Begging to Differ

It might be humorous, though in a serious way, that, within the New Testament, itself, is evidence for Jesus's lack of divinity. It's during his trial, when Pilate asks him if he's who he says he is. And he answers, 'It's you that calls me that.' And then one of the High Priests says, 'We all heard you saying it yesterday.' And Jesus says, 'I was quoting you when I said that!' He tried to get out of it, by the sound of it. And imagine how desperate he must have been to cry out, 'Fine! Let's compromise! I'm actually a witch. Okay? Does that satisfy you? And we don't crucify witches, right? Please. I'd rather burn...' And it might well have been true that everyone around him exaggerated about him and created a myth around him, for which he ended up brutally and sadistically executed. So went the life of Brian, at least. Perhaps Monty Python noticed the same detail I did. But this is all within the context of the gospels, and some of us are more informed than others on the quality of gospel truth. I'm just saying that it is realistic, in this regard. One would do all they could to avoid crucifixion.
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For the Record

I'm not into anime either. I enjoy well drawn cartoons of girls, but I try to imagine their human incarnations when I'm fantasizing. That's normal, right? And it's not like I go up to strange girls at the Skytrain and startle them with a leer and a Betty and Veronica magazine opened to a certain page, with my finger pointing to a provocative rendering. Some other freak might do that shit but not me. A friend from a while ago told me a man approached her in the Toronto subway with a deck of playing cards. She was the Queen of Diamonds. I never saw the card but she was a good looking woman.
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Hossenfeffer?

Those brightly coloured uniforms from the nineteenth century made up for the lack of accuracy in rifle shots from that time. (As guns developed, you might notice that uniforms got more and more camouflaged.) It's a well known fact that soldiers returning from the French front in the early 1800's had to be barred for life from attending weddings. A few of them had already went crazy and shot the brightly attired principle celebrants. Oberst Redl is a film set later in that century. It's about a Ruthenian born, military social climber. Except his jacket is darker in colour than you would expect. He is put in charge of an investigation and uncovers an act of treason. But his commanding officer is dissatisfied with the real culprits. 'Can't be an aristocrat, of course. And it can't be a Jew because we had too much trouble with the Farbstein incident. I'm afraid that just leaves a Ruthenian. You're Ruthenian, aren't you, Redl?' In the Canadian remake, Colonel Edsel, set in present day Canada, this scene is almost identical. 'Can't be a hockey player, of course. And it can't be a Frenchman because we had too much trouble with the LeBeau incident. No, I'm afraid it must be a Newfoundlander and/or a Labradorian. You're from Newfoundland, aren't you, Edsel?'
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Is Mark Twain Damned?

Letters from the Earth is a charming tale by Mark Twain. It's a quick read. Except for the introductory paragraph, it is all in the words of Satan, the angel, who has been sent by God to descend to Earth and observe humanity. Through this character, Twain was able to let loose his fierce wit upon the church and upon people in general. According to Satan, the angels are having sex all the time and partying. He points out the glaring contrast between this and the often boring routine of a Sunday mass or sermon. (The mass was only forty-five minutes tops. Some of those services, though, I've heard...) This means a lot of church goers are way off - and it isn't surprising when the odd one succumbs to drugs and the street life. Just don't read it out loud with a baseball cap on because some one might see you.
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Meaning Less

I never saw the movie, but I admit I was amused by the Which Mean Girl Are You? quiz enough to take it and find out which one I was. It was maybe earlier this year. I've just received another invitation to take the quiz and I'm refusing it. I can't remember which one I was and I don't want to take it again because I'm afraid I'll be a different one this time.
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To Serve Man

I think it's a bad idea to give machines personalities. The first thing they do is go on an ego trip over their superior thinking and often indestructible physiques. The rest is inevitable. Machines serve us most efficiently when they have no personality. Any personality, however well intended, can only interfere with their functions. I already don't like the direction they've taken with the programming of their voices. The tone should be flat. I don't like the artificial emotion they've tried to put in with that inflection. I find it repulsive. And dangerous. (However, I won't lose any sleep over it.)
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Unbeatable Remedy

The satisfaction of an intense workday comes when you realize that you lack the energy to rebel and find tranquility in your vanquished condition. It leads to creative thoughts. We are at our most creative, according to what I learned, when we are in a semi-conscious state. This can be achieved more readily by running the body through vigorous disciplines. The flood of chemicals which enable your body to overcome physical hardships and to clear stubborn obstacles, after the work is done, may carry on in an almost intoxicating fashion. I've heard those endorphins are similar to opiates and are received by the same receptors in the brain. Augmenting this with additional chemical intoxicants would either boost your creativity or send you into all-out subconsciousness, from which you'd likely remember nothing.
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