This must be what going mad feels like.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


dcp - Nov 12, 2009 2:28:14 pm PST #19035 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

cured shark

I think this is a reference to hákarl. Yuck.


msbelle - Nov 12, 2009 2:28:51 pm PST #19036 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Can someone come take care of mac tonight? I just want to have him bathed (without me needing to be in there) and go to bed while I veg in front of the tv.


brenda m - Nov 12, 2009 2:29:52 pm PST #19037 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

And, er, yes, I realize that in the second sentence above I basically just completely described the Episcopal church in America. It's just...I love my little band of misfits, standing vigil at the gates of San Quentin when there's an execution, stubbornly using the gender-inclusive and neutral language that was recently forbidden, speaking up during the Prayers for the Faithful to ask for the ordination of women, getting arrested every Thanksgiving crossing the line at Fort Benning/SOA, marching on every union picket line in the East Bay, the priest who preached against Prop 8.

I posted the above before seeing this. I've almost gotten arrested outside Fort Benning! Good times. And there were a lot of good Catholics with me. So I guess I should add to what I said before - you remind me of some of the fucking remarkable people I've known, and you're the most present person in my life who shows me what Catholic faith can be at it's best.

So, um, from an unbeliver with massive religion issues. Thank you.


Dana - Nov 12, 2009 2:32:29 pm PST #19038 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Aside from my family, I am definitely grateful for the presence of awesome religious people here and elsewhere on the internet. (Edit: For providing positive examples.) JZ, Liese, Anne, and others I'm sure I'm forgetting.

QI had a whole bit last season about a Pope who dug up another Pope and put his corpse on trial.


Jesse - Nov 12, 2009 2:37:06 pm PST #19039 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Speaking of religion, I got a menu in my mailbox from what is apparently a Mexican restaurant associated with a Christian ministry.


Toddson - Nov 12, 2009 2:50:44 pm PST #19040 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

JZ, I also love hearing about your church. The problem with the Catholic Church seems to be with the hierarchy; so many of the individuals I know - including you - are such good people.

And, in case there was any doubt, Matilda seems to have inherited her mother's sense of style (and fondness for hats).


Jesse - Nov 12, 2009 2:51:39 pm PST #19041 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Also, I got a note in the mail from my parents' minister. Nice!


§ ita § - Nov 12, 2009 2:53:53 pm PST #19042 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I got a menu in my mailbox from what is apparently a Mexican restaurant associated with a Christian ministry.

I have an Italian menu with bible quotes on it. I wonder if they like heathens ordering from them, but I figure in the end they're business.


Jesse - Nov 12, 2009 2:56:48 pm PST #19043 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

You're reading the quotes, right? It's all good.


Hil R. - Nov 12, 2009 2:57:06 pm PST #19044 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

That's only true in some parts of Northern Virginia. In others, all roads lead to Braddock Road.

I'm pretty sure that in Arlington, all roads lead to Glebe Road.