This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Republican in a Poke.
Slate.com has an excellent Illustrated Guide to GOP Scandals posted. Check it out for a Highlights Magazine style tour through twisted world of the GOP. At their rate we might be able to have a page-a-day calendar next year, there’s certainly enough material.
Compelling Evidence
Ah, so there must have been a “creator” because eyeballs are complicated and there aren’t any crocoducks. Sound as a pound there Kirk.
I also like how Orly says that “…well there is some bitterness on the religious side as well…” (you know, to keep it fair & balanced), but then only mentions radical jihadists. Gee, no mention of the inquisition, the killing of abortion doctors or the violently anti-homosexual Christian right. Fair & Balanced my eye you tool.
Oh Mike Sever, how far you’ve fallen.
And Bill, I seriously doubt you did or could win a debate with Richard Dawkins.
What Religion Hath Wrought.
Iraq: Kurdish girl stoned to death, mob films it on cameraphones
In a short mobile video clip which appears to have been taken by locals at seen of the murder, the girl is seen being ambushed on her way home by a group of up to 1000 men who were waiting for her to return; the men killed her in the most brutal way possible, by throwing large stones on her head. The following clips show that while she is alive and crying for help she is taunted and kicked in her stomach until someone finishes her off by throwing a large stone on her face.
From the clips it appears that the girl was first stripped naked to symbolize that she had dishonored her family and her Yezidi religion. She is lying on the road naked while her smashed face is covered with blood and still breathing.
WARNING! Videos contain extreme violence, watch at your own risk.
How can you believe in a god that would allow things like this? Religion is poison and will be our end.
The End of an Era*
THE 3,000th POST
I had stated close to two months ago that I was creeping toward post number 3,000. Well as of this writing the zenith has been reached. I also said that once I got here, I would reassess a few things and make a decision. I decided, and I've decided to quit. I'm not going to quit writing all together mind you (that would be ludicrous), just not writing here anymore.
One of the main reasons for this is that I simply do not get out of it what I used to. Posting here feels empty and one-sided. I find myself searching for things on the Internet, reading news and seeking out recreational activities not as things to be enjoyed, but in order to find something to write about. Writing about the act (whatever it may be) has superseded the act itself. I don't like the feeling it gives me and I don't like the way it has caused me to devalue certain situations.
A second reason, and the reason I may continue writing in a new blog sans friends-lists and friend-only posts, is the loss of conversation. The entire purpose of writing on the Internet and blogs in particular is the spread of information, the forming of conversation. Even if this is simply a link to a stupid YouTube video or a Flickr photoset, it's a conduit to a larger conversation. That conversation seems to have been lost. The truth is, the people left on my friends list and the ones I read I don't really know all that well. I don't know you enough to care about the minutiae of your life, nor should I expect you to care about the minutiae of mine. Most peoples lives are boring, even the seemingly dramatic parts. I know I'm being hypocritical when I say this as I've had my fair share of “poor me” posts, but that's what I am going to remedy. I don't mean to criticize anyone's LJ life, but it simply isn't for me anymore.
Third, I feel that writing here severely stifles my creativity. There's no denying that I spend more time looking for things to post about than the actual posting. I've lost the plot and I aim to get it back. It seems fitting that this draws to a close at the beginning of the summer and when some dramatic shifts in my time and life situation(s) are about to take place. I have more in me and doing this is no longer helping. I'm not sure if discontinuing writing here will help, but certainly can't hurt.
There are many more reasons and I've thought about this quite a bit over the last month or so, but I won't bore you with all of that. I will of course be leaving this LJ intact for memory purposes, as I have four years of life documented here (and I'm paid up until December). I'm also sure it will be a hard habit to break of checking the friends-list multiple times a day, so don't be shocked by a random comment or two.
I know this all seems overly dramatic but so be it. I've got nothing else to say, so I'll just exit with a small bow and a curtsy. Have a good one, it's been grand.
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*I realize calling this an “Era” is a little hyperbolic but it made for a good title.