O_o #BadDumbJoke!
- Mark J Severely Inert
from Android
^ heh
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Anatomy of an unsafe abortion « Dr. Jen Gunter - http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012...
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"I was in clinic when I heard the overhead STAT page to the emergency room. As I sprinted down the stairs, I ran through the possible scenarios. I wasn’t on call, so the day to day gynecologic emergencies weren’t my purview. I hadn’t operated on anyone in the past few weeks, so unlikely to be one of my own patients with a complication. Logically there was only one conclusion."
- Tudor Bosman
from Bookmarklet
"A vascular system so traumatized by sheer blood loss that it had run haywire and lost the ability to clot. Disseminated intravascular coagulation. This is how many young women die when an abortion goes wrong."
- Tudor Bosman
I'll editorialize: If we outlaw legal abortions, women will die. It's simple.
- Tudor Bosman
What a powerful piece. I'm shaking after reading it. Dr. Gunter's follow-up the next day reveals "the ending" as it were: http://drjengunter.wordpress.com/2012...
- Stephen Mack
Thanks for sharing!
- esther
My friend has a great web series called "Mind My Brains, Darling!", a hilarious new Rom-Zom-Britcom. It is currently one of the Top 10 Finalists in the Indie Intertubes Audience Choice Awards!! They need your votes! You can vote once a day until the 15th at Noon! Please follow the link and vote for "Mind My Brains, Darling!" http://indieintertube.tv/#axzz1m...
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And check out the webseries if you haven't yet: http://mindmybrains.com/
- Rachel Lea Fox
You're my favorite Rachel Lea Fox. Amanda deserves all the love in the world.
- Akiva
And you are my favorite Akiva!! I worked hard on the last voting and damned if I'm not going to drum up votes this time around. i have a few more social networks to hit up now! :)
- Rachel Lea Fox
Attagirl! We need to get anything Amanda does boosted into the stratosphere. She totally deserves it.
- Akiva
Have you voted today?
- Rachel Lea Fox
Voted!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Of course ;)
- joey
Congress needs to enact an "in-between-day" to fall between the weekend and Monday. #callyourcongresspersonnow
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nothing but sleeping and reading allowed.
- MoTO Bott
all phones should be shut off.
- MoTO Bott
television transmissions, blocked
- MoTO Bott
free pizza delivery
- MoTO Bott
a worldwide email blackout
- MoTO Bott
Can we sightsee and go to the park?
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
if you must. but you can't learn anything. think deep thoughts. or contribute anything of worth.
- MoTO Bott
I want in.
- Rollin' in the LB
from Android
I just worry my kids would get bored reading and eating and sleeping all day. Otherwise I'm totally on board.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
boredom is encouraged
- MoTO Bott
I suppose I should teach them to deal with being bored. Challenge accepted. I'm in.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
The Caucus: Santorum on Defensive Over Gender Remarks http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012...
The story quotes Santorum as saying, "There should be a strong 'affirmation of whatever decision women decide to make.'" Odd wording for someone opposed to contraception and abortion.
- Stephen Mack
So at what age does it become inappropriate for a father to see his daughter naked?
IMO, when she gets boobs and hair.
- Melly Botts
I no longer see my youngest son naked. He's 9. I followed his lead on this.
- Que Sarah Sarah
Or before if she doesn't want him to see her naked anymore.
- Melly Botts
...when they become old enough to start dressing themselves
- .LAG liked that
I used to shower with my dad and brothers. I think that stopped when I became 5 or 6.
- Spidra Webster
I think it's also interesting to discuss this the other way around - at what age is it inappropriate for a child to see their parent/s naked?
- Melly Botts
12ish maybe?
- Stephen Mack
5 or 6, Spidra? Did you start grabbing their appendages and make elephant sounds? :P
- Bubba Botts
Probably, Bubba. It was right at face level. I honestly don't remember exactly what age I was when I stopped showering with the rest of them. It may have been earlier. I know it was no later than that, though.
- Spidra Webster
Melly, I stopped letting my daughter see me naked at about 3 or 4. I'm sure this is different for mothers of daughters and fathers of sons.
- chrisofspades
Hahahaaaaaaa, my Mum likes to tell the story of me going to use the toilet when I was a toddler, walking past Dad in the shower, and grabbing his tackle with freezing cold hands.
- Melly Botts
Josiah is 5, he sees both of us naked on a daily basis, and he showers with one or the other of us at least once a week. At this stage we still very rarely shut the bathroom door. Every now and then Josiah will ask for privacy and close the door, but most of the time he's the kind of kid who likes to do a lap of the house naked before he gets in the shower, yelling out "LOOK AT MY NUDIE BUM!"
- Melly Botts
Haha.
- chrisofspades
Whitney Houston, Singer and Actress, Dies at 48 http://www.nytimes.com/2012...
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From the obit: "After the initial shock, Mr. Ehrlich said he called Jennifer Hudson and asked her to come and sing one of Ms. Houston’s songs during the televised show on Sunday as a simple memorial. 'We are going to do something very simple, not elaborate,' he said. 'We just want to keep it respectful.'”
- Stephen Mack
Sammy was diagnosed with a moderate gluten allergy (likely exacerbating his skin problems). So now I'm trying to wrap my head around a gluten-free diet for him. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
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From the wiki article: "A gluten-free diet allows for fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and many dairy products. The diet allows rice, corn, soy, potato, tapioca, beans, sorghum, quinoa, millet, buckwheat, arrowroot, amaranth, teff, Montina and nut flours and prohibits the ingestion of wheat, barley, rye and related components, including triticale, durum, graham, kamut, semolina, spelt, malt, malt flavouring or malt vinegar."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
Yeah, there's definitely more available than there used to be and the Bay Area is an epicenter of that availability. There are a number of folks here on FF who have gluten allergies and could offer advice. I wonder if there's an FF room for it? Shoot a note to RAPatton, too. He's an expert at making goodies that are gluten-free.
- Spidra Webster
We're here for your Stephen. Both Janine and I have celiac so the house is gluten free. Just let me know what you need to know. It's not that bad once you figure out the logistics. You can eat all fruits, vegetables, potato, meat, rice, non flavored chips and once you know where to shop you can make almost anything. Hardest part is being smart eating out but even that's easier than ever. On FF you can ask me, Lix, or RAPatton for advice.
- SteVe C
Thanks so much!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I have a couple emails to send you with local options but I have found that quinoa pasta tastes best (at least to me) and I have a favorite glutin free pasta sauce I'll double check the name for you. Also Mexican food has lots of glutin free options.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
Thanks Rachel! I made him some rice pasta mac 'n' cheese the other night. It was awful. He hated it. (Although Sophie liked it okay.)
- Stephen Mack
Yeah I never liked the rice pasta either. You can get quinoa at most super markets. I don't need glutin free in everything but I still make it sometimes.
- Rachel Lea Fox
from iPhone
My mother-in-law has celiac as well, so we're pretty well-versed on travelling with it as a consideration, where to shop, restaurants that are accommodating (and I imagine that like Seattle, your area has a lot of them). I also agree that the quinoa pasta tastes best and has the best texture. I also have a lot of recipes for cakes, etc.
- joey
Stephen, my favorite pasta sauce is Mezzetta Napa Valley Bistro. I love the Creamy Vodka Style Marinara but all of their sauces have been good. I also sent you an article about the all gluten free store in SF but here it is again: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin...
- Rachel Lea Fox
Got the e-mail, thanks! So far with Sammy, I've learned he really likes simple. I tried two different gluten-free bars, and the one I thought he'd like with caramel was too much, but the straightforward rice puff and peach one he liked a lot. (He's still not big into sauces.)
- Stephen Mack
Oh and there was a discussion on here about a particularly good gluten free brownie mix. But now I can't remember if it was from Whole Foods or Trader Joe's. I'd know if I saw it. Can anyone chime in with the answer?
- Rachel Lea Fox
I think the most challenging thing about this is that he's a picky eater to begin with. Plus he's allergic to nuts & peanuts, And plus he's saying he wants to be a vegetarian...
- Stephen Mack
Rachel is it this discussion? From that it looks like Trader Joe's is recommended. http://ff.im/R6oEy
- Jimminy, CoG of FF
Oh goodness that is difficult. I just know when I was experimenting with gluten free I was surprised to find that pasta sauce had gluten in it. I never would have guessed that. Turns out it was good that I did since it seems I have no gluten allergy but in tomato products they must remove something else, likely a preservative, that I have huge issues with. So all my pasta sauce has to be gluten free.
- Rachel Lea Fox
Jimminy, that wasn't the original discussion I saw but I think you are right. I just remember discussing the brownies on here in the past and getting a box and trying it and really liking it. I think the original discussion is so old that it is no longer in the buffer on here. :(
- Rachel Lea Fox
Kristine is gluten free and no doubt can help, Stephen.
- Louis Gray
Williams-Sonoma carries gluten-free flour and other mixes from Bouchon Bakery: http://www.williams-sonoma.com/search...
- Anne Bouey
Betty Crocker now has gf cake and brownie mixes in regular stores both excellent too. How old is Sammy? Just wondering age range to send ya food hints like tequila vs gluten free rice krispies?
- SteVe C
Steve, he's 6. Tequila is a ways off. :)
- Stephen Mack
Goooooood morning, friendfeed! I'm thrilled to have a quiet weekend at home and finally some time to spend with you guys! :)
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Good afternoon!
- John (bird whisperer)
My coffee this morning was marvelous! And I got to sleep in a bit! \(^_^)/
- Kelli H.
morning jenny! but where's your head??? :)
- Sir Shuping is just sir
Good afternoon, John! Good morning, Andrew! My head is just north of my neck, as far as I can tell. ;)
- Kelli H.
Good morning! You're starring in a WoH production, I see!
- Stephen Mack
Good morning, Stephen & Adam! I hope the day finds you both well! :) Stephen, that reference is lost on me. Clearly, I have some catching up to do here on FF! ;)
- Kelli H.
She's focusing on what's most important to her at this moment...the coffee! And good morning, lovely lass!
- caj needs a haircut
CAJ knows. Good morning, my friend! :)
- Kelli H.
Kelli, check out the web series that our very own World of Higlet has made, it's shot in bodyline format: http://higletfilms.com/2010...
- Stephen Mack
Ahh! Okay, thanks for educating me, Stephen. :)
- Kelli H.
Good afternoon!
- AJ Batac :)
Good afternoon, AJ! :)
- Kelli H.
Good afternoon, hopefully you will have a great day!
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Hi!
- DJ Stevie Steve
from Android
Good afternoon, Stephan; I'll do my best to make the most of my lazy day! Hi, Steve! :)
- Kelli H.
Still morning here! Oops, not any more. Have a great afternoon!
- Anne Bouey
*coffee clinks* This is turning out to be a lovely morning here too. :)
- Adrian
Good evening!
- Son of Groucho
Ma'am
- Pete
Good afternoon, Anne, Adrian, Gordon, and Pete! :)
- Kelli H.
Hi, Kelli!
- ha3rvey (literally)
Hello yourself, 3. :)
- Kelli H.
Hey sugar
- MoTO Bott
whoa
Yeah.
- Julian
Whitney?
- The Ghost of Library Past
Yeah
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Yeah...right in the middle of our game someone just said " holy shit Whitney Houston died" and we are having a " whoa moment "
- aden {Wookie keeper}
I just saw two people post it on FB and said the same thing. I feel for her young daughter.
- Corinne L
This is a beautiful board.
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Oh you like whuppin my ass huh. REMATCH!
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
It is!
- Kelli H.
I like that too...I'm playing one now that is almost diagonally symmetric, like a real crossword :)
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
SHORTIES!
- Stephen Mack
I only played that to see if it would take.
- Anika
Video: Grammies Talk Grammys Nominees, Crush On Mumford & Sons : LAist - http://laist.com/2012...
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"The 54th Grammy Awards will rock L.A.'s Staples Center this Sunday, and a handful of senior New Yorkers shared their opinions on some of 2012's nominees. The Huffington Post invited five New York grandmothers - Rosemary, Catherine, Merle, Julia and Mibs - from Manhattan's Hudson Guild Community Center to vote for their favorite Best Album of the Year and Best Record of the Year nomineees in "Grammies on the Grammys." Described as "smart, opinionated women with a self-professed love of music," the ladies opened their ears, minds and dance moves to the voices and beats of Adele, Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Bon Iver, Mumford & Sons and Katy Perry. They had much to say about this year's featured artists. "How comes he sounds like a woman?" asks Catherine of Bruno Mars. Merle says of Foo Fighters, "I'm shocked. I thought I was gonna hear wild things, but this is nice." The grammies enjoyed the British folk sound of Mumford & Sons, calling it "soothing." And the winners,...
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- Spidra Webster
from Bookmarklet
Grammies are tomorrow? Wonder if they'll be able to pull together a proper tribute in time.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
NYT NEWS ALERT: Whitney Houston Is Dead at 48, A.P. Reports
RIP
- imabonehead
RIP.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
Just got an AP alert that Whitney Houston died!?
I just saw that :(
- Tamara J.
Sad :(
- Tamara
I haven't seen any news anywhere...was kind of hoping it was a hack on the AP alerts
- Tamara
This is what I saw. http://www.google.com/hostedn...
- Tamara J.
Another one: http://www.usatoday.com/life...
- imabonehead
:(
- Tamara
They just announced it on TV too.
- Tamara J.
Damn
- Rodfather
Yep. :\
- Colette
WTF!
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
WOW. Sad.
- Bubba Botts
Magic the Gathering - http://mobilephoto.co/magic-t...
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Please tap the salt & pepper.
- Stephen Mack
Ok, guys, I need your advice. Some guys at work love doing pranks, and they've hit me a couple times. I've expressed that I don't really like it, I don't retaliate, and yet they keep doing it. What aggravates me is their continuing to do it because I don't like it. It's now grown to text and Facebook bombing me outside of work. What do I do?
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Can you sit down with them and remind them again how much you don't like it and want it to stop and then explain you'll have to go to their supervisor if it continues?
- Kelli H.
I'd report it to HR. This is bullying.
- Katy S
If they keep doing it after you tell them to stop, I'd talk to a supervisor.
- John (bird whisperer)
I think I'm going to try talking to them one more time. The very first prank was done by a guy who recently left for school and everyone (including my supervisor) knew about it, and that pissed me off a bit. I don't know how much I can complain about the texting and Facebook bombing, but I can unfriend them. I hate being seen as a "sore loser" but I'm so tired of this.
- Kelly
Last chance e-mail: "Guys, this is too much. I don't like the pranks, like I've already told you. Stop now, please. If it continues, I will have no choice but to talk to HR. OK? I don't want this to interfere with our work relationship, but enough is enough. Thank you."
- Stephen Mack
They are feeding off your reaction, so an option might be to have no reaction. Act like it never happened, that you didn't even notice. Then they'll move on to other targets. If that fails then complaining to the supervisor seems best.
- Todd Hoff
I really tried the no reaction thing, and they kept egging me on. Bringing it up and laughing about it continuously and I'm so, so tired of it.
- Kelly
I'd just go to HR at this point. Sounds like you've given them plenty of notice and plenty of chances.
- Spidra Webster
Then f*ck them, nuke 'em :-)
- Todd Hoff
It's harassment, and letting them "move on to other targets" just lets them harass more people. If they don't stop, it needs to be reported. They are creating a hostile work environment.
- Katy S
Go to HR. This is harassment. Full stop.
- Jyl BlueBott
I'm going to talk to them and my supervisor so it's "on the record" that I tried to work it out myself first, and went through the appropriate steps. If it continues still, I'll go to HR. Because they've been there for 3 years I've felt like I'm in the wrong for screwing up the environment they know and are comfortable with, but it's just not working anymore. Thanks for everyone's input, I really, really appreciate it.
- Kelly
Sounds like a great plan! *hugs*
- Rachel Lea Fox
RT @steveklabnik: Oh god it's so true it hurts: http://i.imgur.com/Lus4Y.png
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Hah!
- Stephen Mack
Bahaha! Nice.
- Moody (Sweet FA 4 Life)
allism: an introduction to a little-known condition -- by Andrew Main (Zefram), 2003 - http://www.fysh.org/~zefram...
From the document (http://www.fysh.org/~zefram...): "Allism is a congenital neurological disorder adversely affecting many areas of brain function. The condition is not widely known, having been only recently identified. This article is an introduction to allism, describing the mental and practical effects of the condition, and giving an overview of the current medical understanding. This article is aimed at the general public, though medical professionals may also find it a useful starting point."
- Stephen Mack
from Bookmarklet
(From Anika, via a bullet point on an item she posted on her tumblr, http://friendfeed.com/fabooma...)
- Stephen Mack
More: "Allism is a debilitating neurological condition which adversely affects emotional stability, sensory perception, self-awareness, attention, and many other areas of mental function. It is a developmental abnormality, arising from congenital neurological defects that affect infantile mental development. The effects are lifelong, and there is no cure. However, despite the...
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- Stephen Mack
More: "The underlying trait that makes people allistic is a dysfunction of the parts of the brain dealing with emotion. Allistic people lack the capacity to independently experience emotions. That is not to say they lack emotions: far from it, the allistic mind experiences emotions just like any other. The dysfunction is that the allistic person's emotional state is not determined by...
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- Stephen Mack
And more: "Unsurprisingly, such a serious problem with emotions affects social activity significantly. Allistic people are very vulnerable in social situations: the possibility for people to project emotions into the mind of the allistic person means that they are easily manipulated, wittingly or unwittingly. Some people have indeed used knowledge of allism to prey on the allistic, using the allistic person's weakness to manipulate em into making unwanted purchases, or worse."
- Stephen Mack
Robert A. Heinlein, "Time Enough for Love"
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- I like big Botts
A truly Human being wouldn't need to plan an invasion or fight efficiently.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
My high school biology teacher whimsically speculated that one day humans and insects would be the last multicellular non-photosynthesizing organisms on the planet, left to fight for what scraps of food remained. Because of sheer biomass, we could lose, unless we sterilized the planet (in which case we would still lose.) And this totally fed into my recurring nightmares of being devoured alive by insect swarms
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
As my statistics professor once told me, "Generally speaking, all animals are insects."
- I like big Botts
I don't know how to butcher a hog. I like to think I'd be ok at the rest. I'm most experienced with that diaper one, to be honest.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
I don't even know what "conn a ship" means. I'm a disgrace to my seafaring ancestors.
- Victor Ganata
I think I'm done with the Catholic Church. My mom was originally Aglipayan anyway.
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You can't excommunicate me! I quit!
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Don't you have to write some kind of formal letter to be taken off the roll call?
- Heather
I have no idea, to be honest. I hope the Vatican doesn't have some kind of draft
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Take a birth control pill and you are OUT.
- Your Neighbor Steve
I went to confession and confessed I didn't believe in it anymore. To be honest, it was my mom who forced that way of doing it...
- Spidra Webster
I must have been raised in liberal Catholic lala land. EDIT: I guess I was since we spent several years in the Anglican Church. ;)
- joey
Yeah, Anglican is the very liberal kind of Catholic LOL!
- Spidra Webster
Anglicanism ~ Episcopalianism ~ Aglipayanism. Sounds like a plan.
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Victor, can I interest you in Mormonism? We also have a special today on Zoroastrianism.
- Stephen Mack
from iPhone
To be honest, I am kind of intrigued by the teachings of Zarathustra and the Avesta... :D
- Victor Ganata
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