Okay, so I mentioned to a friend on or about Easter, that I was going to do a post on one of the things that has long-sense been a fundamental issue that I have with the organized Christian church, and how it all basically boils down to, I don't get Easter. I meant to do that at some earlier point in time, but just haven't gotten around to it. ( ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas to everyone on the Flist that celebrates it. We're having a very quiet holiday here at home. In part, because my Dad has to work today (He does customer service for Sprint, and apparently Christmas is a huge call volume day because a lot of people give phones for Christmas), but also because Mom and I both have the cold from hell. ( Read more... )

To start, there was some discussion on the flist a week or more ago about placing political posts behind cuts. I've taken this long to comment or respond, primarily because I still don't know quite how I feel about that. So, here's a ruthlessly edited paragraph from the 30000 word rambling mess that I wrote while I was trying to sort it all out ( Read more... )