When I was back there in seminary school...there was a person there...who put forth the proposition...

That you can petition the Lord with prayer.


Petition the lord with prayer...



Petition the lord with prayer...



YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!!!!!!!!

In memory of Molly...



My sweet cat passed away today.

She was in a lot of pain, though, so I have to be grateful that she's free of that. We had her for a long time, and she was a wonderful pet.

What was so weird was that when my mom was looking up pictures of when we got her, she found out that the actual date we first had her was 10/14/95 - 11 years later, to the exact day, she leaves our lives.

It's really sad to lose a pet, and I'm sorry... I had my first and only for like 15-16 years when I had to put her to sleep for kidney failure... Staring into the eyes of someone so close, knowing that she'd be gone in less than a minute... Heartbreaking!

{{{gina}}}

I'm so sorry to read that. As someone who has shared most of his life with pets I know your pain.

Take comfort in the fact that you gave Molly a good home and I'm sure her 11 years with you were happy ones for her.

Thanks, Geoff. I owe so much to my mom for dealing with this stuff - she's the one who always takes care of the vet visits, and she took this as a blessing that she didn't have to make the difficult decision that a few more days might've brought. The vet said she went peacefully, and I'm so happy for that. She had such a great personality. She ate a lot, and her body certainly showed it - my mom always said she was shaped like a football. I'll miss seeing her in her trademark boxes, all around the house...any kind of cardboard box was her favorite thing to sleep in.

SC, thanks. I knew I'd find some good "pet people" here to understand.

I hope the years were good for her - we fed her well enough! - but I know they were good for me. She's been such a joy. It seems that the longer you have a pet, the harder it is to let them go, but I wouldn't give up the time that I had with her for anything.

The most important thing to remember is the good times -- the joy she gave you, and the joy you gave her! I'm sure she led a good life.

Gi, I'm so sorry. This is the Molly with the "M" on her forehead! I remember you had posted pictures of her before. So cute. The last time I lost or even had a pet, I was too little to remember, but I'm sure it can't be easy.

So, last night my band (which plays funk-rock) played in a battle of the bands competition to raise money for charity with a bunch of other bands (in which all but one were really angry/sad and played hardcore)... Assuming we would not win due to the over-whelming popularity of music that supports a soundtrack to committ suicide to, I decided to play in a long black skirt... barefoot and shirtless. The catch? We won.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

We've got it all on video. I'll have to upload it as soon as my buddy who filmed it gets it to me.

Wow, how did you remember that?

Yes, we noticed the 'M' and wanted to give her an M name, then we found out from our vet at the time that many cats have that same shape on their forehead. We'd thought she was really special.

Gina...I'm so sorry for your loss. One of my cats died a little over a year ago...and it was tough. Its always tough losing someone you love...be they an actual human or an animal.

Take comfort in knowing that you gave Molly a good life...a warm and loving home...and that when she finally did pass...she went peacefully.

I'll say a prayer for you tonight. Take care, Gina!

I have too much free time.

Someday I will wonder how I ever had too much free time.

XDC, you're too kind...thank you.

LMAO! Man, I must be a total geek, but that's fucking funny! Weird Al RAWKS!

That is good. I used to be a huge Weird Al fan, even saw him live once.

Oh, Gina...I'm terribly sorry for Molly!!!! I'm a cat person too and can't even imagine how I'd feel when it happens to one of my three furry babies.....

I consider them to be part of the family and I do expect to see all of them again on the Rainbow Bridge

((((((((((((((((Gina))))))))))))))))))))

Thanks, Lavi...from one cat person to another, that means a lot. I love that Rainbow Bridge page - what a beautiful thought! I woke up to my other cat this morning, and I just hugged him, thinking about Molly and feeling so glad that I still have him.

Geoff, first you were Violated-By-Bears Man, and now you're White and Nerdy...???

Dear Gina! I've recently lost a sweetest of dogs, so I know what you are going through! Please be strong for your mom and yourself! I'm saying it, but I must confess I'm crying still at nights myself... You can't help the fact that death, pain and misery exist in this world and come into your heart... But think - what a happiness it was, that the years she was here, she spent with you! And I believe, too, that some day we shall all be together, and out of pain.
Hold on! My hugs, hugs and hugs, and a lot of sympathy.

Thanks to you, JM, also...you're so kind. I'm very sorry to hear about the loss of your dog - I hope all is okay with you. If you ever need a talk with someone, about that or anything else, I'm always here!

Gina and JM, I am sorry to hear about your losses.

Thank you too! I'm also here for you, and I like receiving PM's, so whenever you feel like pouring the grief out - write it!

I've wasted two years worth of my energy on a hopeless cause.

And the human race fucking confuses me.

Incoming! Homework batch!

Looking Carefully, Describing, and Analyzing

It is incredible how stylistic conventions change from civilization to civilization: in relatively the same periods, art was flourishing in different places in entirely different ways. Produced contemporaneously, the bull-leaping fresco at the palace of Knossos couldn’t be any different than the one found in the tomb of Nebamun in Thebes. In both cases, only fragments of the entire pieces have survived, but from what we have, we may draw conclusions.
The subject of the former is the ceremonial ritual of bull-leaping. A young man is shown in the air, having, it seems, grasped the bull’s horns and vaulted over its back in a perilous and extremely difficult acrobatic maneuver. The fresco in Nebamun’s tomb shows four noblewomen watching and apparently participating in a musicale and dance where two nimble and almost nude dancing girls perform at a banquet. At the death of Nebamun, her family must have eaten a ceremonial meal at his tomb, and would return once a year to partake in a commemorative banquet celebrating the communion of the living with the dead. This fresco represents just such a funerary feast, with an ample supply of wine jars at the right.
Liveliness and spontaneity characterize the bull-leaping fresco at Knossos; the young women are painted with white skin and the young men with dark skin, making it easier to distinguish between the sexes, given the fact that the portrayal of figures during this period tended to be very feminine. The bull was brilliantly portrayed in all its power due to the artist’s elongation of the animal’s shape and the use of sweeping lines to form a funnel of energy, beginning at the very narrow hindquarters of the bull and culminating in its large, sharp horns, and galloping forelegs. The human figures have also a very stylized shape, portrayed with pinched waists, long limbs, highly animated, and with very long, curly hair. They were depicted in profile, the same as in their Egyptian counterparts, but the elegance of these figures with their proud and self-confident bearing distinguishes them from their contemporaries of other cultures.
In the fresco of Nebamun we can represents the new art that surged in the New Kingdom. The Egyptians during that area certainly went back to conventional portrayal of figures, but some of them assumed a less schematized stance and favored liveliness over conceptual representation of the human body. The overlapping of the dancer’s figures, their facing in opposite directions, and their rather complicated twists were carefully and accurately observed and executed, and the result is a pleasing intertwined motif. Contrary to Minoan art, Egyptian artists represented everyone as having the same color of skin. The profile view of the dancers is consistent with their lower stature in the Egyptian hierarchy. The eyes were, like in the bull-leaping fresco oversized and emphasized. The composite view was reserved for Nebamun and his family and of the four seated women, only two are in profile; the others stare at the viewer right in the face a rarely attempted frontal pose. The artist gave the figures the appearance of dancing by loosely arranging the stands of hair, as if they were moving. The informality viewed in this fresco represents a relaxation from the Old Kingdom’s strict canon oh human representation. This fresco also attests to the wealth of the Egyptian nobility and their luxurious way of life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/AR2006101600545.html

What do you have against starting your own thread with all this?

Damn... I thought he was saying "White and Dirty"....

Then I couldn't share it all with you people. You wonderful, wonderful... er...

Beer me.

I am working on my first expulsion this year. One of our kids bought some pot at a nearby Jack n' the Box for $5.00 and tried to sell it to another boy at school for $10.00. A future businessman I'd say.


TIS

I'm moving to Cali. $5.00 wouldn't even buy you a joint here.

Plus, we no longer have Jack 'n the box.