Locamama posted an article here ( Link ) asking if God cares. Before my response to her she received a couple of others offering sympathy and encouragement. I answered her as bluntly as I could: no, God doesn't care. That's perhaps a little too blunt, left as it is. So here, as a primer fo
lw making an oopsie.
Bruises Can Be Fun... or, Tight Chains Don't Chink (and they make your head spin tooooo....) V^^^^V bites little whip
I posted this on the Gurdian's talkboards this morning, in response to an article about prejudice and fat. Read the article and comments here ( Link ). I'm posting it because Sabrina thought it was funny and wanted me to share... cannibalcritic Comment No.
It's all good. No, it's not. It's plagiarism, and changing a word around here or there doesn't change that.
To: Abe Cubbage Hello, and welcome to the blog. An overachiever? I? Not hardly. There's a good argument to be made that I haven't lived up to whatever potential I may have - at least as a wage-earner. As yet. Equally, there's an argument to be made that, if I were a different person I would have responded to my experiences in a different way. I might, if I had been a different person, be as rich as Bill Gates by now. And what either o
To: adnauseam We should never underestimate the British when it comes to a war. A useless war is even more unforgiveable. The ballot box will tell. We haven't fought a war in the classic English mode since the Falklands. This misadventure in Iraq is a product of fascination with Blair and an 'a
LW here... And toad-in-the-hole (eggy bread as you call it) isn't exactly the health food of champions. One egg : 92 calories One slice bread: 78 calories ------------------------------ 270 calories What's wrong with that? It's funny you take issue with the toad-in-the-hole but make no mention of the sausage, which would have been the first thing I'd cut @ 210 calories for a slim, 50gram (before cooking) patty. <br
Alrighty then. I can see that this isn't quite the burning issue I thought it might be... C'est la vie, c'est la guerre.
Personally, I've long thought the solution to the problem of Monarchy was best addressed by the Bolsheviks under Lenin: find a cellar, put the Royal Family against a wall of that cellar - and shoot them. I'm also of the opinion that Guy Fawkes was the most sensible fellow ever to enter Parliament - and look what happened to him, poor sod.
How many of you, I wonder, know about the event in British history referred to by the English as the Glorious (glorious because bloodless) Revolution? How many of you know that the English fought their own Civil War, over issues of religious toleration, orthodoxy and the role of Parliament in relation to the Crown? The fighting concluded in 1660. But the Civil War did
It's relevant to the extent that the US has a foreign policy agenda that necessitates involvement with others. And getting what you want from others (unless you compel everyone - which is impractical) involves working with their perceptions of you. If, however, the US were to enter a period of isolationism, while making the definite decision to ensure energy provision without reliance on foreign sources, and another definite decision to eschew idiot ventures into nation building
To: dynamaso Simon, the thing I admire about you and is exemplified particularly in this piece, is your assuredness of who and what you are. Which I will take not so much as a compliment - though it is one - but as a vindication. Do I feel a need to be vindicated? Not anymore. But it's nice to
To: Texas Wahine What can I say, except that I sympathise with your son and with you? Perhaps, if the effects of what I went through after the move to London had been understood early enough, If I had been enticed to trust in someone, then the damage would have been undone. I certainly hope that's so in your son's case. You see there's a problem and are working at it. That's a positive thing. But I can tell you with certainty that whe
To: MarcieMoo As an educator, I don't think we ever really get the FULL story from a child who was bullied, and sometimes I don't think we really believe that it can be "that bad," you know? Yes, I do know. I don't think the teachers generally, or the principal in particular, were 'bad'. It was
To: Tova7 I am sure you don't want sympathy, but my heart goes out to any child so isolated and alone. Sympathy, empathy - these are good things, and I no longer have a problem accepting them. As a child and a young man I too often mistook the sympathy of others for pity, on the rare occasions
some of these facets aren't 'pretty,' but they are each singularly beautiful in the moment He chooses to share them with me. Ain't she sweet? Thank you, love.
Good stuff, Maynard.
Tova7 has a son, called Hunter. She recently wrote an article called 'Man enough?' regarding an incident in which her boy punched another kid (quite rightly and properly) in the eye. ( Link ). I read the article, and commented that I thought Hunter had done the right thing, and that the outco
I suppose the possibility remains that she could be both. But somehow I doubt she has the necessary intellectual framework.
Not sure how it all figures into government power though. There is a simple reason for that. It doesn't 'figure into' government in any way put forward by classical political theory/political philosophy. You'll find, however, that it figures into much of postmodern political thinking quite nice
As my perspicuous wife points out, the contradiction is not mine but yours. Me, I'm rather more lenient than the Tentmaker. If women want to talk in Church they can. Indeed, I've never had a problem with women teaching: one of the most eloquent preachers I ever heard, back in England, was a woman. My problem is not with the Tentmaker, nor with women teaching: it's with you. You claim to be a bible-believing Christian, and a teacher. As some of the earliest teachers I had pointed out to
Oh, and one last point. The Tentmaker didn't forbid verbal participation on the part of women. He forbade teaching .
Besides, if you don't adhere to it and love it like I do, why bother quoting it? Who said I don't love it? You? Thou fool.
To: KFC Can't you ever respond without the name calling and insults? I see no reason to be polite to a hypocrite, liar and deceiver. Nor will I refrain from telling you what you are to your face. If you don't like it, blacklist me. <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=
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