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Comment Spam

Awesome.
I just went to post a comment on my husband's website and got this reply:

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If you believe you have received this message in error, please contact the author of this weblog.

Ok, I know it's a running joke in marriages that one partner sometimes tunes the other out-> but this is overkill.

A Dark Winter

They said there'd be snow at Christmas,
They said there'd be peace on earth,
Hallelujah! Noel!, be it Heaven or Hell,
The Christmas we get, we deserve.*

More people than in recent memory got out there and ticked a box to control the fate of the nation yesterday. And evidently more of them were fueled by emotion than reason. What can I say? We know the economy is in shambles. We know the last four years have been shown the most open disregard by political and business leaders since Tamminy Hall. We know that the war in Iraq was justified by completely fallicious claims and that we operated the invasion at near 'rogue state' status as far as the rest of the world was concerned. We know that Bush put up an absolutely embarassing performance at debates. We know that he also stacked his appearances and refused access to many. The curtain came up on the wizard and showed him to be a man operating machinery much bigger than himself. So we voted.
And hatred won.

(Many thanks to Greg Lake for one of the best Christmas songs ever.)

Yer Out!

OK. Third strike. The Red Sox they ain't.
Now Ohio has probably passed their 'legalize homophobia' law. Gah. I hang my head.
My theory is that the bigots there finally caught wind that the Union won the Civil War. And, thanks to all those bleeding hearts in the 60's, they now have to give all these "special interest" groups all sorts of "special rights." You know like jobs, the ability to buy a house in a neighborhood of their choice, the ability to vote and send their kids to decent schools. Special rights. Because God himself (and that's another debate) hauled his radient keister down off the mount just to hand these rights to only one set of men- and screw everybody else. Yeah. Go look it up. It's in Deuteronomy, right next to the passage about eating lobster being grounds for eternal damnation.
Anyway.
So now all these poor bigots have nothing to do on a Saturday afternoon. When up jumps a new group. Whoa. And there's no race, color or creed involved. Ding, ding, ding. You can just hear Carson from Queer Eye, can't you:
"Homosexuality. It's the new Black."

Now, all those GodFearing Yokels (TM) can be as prejudiced as they like and blame it on God. God doesn't like Sodomites. Well, where exactly does that leave Lesbians? Does that make them the chosen people?

For the record, the Bible is a bit like the municipal penal code, there are little infractions and big ones. In fact, TEN big ones. let me recount:
1. You shall not worship any other god but YHWH.
2. You shall not make a graven image.
3. You shall not take the name of YHWH in vain.
4. You shall not break the Sabbath.
5. You shall not dishonor your parents.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not commit perjury.
10. You shall not covet.

Now. This is not my wording. I doubt it's the wording used by the original author either, but I don't think they'll be upset about copyright infringement. Ok, we have God is good, God is yer pal. Good. No images or cursing. Okay. Oops. I play hockey on the Sabbath. But I do it with Love in my heart so that might be ok. Oh, boy: dishonoring the parents. If YHWH (which is either a fancy spelling for Yahweh or God's legal team, I dunno) talks to my Mom I'm going down in flames. My teen years were not kind to her. Might as well go ahead and order the lobster then.
Ok Murder. Yep that's a bad one.
AHA.
ADULTERY. Here's the one that's pertinant. Notice it's not Sodomy. Nor even Copulation. Specifically, not a single word that would make Masters & Johnson proud. Good ol' Merriem Webster (who might be a little less understanding about copyright than Team YHWH) defines adultery as:
"voluntary sexual intercourse between a married man and someone other than his wife or between a married woman and someone other than her husband; also : an act of adultery"
OK. What are the statistics of Adultery in this country? Any guesses? I see a hand at the back of the room. "Everyone but you?" Typical. But wrong. Nobody actually knows how many cases of Adultery there are in the US. Honestly. The home video market just isn't that big. But it is a top reason for divorce. And divorce statistics are about 50% of marriages. (If you want, I'll swing statistics with you. But let's not do it here, there's breakables.) And not everyone who cheats gets dumped. Which means now there are all these 'properly santified' marriages with one or more members just a wee bit chummy with the next door neighbor or that end in divorce, which probably also counts as adultery if either of the partners decides to ever date again.

So, before the snoring gets to loud: here's the problem. We have all these married people who don't want to follow the biggest and strongest bit of marital advice Team YHWH has to offer. And when they screw up, they decide its just best to call it quits rather than slogging through a reconstruction which might be a bit messy and difficult. THEN these same people turn around and bleat about sanctity.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE MAKING A MOCKERY OF THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE!

My take on the whole thing is based on my conservative upbringing. I'm very modest when it comes to relationships. Therefore, I am ALL for marriage because I'm ALL for monogamy. You're supposed to pick someone, make a vow, and spend the rest of your life with them. I just can't understand what the big deal is in the gender of the people involved. I'm married to a man. I'm lucky, my hardwired tendancies happen to be socially acceptable. But I don't intend to have children, and that makes me wonder. Is there any difference at all between my marriage and a same sex marriage? I'm not finding one.

I'm Late

True to white rabbit form, I was late to my first class. Really not my fault you see, there was bit of a parking problem. Not only was there rain and construction on campus, but the day pass machine was out of tickets.
But of course, late + costume= Well, I got a standing ovation from my Physics class.

Hmmm. This post was sent at 10AM on Friday. I guess my Sidekick was as late as I was.

Two Strikes

Cincinnati has had its name in the news twice in two days. Yesterday as human interest dateline- Cincinnati with the title "Cornhole Interest Spreading Beyond Midwest." Yeesh. What can I say to that? It couldn't happen to a nicer homophobe.
Then this morning as the DJs were abusing 'battleground states' and poll challengers one jokes; "Yeah. They're beating democrats up in Cincinnati."
And people wonder why I'm embarassed by my home state.

Three's A Charm

Well, once again I will try to send this photo. Let's see if I can get this through. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you "Me-n-Jen"....

For the record, Jen was a belly-dancer and I was the White Rabbit from Through the Looking Glass. I'm pretty proud of the idea. I took a dance-hall dress, the top hat and a bunny tail. Whiskers in gold eye liner, and even a white fur wrap for the morning and evening chill.
Shame I can't wear stuff like that more often. Hrrm. Uh oh. Best keep watching this space.

V US-Day

To me, election day coverage refers to the blanket I'm hiding under until this is all over. I voted two weeks ago. Just leave me alone and do your civic duty. I'll stick my head out from under the covers tomorrow morning and decide if I'm moving to Canada or not.
If you have any love left for this country please get Boss W and his cronies out before he terrorizes more people.

Salem Witch

At Carolyn's and Peter's wonderful party Friday, there was a recipe for
Salem Witch. Despite it being a vodka based drink (not my syle) I really
liked it. Vodka, midori, sour raz (I think), grenadine, lime, sour mix
and soda. It tastes kind of like Karma smells.