The First Church of the Wrath of Baby Jesus and Open Bar™

[Freeky]

They're reverends. Apparently.

Looks like they need a dose of HOLY™.

THEY JUST REFERRED TO THEIR CLIENT AS A PATIENT.

Point one: "REVERENDS DON'T HAVE PATIENTS." Already, a learning opportunity for them!

[Freeky]

We're discussing the definition of terrorism.  Halp, plz...

EASY.

The use of terror to achieve a goal.

HOW FUCKING HARD IS THAT?

Oh, right, that includes the tactics of EVERY GOVERNMENT EVER, except maybe Canada.  Wait, no, they did that shit too.

So you have to find a definition that is more politically acceptable.  Like so:

The use of terror by brown people to achieve a goal.

Well, yes.  Fortunately, my lecturer does not seem to be a complete fool, and has acknowledged states can and do use terrorism, and that the difference between a gang, terrorists and some states is merely one of degree, not categorical.

She obviously doesn't know who funds her research.

Neat, someone who doesn't preach the hysteria!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

We're discussing the definition of terrorism.  Halp, plz...

EASY.

The use of terror to achieve a goal.

HOW FUCKING HARD IS THAT?

Oh, right, that includes the tactics of EVERY GOVERNMENT EVER, except maybe Canada.  Wait, no, they did that shit too.

So you have to find a definition that is more politically acceptable.  Like so:

The use of terror by brown people to achieve a goal.

Well, yes.  Fortunately, my lecturer does not seem to be a complete fool, and has acknowledged states can and do use terrorism, and that the difference between a gang, terrorists and some states is merely one of degree, not categorical.

She obviously doesn't know who funds her research.

Best not to tell her, then, eh?

[Salty]

 

Just shit on their parade.

They're gonna be here for three days.

GUESS WHO JUST GOT UNREASONABLY GRUMPY AND AWAKWARD?

[Freeky]

Just shit on their parade.

They're gonna be here for three days.

GUESS WHO JUST GOT UNREASONABLY GRUMPY AND AWAKWARD?

Whee!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Switched to an e-cig today.  It seems to work, but everything is strange.  I keep thinking I need to have a smoke, because I have smokes at the same times every day, but when I go to get up, I realize I don't want one.

Now my brain is all confused and that part that fears the leopard is all agitated.

I know that feeling. It's weird. The thing about an e-cigarette is that it TECHNICALLY satisfies the desire for nicotine, but it's missing something. Maybe it's missing the burning sensation of death.

Anyway, I bought one and used it for a while but I just gradually didn't really want it and then I forgot about it.

I bought cigarettes last week, smoked one and then felt kind of grossed out. Now there's an almost-full pack on my bedroom table that I don't know what to do with. Maybe I'll put it away, and I'll have it. Forever.

[Cain]

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[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So my internet is still fucky. Would someone mind checking the internet to see if there are known outages in Portland? The thing that really sucks about this is that I have an online class that starts today and I need to log on, which means that I guess I'm going back to campus to do that.

[Salty]

Comcast? It looks like theres been a problem the last 3-6 hours.

[Cain]

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[The Good Reverend Roger]

Switched to an e-cig today.  It seems to work, but everything is strange.  I keep thinking I need to have a smoke, because I have smokes at the same times every day, but when I go to get up, I realize I don't want one.

Now my brain is all confused and that part that fears the leopard is all agitated.

I know that feeling. It's weird. The thing about an e-cigarette is that it TECHNICALLY satisfies the desire for nicotine, but it's missing something. Maybe it's missing the burning sensation of death.

Anyway, I bought one and used it for a while but I just gradually didn't really want it and then I forgot about it.

I bought cigarettes last week, smoked one and then felt kind of grossed out. Now there's an almost-full pack on my bedroom table that I don't know what to do with. Maybe I'll put it away, and I'll have it. Forever.

For SCIENCE, I just had a regular smoke.

Jesus fuck, did I feel like this ALL THE TIME?

[Nephew Twiddleton]

My presence here will be intermittent over the next couple of weeks. I still have to feel out my new schedule. Basically I have in person classes on Monday and Thursday morning, after which I either go to work or home (coin toss, currently home), but because bio is a bit of a fusion class, with deadlines around Sunday and Monday for online homework assignments, and my algebra class, which is online, is spread across the week for deadlines, and I'm over at Villager's on Saturday and Sunday, it's possible that until December my presence will be significantly scaled down.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

So my internet is still fucky. Would someone mind checking the internet to see if there are known outages in Portland? The thing that really sucks about this is that I have an online class that starts today and I need to log on, which means that I guess I'm going back to campus to do that.

You with Comcast?

Yes.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Switched to an e-cig today.  It seems to work, but everything is strange.  I keep thinking I need to have a smoke, because I have smokes at the same times every day, but when I go to get up, I realize I don't want one.

Now my brain is all confused and that part that fears the leopard is all agitated.

I know that feeling. It's weird. The thing about an e-cigarette is that it TECHNICALLY satisfies the desire for nicotine, but it's missing something. Maybe it's missing the burning sensation of death.

Anyway, I bought one and used it for a while but I just gradually didn't really want it and then I forgot about it.

I bought cigarettes last week, smoked one and then felt kind of grossed out. Now there's an almost-full pack on my bedroom table that I don't know what to do with. Maybe I'll put it away, and I'll have it. Forever.

For SCIENCE, I just had a regular smoke.

Jesus fuck, did I feel like this ALL THE TIME?

Yes, you did.

[Pope Pixie Pickle]

Some days I truly wonder why I work so hard.

It's like an hour of isometrics at a time, when instead I could just, you know, take the trolly to the imaginary kingdom and think about fiction while they assume....

Oh God, the dude uses a singing bowl. I can hear it.

I hate these people.

HATE.

Singing bowl?

Sometimes cystal, sometimes metal, tibetan singing bowls are used, like tuning forkes, to bring a persons "energy" in harmony with the bowl's virbations.

"There's a nice vibration here."

But what is it?

It's just a bowl. Think wine glasses, when you rub the rim. Like that.

  or 

As God is my witness, I cannot decide.

It's cultural appropriation, like those fucking tulpas.  Tulpas.  Even if you believe in that sort of thing, which I don't, the Tibetian monks claim it takes YEARS AND YEARS to achieve an actual tulpa.  On the other hand, if you're a fatass 20-something Pagan from Scottsdale, it takes, what, 15 minutes.

ON THE OTHER HAND...

...These assclowns are taking money from suckers, and as Canada Bill Jones said, "It is morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money" (He was also the guy that said "A Smith & Wesson beats four aces.").

Note:  He wasn't from Canada, and had never even been to Canada.  Professional gamblers are weird.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpw53tN6h8E

singing bowls