Reliquenzkreuz von Cosenza Originally uploaded by Thomas Roche Poppy Z. Brite made a comment on my last LJ post that encourages me to clarify a couple of my views on faith and organized religion. First and foremost, my use of the term "Religious Freaks" to describe so-called "socially conservative" "religious" "crusaders" should not be considered an association between those two...
For Ben's birthday on Friday, we got in the car, picked up Michele and drove to his surprise. On the way, Michele and I tried to come up with misleading 'hints' about what we were doing. "You're getting a makeover. Then we're going to Denny's, 'cos you get a free birthday meal, and it's ladies' night so drag queens drink free." "Shut up. What are we really doing? Give me a real hint." "Well," I...
Im gonna post the questions though. Im lazy. 1. Someone who seems to have a lot of close friends. bitsofmymind 2. Someone you've known for a long time. smurfreak 3. Someone you'd like to trade places with. sabrina_pandora 4. Someone who seems likely to be a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. girllikething 5. Someone who seems like a...
"The most hated three words in New Orleans this summer:
CONE OF PROBABILITY" -- docbrite While the National Weather Service still has us within Hurricane Ike's "Cone of Probability", as of this afternoon for the first time ALL the Weather Underground computer models now have it going to Texas. Yay for not evacuating twice in a month (same number of times I evacuated in all the 1980s...
So, all the cool kids are doing this confusing "Answer questions about people on your flist without telling anyone the questions until they say they want to do the meme too" meme. So, while I was going to blissfully ignore it I kept seeing my name pop up and curiosity ate my face... *eyes herit * e_e 1. There are 30 questions. 2. Next to each number, write only the name of the person who...
~celebrated~ horror author & New Orleans native, Poppy Z Bright, has a few things to say about Michael Moore, calling him a "pus-dripping fuckstick" along with other...insults. "I've despised Michael Moore since I saw Bowling For Columbine , but I suggest that anyone who still likes him take a look at this YouTube video (apologies for the link, but I've not yet figured out how to embed a video...
By all accounts, things are looking cautiously optimistic in New Orleans. docbrite posted a voice message reporting power outages but no real damage. No word yet from Victor Gicshler up in Baton Rouge, but I figure he’ll post when the power comes back on. Meanwhile, I’ve got to get back to work. I’m officially out of unproductive days.