Freedom of religion is more important then the freedom to sleep in on Sunday morning...  The courts decided you totally get to piss all over the legal noise restrictions at 7.00 in the morning as long as there are church bells involved.

Mind we're talking about a Christian church. Somehow I doubt that freedom of religion would hold up if a nearby ( Read more... )

Fanfic tropes I hate or just dislike with a fiery passion

Song fic: Like Nansi_Alexander so eloquently said in this awesome badfic entry; "It is also NOT a song fic, even though there are some song lyrics here, but that is not because they are like, SINGING, it is because they are about Best Friends which is what John and Rodney are, only not ( Read more... )

Me: "Hi, is this where I register for vaccinations ( Read more... )

Every now and then someone will do this awesome request on
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They've recently started testing a new cancer treatment on mice. Supposedly they can kill cancer cells using targeted radio waves, that leave the surrounding cells virtually untouched. It's sounding very promising.

My family has a history of skin cancer and I have a great aunt in the hospital with terminal cancer right now. It sounds like a miracle ( Read more... )

Honestly, has Doppelganger even aired yet? I heard it was leaked on itunes and I KNOW it's on you tube but...
Anyway, since by now I'm sure half of fandom has seen it... (and if you haven't you should, because it's made of win!)

Obviously people more savvy then me are going to say all kinds of clever things about the dreams, so just trust me when I ( Read more... )

You know how in ground school all the boys wanted to be a pilot, or a fireman or a soccer player right? And the girls wanted to be hairdressers? (get some fucking ambition you pre-schoolers!)
Well even back then I dreamed of being a cord dancer, or a writer.

Obviously at 24 my ambitions have matured slightly... except... well, they really haven't.
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OH MY G... actually that one isn't really appropriate for the subject matter.

I thought the Out There comic was Christian propaganda (I'm sorry, I mean a comic suitable for Christian youth). But no, the real deal can be found at Chicks publications: publishing Gospel literture for 40 years!

Clicky, clicky, it has out takes.

For a special discount you ( Read more... )

I did it! I passed my interview and coming January I'll be starting my six month stay in Cusco, Peru!

The elation is totally overwhelming my residual terror!

UNCLE FARC WANTS YOU! And me! But what they got was a pretty twenty something girl from hicksville five miles from where I grew up. 
This came out when government troops raided the camp where she'd been living for the last five years and captured her diaries.

Now who hasn't at some point in their lives thought: "Why not join the revolutionary armed ( Read more... )