t3knomanser's Fustian Deposits

• 15:07 @writeplayrepeat The only non-Haiwatha Nokomis reference I know of: infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/1/0/8/9/10891/10891.htm #
• 16:17 @djkirkbride You're right -- they're all cartilage and keep growing until you die. But hey, that means you can just trim them back at whim. #
• 18:43 @bronxelf Obviously all that heavy media isn't stored evenly on the disks and your load is unbalanced... #
• 18:52 @bronxelf (Also consider investing in a replacement power strip and/or an extension cord that goes to an outlet on a different circuit...) #
• 19:00 @bronxelf I'm sure that's the assumption, but at five dead you _know_ it's enemy action and start looking for enemies... Any other suspects? #

IN 1910, A COHORT of ultra-conservative American Protestants drew up a list of non-negotiable beliefs they insisted any genuine Christian must subscribe to...Their catalog featured doctrines such as the virgin birth, the physical resurrection of Christ, and his imminent second coming. The cornerstone, though, was a belief in the literal inerrancy of every syllable of the Bible, including in matters of geology, paleontology, and secular history. They called these beliefs fundamentals, and proudly styled themselves “fundamentalists” - true believers who feared that liberal movements like the social gospel and openness to other faiths were eroding the foundation of their religion.
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THE VARIOUS MOVEMENTS we lump together as “fundamentalist” differ from one another, but they bear some family resemblances. Each reaches back selectively into its own tradition and exhumes some text or rite or pattern, declaring it to be the bedrock of faith. For Protestant fundamentalists, it was a righteous society in which, they believed, a verbally inspired Bible had held sway. For Catholics, especially after Vatican II, it was the Latin Mass, the symbol of a changeless authoritative tradition. For Muslims it was the short era of the “rightly guided caliphs” who led Islam immediately after the death of the Prophet, before disunity shattered their community and outsiders warped their civilization.

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Hi there!  I'm back on LJ after a long hiatus and losing my interest to post on my old journal.  I intend to change all that with this new journal.  So far I only have two tiny entries but I hope to expand that, as the holiday season falls upon us and as my creativity progresses. 

I'm looking for friends who'd be interested in the same things I am and would leave a comment every now and then when they feel so inclined. I like reading about all sorts of things - even if you think your life is boring, I'll probably still find something to say about it!

I am:

...from Pennsylvania
...26-years old
...a single (bisexual, though I prefer men) female (not really looking though)
...a huge fan of Matthew Gray Gubler and Criminal Minds
...a fan of Dexter, House M.D., Six Feet Under and CSI (Vegas, not Miami or NY so much)
...a starving artist always seeking inspiration, a muse, anything!
...the proud owner of two cute cats and a stupid dog
...interested in people and things of all sorts, especially unique and/or creative/artsy-fartsy types
...sarcastic, dry, "dark"
...almost always at home due to chronic knee problems and seizures
...interested in getting into the "world" of LJ - i.e. I'd love to start making icons, picspams, etc.
...terrified of clowns
...made of skin and bones so I hate cold weather

And of course there's more info on my profile page! If you have some things in common or just want to add me then feel free (with the exception of friends collectors please.  I don't want to be just a number)  and I'll most likely add you back.  

Thanks for reading and I hope to get acquainted with some of you!

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• 16:22 At the Cheesecake Factory waiting for my turkey sandwich. Just got a free facial and makeover at Clinique, bought some blush and concealer. #

• 16:34 Smoking in a cemetery as shadows lengthen, listening to the last rays knock a steady rain of leaves and acorns from the hungry-rooted oaks. #

They have grand rounds, right? They, you know, dozens of medical staff come into an auditorium, and somebody stands at the podium at the front and gives a lecture about some academic issue, you know, what drugs to prescribe for what condition. But instead of that, he - Hasan apparently gave a long lecture on the Koran and talked about how if you don't believe, you are condemned to hell. Your head is cut off. You're set on fire. Burning oil is burned down your throat.

And I said to the psychiatrist, but this cold be a very interesting informational session, right? Where he's educating everybody about the Koran. He said but what disturbed everybody was that Hasan seemed to believe these things. And actually, a Muslim in the audience, a psychiatrist, raised his hand and said, excuse me. But I'm a Muslim and I do not believe these things in the Koran, and then I don't believe what you say the Koran says. And then Hasan didn't say, well, I'm just giving you one point of view. He basically just stared the guy down.