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This is not a rant, just an effin cool song from XTC

Dear god,
Hope you got the letter,
And I pray you can make it better down here.
I don,Äôt mean a big reduction in the price of beer,
But all the people that you made in your image,
See them starving on their feet,
,Äôcause they don,Äôt get enough to eat
From god,

I can,Äôt believe in you.

Dear god,
Sorry to disturb you,
But I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears,
And all the people that you made in your image,
See them fighting in the street,
,Äôcause they can,Äôt make opinions meet,
About god,

I can,Äôt believe in you.

Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too.

Dear god,
Don,Äôt know if you noticed,
But your name is on a lot of quotes in this book.
Us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
And all the people that you made in your image,
Still believing that junk is true.
Well I know it ain,Äôt and so do you,
Dear god,

I can,Äôt believe in,
I don,Äôt believe in,

I won,Äôt believe in heaven and hell.
No saints, no sinners,
No devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown.
You,Äôre always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown.
Those lost at sea and never found,
And it,Äôs the same the whole world ,Äôround.
The hurt I see helps to compound,
That the father, son and holy ghost,
Is just somebody,Äôs unholy hoax,
And if you,Äôre up there you,Äôll perceive,
That my heart,Äôs here upon my sleeve.

If there,Äôs one thing I don,Äôt believe in...

It,Äôs you,
Dear god.

Remember growing up?
Maybe you're still doing it now.

I remember talking to my parents whilst growing up. Jaded people who had battled, tripped, saved people from drug addictions, resisted a communist governement, left family behind and then settled into a cozy middle class existance. I remember hearing their proclamation of what was to come for me:

"You can cling on to your ideals when you're young, but when real life and responsibility come around you'll forget them, everybody does."

Well I refuse.

I refuse to put on a suit, paint my face on and shut my brain off.

And I refuse to accept that the people snearing at "idealists" as being just, well "idealists" know what they're talking about. Where would the world be without idealists? Where would we all be if some of us weren't willing to go mad fighting for the truth, for good, for empathy, for humanity, for the planet that makes our existance even possible.

Even if it is a Don Quixote run at the windmills, I'd rather know I fought than wake up one day to the realization that when you put your head in the sand you cut off your own air supply.

Crafty Discordians meet here!

Looks like a number of us like to knit, crochet, embroider etc. so this thread will be a great place to share tricks of the trade, post fun patterns we've found or links to helpful websites.

I'm working on a very simple scarf right now, but I found a site that shows you how to incorporate beads into knitting--so even if you only know the simplest of knitting stitches you can make your handywork look amazing! I'm trying it out now, it's not complicated and so far it's looking great!

Check it out: http://www.knittersreview.com/article_how_to.asp?article=/review/profile/020502_a.asp

Also: I would love to know how to crochet. Does anyone have any pointers for getting started? Books, sites, or personal tips would be most welcome.