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Weekend over. Begin paper turning in sequence tomorrow...

The trombone mailing list is precognitive. Someone asked about the seven words you can't say on television (and all the other ones, too.) a couple days ago, and got the How Stuff Works page on swearing. Today, in the DRT listings, lo and behold, that page doth appear. Yet another fine example of being able to predict the future... or of odd coincidences. You'll get a chance to possibly test out those new words and phrases when you consider Spam Cupcakes.

Unopened soda cans are a treasure. When combined with a Beating Stick, the game of fizzball is born. I've played one of its variants at least once, where there was no beating stick, merely allowing it to strike the ground after being shaken and hurled into the air. Much fun to be had by both cans and humans.

The person in this articles takes more than merely a dim view of most organized, book-carrying religions: he makes them out to be confidence men, swindling the willing dupes with grace and aplomb.

Lastly, happy birthday to the Canadian with not enough time on his hands, too much strange porn on his machine, and more than enough wit and snark to go around. Vote [livejournal.com profile] lordmork, or he'll hit you. Yes, you.
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[identity profile] greyweirdo.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
Spam Cupcakes.

What the fuck did I ever do to you? To make me even THINK about that idea. And then you presented a link, A LINK! You know I have to click the links, and then I see that! Even when I close my eyes I can still see it!
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[personal profile] silveradept 2005-12-05 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Sorry. I've been immersed in the weird long enough that I can look on some of those things and not get mindflayed because of shielding. I did say it would be a good exercise for your newfound knowledge of how swear words work, though.

[identity profile] greyweirdo.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh I know how to swear.

I think if I my mind wasn't a puppy that had been kicked in the kenel by a shitty, shitty concert, I might react better. My defenses had suffered greatlyu tonight. I still haven't done my DVD review for Friday... or saturday... or today...

No, wait, did friday just not after that.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2005-12-05 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. Sorry for the inadverdent meltdown, then.

[identity profile] greyweirdo.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 07:35 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, a few gallons of cola and I'll forget all about it.

[identity profile] sharkcowsheep.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Spam cupcakes aren't quite as wacky as you think. One of my grandmother's cookbooks, published in 1890, has a recipe for "Pork Cake" on page 62. Same thing, but before the dawn of the Spam era.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2005-12-05 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Point made. But that at least implies that the materials being used are real. With Spam, that's a dodgy prospect.

[identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. Interesting article on religious con men. I find the base assumption, that religions offer paradise in return for money, to be nearly completely in error, however. Most religions say that paradise is obtained in return for good deeds, not money. (Or in return for confessing Christ, if you're a born again type.) Giving money to the church may fall under the heading of good deeds, but is not the sole item to be found there. Though I will admit that there are indeed a few actual religious scams, I can't think of any major religion that requires one to give money to said religion.

Though I suppose you could make an argument for Mormonism, as tithe paying is required if you want to attend the temple ceremonies. But even there, tithing doesn't get you to paradise.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2005-12-05 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
He seems to think that the matters of good deeds or finding Christ are activities that disguise the main purpose of bilking the populace out of their monies. It's an argument that's been raised against the Catholic Church a few times, and many of the major televangelists, too. For him, it's an effective scam because they don't advertise their money-making purpose.

[identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Well, considering some of the past history of the Catholics (indulgences, anyone?) that's a good point. I just think that it's a bit ironic he talks about religious bigotry, when he seems just a touch prejudiced himself. It's an awfully narrow article.

[identity profile] greyweirdo.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
I thought the writer had a few good points, but they seemed to wander off the main idea too many times. It does seem though that many things the writer points out could be said of High School, or a baseball club for that matter.

[identity profile] lordmork.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you. You may consider yourself exempt from the hitting even if you don't vote for me!

[identity profile] blacktigr.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised you missed this clip that's going around this week.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=515642196227308929&q=russian

[identity profile] sharkcowsheep.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
Good lord and butter, it's a teenaged Russian ninja! We're doomed.

Actually he makes my penis feel very very small indeed. People like him should be poisoned in their sleep so the rest of us feel better.
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[personal profile] silveradept 2005-12-05 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I've seen Ninja videos, so while this one has some skill, I find myself more picking apart the technical aspects of the tricks and finding that while they all take skill, a lot of them don't seem to be nearly as difficult to execute as they would appear.

They're good. I guess I just haven't gotten around to seeing this particular video yet.

[identity profile] amenquohi.livejournal.com 2005-12-05 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Spam Cupcakes. Oh. My. God. Can you imagine what your teeth must feel like after eating those? Bleh!
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[personal profile] silveradept 2005-12-05 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Frankly, I'd rather not.
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