Huh. There's a branch of my bank located inside a grocery store a block away from where I work. Apparently it was just robbed. My boss is thinking they probably have very little cash on hand (whenever he tries to withdraw money from them they walk him over to the ATM) so maybe it wasn't the best thought out robbery attempt.

Dalmation riding a bicycle.

Steph, tell him about the fitted sheet I paid $320 for if you want to see his head implode.

Dad is planning to also buy a new mattress/box spring set (his current one is older than his sheets, seriously), and I get the feeling that he's going to expect to pay less than $320 for the whole dealie. He's going to be in for a shock.

(I'm with flea -- cloth of gold?)

Crimson rayon faux silk, with a weave that I'd estimate at about 800 thread count. It was my Christmas present to myself after the Project from Hell in 2003.

Something's been on my mind... so I'm just going to think out loud here and see if any one has comments....

So I've recently decided I want to attempt dating again. Which made me thing about my Match.com profile, where I've specified that I'd prefer to date someone who's agnostic or atheist. I've been mulling it over and now I'm not sure if I should limit my potential dating pool to non-theists. And the more I thought about it, the more I found it difficult to articulate why I don't want to date a religious person.

My original thought was that a person's religious perspective (or lack thereof) is a very significant (perhaps the most significant) part of their outlook on life, so I wanted someone who shared my outlook. Related to that, I think I was looking for someone who thinks the same as me in many respects. Now I'm starting to suspect that there isn't anyone who thinks just like me, and that it really isn't necessary for two people to love each other. (Need I mention that I haven't dated much in recent decades?)

Another reason for me wanting to not date a religious person is the fear that she'll look at me as some poor lost soul who won't accept the Truth of Jesus (or Whatever) into my life. But if she's more thinking, "I believe this, he believes that; who knows for sure who's right?" - well, I think I could live with that.

Like I said - I find it hard to articulate my feelings on this.

Questions? Comments? </Soulless Willow>

Don't people have to work, or take personal phone calls, or just do long conference calls or anything? I don't understand not being able to close a door if you have one!

We are moving to a new office with an open seating plan (i.e. all cubes, all the time). I will so miss my door. I told boss to expect me to be WAH (working at home) far more frequently.

Tommy -- you don't want to date a Jesus Freak (etc.), but neither do I, and I believe in Jesus! I think it's definitely possible for two people to have compatible but not identical viewpoints. I think it would be reasonable to say you're an athiest, but open to dating anyone -- anyone who's interested in dating an athiest!

If you specify your beliefs but state that you are open, you'll probably attract others who are open. A devoutly religious person wouldn't contact you, for example. Where I could see this getting sticky is if you ever want to have children. I've seen cases in which not very religious people change their tune when they have kids.

I'm with Jesse, tommy. There are life values that can come out of religion that are the same as ones that come without religion, and that's the big stuff.

Tommy, there's probably a lot of people out there who believe in some kind of god/are spiritual, but that aren't actively religious. Just because they believe doesn't mean they want to convert.