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Author: velveeta jones    Date: 08/24/2008 12:45:57

Its come to this. Velveeta has turned into a drooling idiot. I'd always known this would eventually come to pass, but I held out hope that I'd reach such an age where I wouldn't know the difference.

Yes, dear readers, last night I stood in a small cubicle and felt as if I was Varya from Chekov's "Cherry Orchard" hearing the harp string break. Though in this case, it was not the demise of the aristocracy and the rise of the middle class; it was my small brain trying to take in more information than Our Dear Lord ever imagined.

I recently accepted a promotion at that place that pays me money - and it has already taken its toll on me. As I stood in said cubicle office and listened to an explanation of my responsibilities - there came the breaking of the harp string. I heard it as clear as day; right over the drone of "....then you look up the person's account number and enter it..........recount the money even though you counted it twice..........sort the slips of paper..........login to the ............fill out this form, and then this form..............answer the phone while counting........"

:thud:

And so my dear readers, I feel little remorse in presenting to you, today's blog, which is just short of an Open Thread. Call it: Stuff to ponder.


Another reason Priests should not really give advice on Sex:


In the reality based community, when you've got a problem, you call an expert with some skills and training to deal with it. In the rest of the world, you call a priest to blame evil spirits and do nothing for a small pile of money. How else to explain asking a wizened old Catholic priest to explain 'perversions' and STDs?

Promiscuity, as well as homosexuality and pornography, says 73 year-old Fr. Jeremy Davies, is a form of sexual perversion and can lead to demonic possession. Offering what may be an explanation for the explosion of homosexuality in recent years, Fr. Davies said, "Among the causes of homosexuality is a contagious demonic factor."

Fr. Davies continues: "Even heterosexual promiscuity is a perversion; and intercourse, which belongs in the sanctuary of married love, can become a pathway not only for disease but also for evil spirits."


From yesterday's NYT comes the story of a NOLA church that was demolished by the city after being damaged by Katrina. But, the church was not only salvageable but in the process of being restored!

The hurricane did not by itself destroy Holy Ground. Except for that one damaged corner, the building still stood, firm on its foundation. Acting on behalf of the pastor, volunteers from the Common Ground Relief group tore out the sodden drywall, leaving the wooden frame intact, ready in Mr. Adams’s opinion for restoration. The city itself rated the structure as salvageable.

Then came the second calamity, this one entirely manmade.

On Oct. 17, 2006, without having reached Mr. Adams, much less received his consent, the city issued a demolition permit for the house of God, at 2223 Lizardi Street. By the time the pastor found out a few days later what had happened, there was nothing left on the site except a patch of the front walk and a cinderblock embedded in the soil.


And lastly, I present more local government shenanigans. Kids with a sidewalk stand to sell lemonade or veggies- What is more American? Well not here:

Of course kids should be able to be kids! I think that this touches on a separate issue as well, one not mentioned in the article. Shouldn’t people have the right to sell the food that they produced on their (albeit small) piece of land? How does a roadside veggie stand devalue our neighborhoods? Especially when it is selling organic food much cheaper than one can find in the “super” grocery store. The last question is, what kind of ultra-conformist calls the mayor to complain about an “illegal” activity like this?

But Clayton Mayor Gregory Manning said he first heard of the girls’ operation this past April, after two residents called to ask if it was legal. Two months later, a police officer was sent to the stand to tell the Lewises that the girls were violating zoning regulations that prohibit commercial activities in a residential area.

The stand also violates health regulations, he said, which state that food can’t be sold without a permit.


Have a relaxing Sunday everyone!
 

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