When I was seven, I was the little girl who dragged her parents to church.

After all, it was a big deal. Seven was the "age of reason" - I'd made my first confession and learned that not going to church was a sin. I couldn't take myself there - church was five or six miles from my house and my wobbly bike-riding skills were not up to such a task ( Read more... )

When I was a little girl, I confessed my little, childish sins to the “nice” priest, the older one, relieved that it wasn’t the one who I thought would laugh at me ( Read more... )

You could tell yourself all you like that you're too old to feel this way, that you should know better. That you do know better, and have for years ( Read more... )

If you've ever bought a house, thought about buying a house, or wondered what it would take to buy a house, and you use the Internet as a research tool, chances are you've ended up on Realtor.com at some point or other ( Read more... )

This is in response to both merina888 and silyara, in particular.

( Cut for length, for possible slight TMI, and because not everybody cares )

Two particular incidents in the last few days, involving perfectly reasonable (age-appropriate anyway) behavior on the part of kids and completely UNreasonable behavior on the part of their parents, have me rather fed up. I love kids, not just my own, if they are anything approximating reasonable. The kids in the first situation were not perfect ( Read more... )

OK. So we all know, by now, about the Self-Described "Nice Guy" (SDNG for short) who finishes last ( Read more... )

I know that Belief-o-Matic goes around and around as a meme. I thought I'd do it a little bit differently this time.

I'll post the questions, with my answer(s) bolded, and commentary if any in italics. Then I'll post the results.

( LONG )

Thanks for reminding me about this one, cacophonesque. ;)

( Why Veil of Roses pisses me off, with bonus ranting about why modesty is not anti-feminist )

( there will be something here to offend just about everyone - consider yourselves warned )