ron: im researching when someone started the official jewish mourning period
   the guy i work with, his mom just died. jews visit the house while they are in mourning
   ron wants to make sure he misses this period
me: good old jews
ron: indeed
   everything is always so complex
me: you're like the anti-jew
ron: someone has to be. i need a costume ( Read more... )

There is this saying “people fight their demons," which suggests that these demons are some unexplained, metaphysical forces that need to be combated when all we are really talking about is that person’s insecurities, fears, needs, wants, inadequacies, and all of those emotional responses developed during childhood that make up who we are. In our ( Read more... )

"If someone had asked me what it means to be alive, I would have answered in good faith that it means nothing, merely an empty vessel... We were all just a pile of awkward lives, embarrassed by ourselves. We hadn't the slightest reason to be there, none of us. Every living being, confused, vaguely anxious, felt redundant... I was redundant too ( Read more... )

Europe has been relegated to some remote part of my mind (probably adjacent to the memories of the one-testicled midget). I’ve spent the past few weeks marathoning TV shows (e.g., Pushing Daises, Chuck, Journeyman, and now The 4400, etc), negotiating with my company regarding their interest in my staying and my interest in moving on, contemplating ( Read more... )

ron: i didnt mention to john that tonight i'm meeting with Christian Lord, the Buddhist guy, to discuss attending the Buddhist ceremony tomorrow. I’m more interested in learning their philosophy, though ( Read more... )

Youtube deleted this video. Finding it again was not an easy task.

Jam Phone Sex Doctor

This really makes me laugh. Not work safe.

[11:18] Ron: in unrelated news, ron got his first christmas tree (a real one, at the office) and feels closer to christ as a result ( Read more... )

Setting: Calexico concert. I turn to my friend and scream something into her ear. Her face immediately contorts into a 'wtf look', and screams back, "why the fuck are you telling me you like porn now?!?!" "Horns, Deb, I said I like the HORNS ( Read more... )

Fun conversation for later reference with a lesbian minister of the United Methodist church.

Organized Religion and Intolerance <-- click here.

( Don't tolerate intolerance (except intolerance occurring at any even number of steps away from the bottom element in a descending linear chain of intolerance) )