I curtsy in your direction, WillaCatheter! I've not seen such brilliant logic since, uh...oh yeah, the one about God torturing Job because he loved him so very, very much! (Yeah, that was the one that led me away from the Church at the tender age of 9....) Thou art brilliant!

Thinkin' that Robert Downey, Jr., would make a good Diderot....

Wow! Hadn't thought about that aspect of it- great point!

Actually, it can be very damaging, in the military environment. Think about it: a general fools around with say, a sargeant's wife. This causes stresses within the ranks, not just between the immediately affected parties- this is a small community of people under a great deal of pressure, and the effects of "he…

No, not at all- I think, to a certain degree, it *was* about comparative religion, but even moreso about the nature of reality and how morality and ethics tie into that- both themes were really, really strong.

I've had a similar thought about Christian pop music, as well- seems like you could swap the name of ANY woman or man into the lyrics, in the place of "Jesus", and you'd have a bunch of really frightening, stalker-y love ballads. Just sayin'.

We had a similar experience at a wildlife rehab that I used to volunteer at, except in our case, he was a baby Stellar's jay- he was a loopy little thing, and as far as I know, he's still at the center- he never did fly well enough to consider releasing him, plus his quirky personality made him an ideal candidate for…

Thank you! It's good to know that there are people like you out there! There are days that the world just feels so empty of goodness. But not today.

*Grinning evilly* Imagine, if you will, human women and girls, suddenly being capable of (or cursed with) parthenogenesis? And just how *would* they deal with the issue of abortion THEN? Can you imagine- all of their little Honey Boo Boo's suddenly, spontaneously getting knocked up? Only so many virgin births are…

Meth also causes a nasty type of cystic acne in a lot of people- you can "spot the tweaker" by the boils on their faces and other exposed skin. They eventually can get a sort of leaden skin tone, almost steel grey, too- it's really horrible. And they tend to loose their teeth, as well. It's ugly, all the way around.…

I find it disturbing that Jezebel is the only place that I can find out ANYTHING recent about this case- I *live* in Idaho, and can't seem to locate anything on the ruling in the local news. Thank you for keeping us informed, Erin!

Yup. Ever notice that their shaving cream is about a thousand percent better than the "just for lady-beings"? I don't care HOW manly my damned legs smell afterwards- beats the hell out of dying the death of the thousand cuts!

Yes. Just yes.

It's all good. I wish you luck in your work- change is always so slow.

Even the fey cannot withstand the jellyfish.

Yep, you hit that right on the head! We're more or less surrounded by fires right now, plus getting the smoke from CA, WA, and OR as well, depending on the day. I understand your frustration- guessing that you work in emergency services? And I completely get what you're saying, now. I'm in the Treasure Valley, in…

Lindy, I love you for that first paragraph. Thank you.

Oh, we do that here. A lot. And we're surrounded by wildfires, in the valley where I live. The irony is, we're not in a drought over here in the West- that's in the midwest and the East. In fact, we had an unusually wet spring, here in the intermountain states, and the Pacific Northwest flooded all to hell, too, from…

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Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but the "Vampires Suck" grafitti? That was a nod to the 2010 spoof movie. Not a great movie, mind, but the spirit of the thing is what counts here. Love that self-deprecating thing!