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I was just reading about that in the news, and it mentioned a book of his that I would now like to read: LSD: My Problem Child.

That's even harder to answer . . . I guess through life experiences, learning from many different sources. What feels good vs. what feels bad. I certainly don't have it all figured out though. I think I learn a little bit every day, and hopefully I will continue to do so for the rest of my life.

What, he's afraid his reputation as a pervert will be tarnished?

OK, now I'm confused, since you said this in the Bengal/Toyger thread: "If I were to ever get a cat again it would be a hard choice between a purebred seal point siamese and a bengal." Or is it that you would plan to get a purebred animal from some sort of rescue shelter? Like an older animal that was no longer wanted?

I have four cats right now, and they are all "rescue" cats. But I used to have a Bengal cat that I bought from a reputable breeder. And at that time, I did not want "a cat"; I wanted a Bengal, so it's not like she took the place of a cat that could have been rescued from the shelter. I wanted a special breed, and that's what I got - a cat that would play in the water with me and that I could take on walks with me (not to mention how beautiful she was). Anyhow, after she disappeared, I considered getting another Bengal. But by then, I decided I would feel better about adopting some cats that otherwise might not find a home. (Didn't mean to end up with four of them, but here they are!) I've also considered breeding Bengals, but I couldn't get past the fact that I would be bringing more cats into the world when there are already so many strays. (Though they are really f**king cool cats!) And since I bitch at people who don't get their pets fixed, it would be awfully hypocritical of me to be a breeder. Anyhow, that's my two cents on the subject.

Do you honestly not see any difference in what is (allegedly) going on with the FLDS and little old ladies choosing to send money to televangelists?

I was just sitting here staring at my filing cabinet, and the two boxes of crap sitting next to it, where I have been "filing" stuff because the filing cabinet is too full. Most of it can probably be thrown out by now, but it will take some time to go through it. And of course the task just keeps getting bigger the longer I put it off. I did throw out three big boxes full of stuff from my closets this weekend, and it felt so good to purge. So maybe I'll make the filing my project for this week. I think we should have a race to see who can get it done first.

I was just thinking about Chris over the weekend. I saw a bottle of Absolut vodka that was made to look like a disco ball, and it reminded me of that crazy disco ball helmet that he made.

I have a 19" monitor, set to 1280x1024, and it fits on my screen fine, without having to maximize the window. But I do have the browser window stretched pretty wide to avoid the horizontal scroll bars, so I can see that anyone using a smaller monitor/lower resolution would be getting the scroll bar even with a maximized window.

Strength, love, beauty, kindness, forgiveness . . . I guess anything that draws my attention to the good things about being alive. My friends and family are very important to me, and they have helped me through some tough times (and hopefully I have helped some of them too). I also find nature/being outdoors to be therapeutic. But I think that inner strength is what helps me the most through tough times. And when I am having a hard time finding it, the other things I have mentioned are what help me to find it. Hmm, that's a hard question to answer, but hopefully I am making a little bit of sense.

I've gotten pretty good at just accepting most of the things that used to irritate me about other people's driving. It's just not worth getting upset over, and I'm sure that I'm not a perfect driver myself. But the turn signal thing... I can't seem to get over how many people don't use their freakin' turn signals. I can't figure out if they don't realize that there is an actual purpose in using them, or if they just don't care. So they're either rude or stupid (or both), but either way, it irritates the crap out of me.

OK, I'm hardly noticing the new ads, but the spelling offense in this thread title is driving me nuts.

Well, I have a little bit of trouble understanding how/why anyone believes in a god. But I find it interesting to hear what others believe, and I don't have any real interest in trying to convince others that god does not exist. Most of my friends and family do believe in god, and I find that I tend to keep quiet about the subject around most of them. And other than feeling like I shouldn't talk about it, it doesn't bother me that they have different beliefs. I know that some of them rely heavily on their belief in god to help them through their lives, and I wouldn't want to take that away from them since I don't exactly have a better alternative to offer.

I think he meant the person's real name, which does seem to be missing from the profiles now.

I'm also using XP/IE7, and it doesn't seem any slower for me. There is something different about the way the pages are loading now, but I don't think it's slower.

I received this quote in an email this morning, and it made me think of this thread:

I didn't become disillusioned with religion; I just never believed in god. And the people at my church were good people, so I never had a problem with them; I just had different beliefs than they had.

They don't. Some may, but you're making a pretty big assumption to think that all atheists care much about science. Personally, I find science fascinating, but it has little to do with my disbelief in god. And I certainly don't rely on science to explain every occurrence.

Ditto. I can't remember ever believing in god. I went to church all the time when I was a kid, Sunday school and all of that, but the stories just never had any ring of truth to them. I liked church because of the people there, but the god part just seemed to be some sort of outdated tradition, some sort of mythology that was being held on to for whatever reason. When I was really young, I actually thought that everyone was just pretending to believe in god. As I got older, I started realizing that people really did believe in it, and I seemed to be the only one who didn't. I can remember finally coming across the word "atheist" in the dictionary, and feeling some sort of comfort in realizing that I must not be the only person in the world who didn't believe in god. So, to maadmax: I didn't really choose atheism. I just simply don't believe that any sort of god exists, and I cannot force myself to believe. I've certainly been open to it, and I've learned about the various religions, but so far that has only helped to confirm my disbelief.

I'd take a look at the billion people, notice that most of them had all sorts of problems (disease, sorrow, loneliness, poverty, etc., etc., etc.). And then I'd probably take the other road, since the road these people are suggesting doesn't seem to be working too well for them.

Yeah, by the time he gets to the part about pretending your face is a Maserati, I'm usually in tears. And then his baby ends up wangoing herself to death, and it's just so tragic.

That's actually what caught my eye and made me start watching the video. I just had VH1 on in the background, but I looked up and thought, "What does that woman have around her waist?" So I was trying to get a closer look, and suddenly she's grabbing a rig and jumping out the window (with her legs not in the legstraps ).

I was thinking the same thing.

Just saw this video on VH1, and I thought the "parachuting" scene was funny: http://youtube.com/watch?v=y5OSAFYQjn0

"Step Fast" from Two Hoots and a Holler. Not sure why. Probably lots of other songs too, but I can't think of any at the moment.