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Mar. 13th, 2014 16:57Tuesday March 11, 2014 Took some books to the local Little Free Library.
***A Jehovah's Witness asked if I'd like something to read. There was a time when I distributed political pamphlets; so I accepted his offer.
It occurred to me that Jehovah's Witnesses who became Satanists ought to join Lucifer's Witnesses.
Other possible Satanist group names: Damnation Army. The Society of Enemies. The Unethical Culture Society.
***Comments of Comment:
Stardreamer 3/10/14:
Most dollar stores were actually dollar stores when we first started seeing them, some 15 or 20 years ago. There was one that amused me, in a heavily-Latino section of Houston, that called itself !Caramba 99¢! Unsurprisingly, in the intervening time, inflation has taken its toll. For a while, most of the dollar stores had gone to $1.08; these days they're up to $1.15.[See correction to following below] Dollar Tree is not, by the usual definition, a dollar store -- they're a discount chain. I've had to explain this to people before, with varying levels of success. In a dollar store, _everything_ is the same price.
ETA: Sorry, my bad. Dollar Tree _is_ a dollar store; I was thinking of Family Dollar, which is not.
At the Reno Worldcon, there were several programming items for Christian fans. There was not a single one for Jewish, pagan, $OTHER_RELIGION, or atheist fans. When I noted this, I was assured that it was not a question of discrimination, but rather of how much demand there would be for such programming and who would be willing/able to provide it. I am sure that the same thing applies to your atheist panel.
[The atheist writing panel was on Minicon's list of suggested program items. There might or might not be a volunteer to run it.
[Note: I believe the only way to be certain there is no God or gods is divine revelation. Unless you're omniscient.]
***From minnpost.com:
I think we can skip the "alleged" part … In a Strib story headlined "Alleged drunken driver nearly falls out of car onto St. Paul cops," Chao Xiong writes: "A St. Paul man was so drunk Sunday morning he nearly fell out of his vehicle when police found it stuck in a snowbank. … Doty’s eyes were droopy and bloodshot, and his speech was so slurred officers couldn’t understand him. An open beer can was found in the center console, and an empty bottle of vodka was found on the passenger floor, according to the complaint. 'Doty had to hold onto the driver’s door for balance when he got out,' charges said. 'Doty was so intoxicated he couldn’t get his flip flops on his feet.' … Doty has nearly two dozen convictions involving drunken driving, alcohol or traffic violations."
Here’s a guy who has watched waaay too much TV. Emily Gurnon of the PiPress says: "A Woodbury man shot a former high school classmate at Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub in St. Paul while posing as a police officer, according to an attempted-murder complaint filed Monday. From his hospital bed, the 29-year-old shooting victim told police that Patrick Timothy Juetten wore a fake badge Friday night and suggested they 'rob drug dealers' together, according to the criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court."I Don't Want to Be Normal. I Want to Be Healthy 03/11/14 Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414. dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com. dsgoodman.blogspot.com 612-298-2354
***A Jehovah's Witness asked if I'd like something to read. There was a time when I distributed political pamphlets; so I accepted his offer.
It occurred to me that Jehovah's Witnesses who became Satanists ought to join Lucifer's Witnesses.
Other possible Satanist group names: Damnation Army. The Society of Enemies. The Unethical Culture Society.
***Comments of Comment:
Stardreamer 3/10/14:
Most dollar stores were actually dollar stores when we first started seeing them, some 15 or 20 years ago. There was one that amused me, in a heavily-Latino section of Houston, that called itself !Caramba 99¢! Unsurprisingly, in the intervening time, inflation has taken its toll. For a while, most of the dollar stores had gone to $1.08; these days they're up to $1.15.[See correction to following below] Dollar Tree is not, by the usual definition, a dollar store -- they're a discount chain. I've had to explain this to people before, with varying levels of success. In a dollar store, _everything_ is the same price.
ETA: Sorry, my bad. Dollar Tree _is_ a dollar store; I was thinking of Family Dollar, which is not.
At the Reno Worldcon, there were several programming items for Christian fans. There was not a single one for Jewish, pagan, $OTHER_RELIGION, or atheist fans. When I noted this, I was assured that it was not a question of discrimination, but rather of how much demand there would be for such programming and who would be willing/able to provide it. I am sure that the same thing applies to your atheist panel.
[The atheist writing panel was on Minicon's list of suggested program items. There might or might not be a volunteer to run it.
[Note: I believe the only way to be certain there is no God or gods is divine revelation. Unless you're omniscient.]
***From minnpost.com:
I think we can skip the "alleged" part … In a Strib story headlined "Alleged drunken driver nearly falls out of car onto St. Paul cops," Chao Xiong writes: "A St. Paul man was so drunk Sunday morning he nearly fell out of his vehicle when police found it stuck in a snowbank. … Doty’s eyes were droopy and bloodshot, and his speech was so slurred officers couldn’t understand him. An open beer can was found in the center console, and an empty bottle of vodka was found on the passenger floor, according to the complaint. 'Doty had to hold onto the driver’s door for balance when he got out,' charges said. 'Doty was so intoxicated he couldn’t get his flip flops on his feet.' … Doty has nearly two dozen convictions involving drunken driving, alcohol or traffic violations."
Here’s a guy who has watched waaay too much TV. Emily Gurnon of the PiPress says: "A Woodbury man shot a former high school classmate at Tom Reid's Hockey City Pub in St. Paul while posing as a police officer, according to an attempted-murder complaint filed Monday. From his hospital bed, the 29-year-old shooting victim told police that Patrick Timothy Juetten wore a fake badge Friday night and suggested they 'rob drug dealers' together, according to the criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court."I Don't Want to Be Normal. I Want to Be Healthy 03/11/14 Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis MN 55414. dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com. dsgoodman.blogspot.com 612-298-2354