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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Classic with cabbage--Gonna cook a piece of corned beef today--

Anyone have any pointers for me? I have had in mind slow-cooking in the crockpot with taters and later, the cabbage. But that sems too simple--there must be some ways to make it more interesting. Oh, and then there is running down to Safeway for already-baked soda bread... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 16, 2007

It's already Mar 17 in some places... so here we go--

Paddy was driving down the street in a sweat because he had an important meeting and couldn't find a parking place. Looking up to heaven he said, "Lord take pity on me. If you find me a parking place, I will go to Mass every Sunday for the rest of me life and give up me Irish Whiskey!" Miraculously, a parking place appeared. Paddy looked up again and said, "Never mind, I found one." ______________________________ ______________________________ ________ Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Transcending my Favorites' latest blogs

I had a great time the other day, clicking back through a certain bloggers previous pages of posts of funny, funny pictures. I looked at 30 pages before getting on with life less amusing... There is such a wealth of humor, of poetry and prose, smarts and dumbness, and adventures in living here on Blogit-- how often do you go back and read old pages? I read back when I wonder how someone arrived at the blog they have just posted. Or when I so enjoyed their latest blog that I simply want more! The... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Once more, with feeling... The US is not a Christian Country!

[This comes from many years of questioning and doubting the role of the United States in the world, of its government in the life of the individual; by the time I was in high school, I could not in good conscience, swear daily allegience to the daily distortions from its words that I saw on the news every night. It took years to realize that what I was pledging to was not the reality, but the Ideal of the United States of America. And that I could do.] By definition and by design of the framers... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 11, 2007

The religion scholar, Elaine Pagels has written a book on this topic:

(This started as a comment to Gomedome's recent post, then grew.) The Origin of Satan. I recommend it to anyone seriously interested in putting Satan in perspective. As for giving credit, responsibility and/or blame for the concept of and Evil Counterpart to God, I glare at the Folks who followed Mithra, who really gave a push to the notion of divine duality, which has permeated much of religion since long before the sprouting of the Judeo-Christian belief-tree. Not that older religions didn't... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 8, 2007

Getting Stuck On The Words: The Lord's Prayer

The 12-Steps program was originated for alcoholics, but, as it turns out, it is a very useful model for escaping addiction traps of many kinds. Aside from the criticism that some folks seem to substitute addiction to drugs, alcohol, sex, shopping, or whatever, with addiction to 12-step programming, (which is true enough--addiction is a strategy as well as an illness) some have trouble with it from the outset because of the Step that requires one to give over one's sense of solitary sufficiency... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

New words--which ones will you add to your working vocabulary?

I did not come up with these-- they were sent to me in an email... Feel free to copy and pass 'em along! 1. Cashtration (n.): the act of buying or building a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time. 2. Ignoranus (n.): a person who's both stupid and an asshole. 3. Intaxication (n.): euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize that it was your money to start with. 4. Reintarnation (n.): coming back to life as a hillbilly. 5. Bozone... Sign in to see full entry.

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Spider and Fly

It may be an American thing, or a Western Culture thing... Maybe it is generational, and fading therefore--not necessarily a sad loss in the repertoir of human behavioral impulses... But it is a fact, many people will, without a second thought, cheer for, hope for, and take the side of the underdog in any conflict. It's the old Carpman Triangle (That's 'Carpman', not 'Cartman') the dyanmic between Persecuter/Victim/Rescuer in which the Rescuer jumps into a situation to save the Victim from the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Washington Post's old words, new definitions

The Washington Post published these winning submissions to its annual contest in which alternate meanings are suggested for common words: 1. Coffee: the person upon whom one coughs. 2. Flabbergasted: appalled to discover how much weight one has gained. 3. Abdicate: to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach. 4. Esplanade: to attempt to explain while drunk. 5. Willy-nilly: impotent. 6. Negligent: absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown. 7. Lymph: to walk with a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Speaking from the heart...

It is such a large, rich world, awash with life and striving... So many senses, so many minds trying to understand... So many cultures shaping what senses will be capable of perceiving, and so many families through their generations, creating and setting in place the perceptual filters of tradition and belief... So many, many candles on the altar, of so many shapes, sizes, colors--all burning with the same flame. Can we separate what we see and what we feel from what we think? Can we sort out... Sign in to see full entry.

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I've been asking the Universe to explain itself to me since I was about 11 years old. I asked specifically how to reconcile God with Science. Now and then, I seem to tune in on an answer. All that I write here represents not Truth, but what I believe to be true.I have my reasons, and I like to believe, my reason. ///Everything of my own words and/or pictures that I post on Blogit is copyright by CLRedding 1972-present, all rights reserved.///

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