I'll be making some apple butter BBQ sauce, because I've got mad apple butter. I found this recipe, originally from Smuckers. Feel free to enjoy this recipe brought from my kitchen, to yours.

1 cup smucker's cider apple butter (or your own)
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
3 teaspoons liquid smoke
1/2 teaspoon red peppers
1/2 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
1 cup finely chopped onions
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon paprika

1. Add everything together. Well, that's where their recipe ends. I think that's silly. So, let's continue.
2. Sauté the onion in a frying pan with a little bit of olive oil, medium heat. Cook till translucent.
3. Add the garlic, cook for about a minute.
4. Put everything into a sauce pot on medium heat, stir everything together.
5. Before a boil begins, drop the heat to low and simmer for 15-20 min., stirring frequently.
6. Take it off heat, let it cool for 30 minute (unless you're canning, of course).
7. Store it however you wish. It should keep in the fridge for 30 days, in a freezer for longer, or just can it.

-j

Lil' Liam the Brave, with a cool-ass shirt.

A fellow co-worker forwarded this e-mail to all of us here. (She knows her from a previous gig.):

I find myself in the curious position of having to beg on my son’s behalf for something that everyone has to offer…blood and platelets. My young, precious son has been through three rounds of chemotherapy in the past seven weeks and is scheduled for a major operation on May 2nd that is anticipated to last 11 – 17 hours. He has responded extremely well to the three rounds of chemo and has avoided a lot of the pitfalls that can happen during high-dose chemo. But his battle will continue to be waged for many many more months. Please see the below note regarding the need for blood and platelets. I would do anything for my son. Anything. Even sending a plea directly to people.

My son just woke up. We’re already late to get to the hospital to receive a platelet transfusion but I just couldn’t wake him up. As soon as he woke up, he smiled, looked at me, and excitedly said, “Mommy – The sun came out!” I’m asking for your help to make sure the sun comes out for many many many more days, weeks, months, years, decades for my son.

Thank you,
Gretchen Holt Witt

P.S. For more information on my son, visit http://princeliamthebrave.blogspot.com

Concerning the current situation with platelets and blood, here's the most current info:

The donations have pretty much dwindled and it is still necessary.

RE: Platelets
Now required. Liam will be going into surgery in the next few weeks and he is not producing enough platelets. He needs to get his count up before they can operate. There is definitely a shortage of platelet donors. If you can donate platelets, it will mean a lot.

Re: Blood
The hospital currently has a shortage of O negative which is Liam’s blood type. Liam will eventually require blood for his surgery. If you or anyone you know is O negative, please make an appointment to donate within the next 2 weeks. Regardless of the blood type, donors are needed and anything that is donated will be held as credit for Liam.

Don’t forget to pre-qualify yourself on the Sloan Kettering website www.mskcc.org/blooddonations (http://www.mskcc.org/blooddonations). If you have any questions, about the eligibility, please call Mary Thomas at 212.639.3335

You can call the donor room directly to schedule the appointment, and tell them that you are donating for Liam Witt.

To drive home the point regarding blood donations, you don't need to be O negative to help out. Any blood donations will be credited to him. Platelets are independent of blood type—it's just a longer process.

The response here has been wonderful. I wanted to give platelets tomorrow...but they have too many people offering to help. (I'm scheduled for next week.) But, after the initial response, Liam will continue to need additional blood and platelets for months.

If people are interested, I'll keep you abreast of his situation, but his mother's blog is a much better source of information...and inspiration.

If you're in the New York Metro area, please consider helping out little Liam. Any and all blood and platelet donations will help immeasurably.

Pax et Bonum,
-j

Together, we can make a difference...

crosstherubicon has been reporting upon the plight of a small child named Jack Brown. In short, Jack is a young child of a London policeman suffering from neuroblastoma. Neuroblastoma is a terrible cancer that begins in the nerve tissue of the neck, chest, abdomen, or pelvis but usually originates in the abdomen in the tissue of the adrenal gland. It's a quickly spreading cancer which is especially difficult to treat in children. However, there's a new treatment Stateside for this which...gah...let me just cut and paste from the Jack Brown appeal website:

...A new anti-neuroblastoma antibody is currently under production at St. Jude's to provide an additional tool to destroy residual microscopic disease. The St. Jude's study suggests that the immune system can be manipulated to target cancer cells that have become resistant to traditional chemotherapy.

The St. Jude's strategy represents an improvement on a similar technique that showed great promise during clinical trials in Germany and elsewhere. Prior to this study, antibodies caused troublesome side effects, such as fever and pain, which restricted the level of antibody that could be used in the treatment, However, the antibody used in St. Jude's study appears to be less likely to cause side effects. That suggests that it could be used in humans at higher levels that may improve the effect of the antibody.

These folks are going to need $350,000 to receive his needed treatment. This money is needed before consultations can even be held. His parents, flat out, cannot afford this...which is why they're asking for help.

Frankly, I haven't much money to speak of. I'm sure any little gift will assist. The most I can offer—and perhaps, the most needful—is prayer. Considering Good Friday is...Good Friday, we can also offer our prayers for Jack and his family. For us catholics, praying at our parishes, in the presence of Jesus sacramentally, is especially important. For all Christians, dedicating an hour of your prayer where-ever you find yourself is an excellent additional "donation." As we consider the mystery of Christ's work during the Holy Triduum, let us pray for his mysterious grace in our midst today.

Again that website is www.jackbrownappeal.org.



That's all. God bless...

-j

Hoc est Corpus Meum...Hic est Enim Sanguis Meus...

I realised that I mentioned Spiritual Communion, and thought that some may not know what the practise or the "theory" behind it is. Generally, one makes an act of Spiritual Communion when it is not possible for one to receive the Holy Communion. Whether this involves two feet of snow or the flu, it is a thing that is "meet and right so to do" when attending Mass on Sunday isn't possible.

I don't think that there is a set practise for Spiritual Communion among Anglicans. Of course, Anglo-Catholics abhor a liturgical vacuum. "The Practice of Religion" by Fr. Archibald C. Knowles+, of blessed memory, suggests an order for Spiritual Communion (pp. 131-132). It is similar to the Holy Sacrifice as per the pre-1928 Prayer Book. The order for Spiritual Communion follows:

* "In the Name of the Father...",
* an antiphon,
* Psalm 43,
* the Short Summary of the Law,
* the Kyrie,
* the Collect of the Day,
* the Readings (including the Gospel),
* the Comfortable Words ("Hear what comfortable words our Saviour Christ saith unto all that truly turn to him..."),
* and then specific prayers for receiving the Body and Blood of Christ spiritually.

I think this is a good guide, and I have fashioned a personal "liturgy" that is similar to this. Generally, I say Morning Prayer, following Morning Prayer with the prayers and readings of the Mass of the day, until I get to the Consecration. In lieu of the Consecration, I pray one (or all) the prayers for Spiritual Communion.

Roman Catholics, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm imagining the "rite" is solely the prayer for Spiritual Communion, with sincere intent to receive the sacrament? I don't know what the "new" missal says about that.

This is all wonderful, and I heartily commend others to do likewise. Liturgy helps us escape the juswannas. It allows the soul to escape from the self, to run into the arms of her Creator. But, ultimately, I do believe that the sincere prayer of a contrite soul to join herself to Christ Jesus is the most efficatious, regardless of words. If possible, every Christian should attend Church every Lord's Day and every major festal day. No Christian is an island.

Anyhow, to aid in your own practise, whatever it may be, here are the prayers for Spiritual Communion that I use. They are taken from "The Priest's Book of Private Devotion" by J. Oldknow, A.D. Crake, and John Stobbart (pp. 395-397). Use them as you will:

( An Act of Spiritual Communion )

Hope this helps!

-j

I just finished my first all-twine rosary, made through the Rosary Army's directions.



Considering I won't win the "most crafty man award" any time in the near future, I don't think I did a terrible job, but not an amazing job either. I completely bollocksed up the crucifix knot and its placing...and the spacing between Ave knots was a bit off. That being said, I don't mind terribly. It is my first, after all. And, there is something symbolic about praying with a rosary that is slightly imperfect. If the prayers of the BVM are as they are claimed, they are "magnified" to the Lord through the Virgin's prayer. As the guy who runs RA said, Mary keeps no glory for herself.

I'd have finished it sooner, but the magnificats kept attacking the twine as I was knotting away. I tried appeasing them by cutting off the spare bits of twine...they liked the stuff I was using better. Big surprise thar.

-j

The Friday Five

1. Have you made any Halloween plans?
Probably be at church, doing All Souls/All Saints Stuff.

2. At what age should you stop trick-or-treating?
When you're in the ground. I think if you're 89 you should still trick or treat. That's why God made Lil' Buddies^®.

3. What's your favorite kind of Halloween candy?
Any kind of choco, but especially 100 Grands. Those...nummie num num! That being said, I generally avoid candy corn, just in case. Remember, practise safe-scarfing!

4. Are you more likely to trick someone else or be tricked yourself?
I'm too freaking tired and busy to trick people. The next big "trick" I'll be doing is leaving my current job.

5. Do you believe in ghosts?
Undead souls of the damned, or spirits "stuck"? They exist, I'm sure, but I really don't know what their "status" is. I've heard of house exorcisms where Freaky Crap™ has occured. I haven't any reason to disbelieve in their existance, but frankly, I think there are bigger fish to fry. Evangelism should be stressed over exorcism.

Liturgical Geek Added Feature!
The "traditional" colours for Halloween (or, more appropriately, "All Hallows' Eve"), orange and black, have nothing to do with witchcraft, satanism, Barbra Streisand, or Samhain. Rather, they come from the traditional catholic Requiem Mass. Black is, obviously, the colour of mourning. Orange, however, is the colour of unbleached beeswax candles. Traditionally, unbleached candles and black candlesticks surround the coffin of the Requiem's "special guest star."

This is a picture of a catafalque at the Church of the Resurrection in NYC. Notice the orangeish candles and black candlesticks:



This picture shows the altar candles, which look more orangey than those in that other picture:



If you're wondering what the heck a catafalque is, here's a rather simple definition from the Catholic Encyclopedia: Catafalque, derived from the Italian word catafalco, literally means a scaffold or elevation, but in its strictly liturgical sense the word is employed to designate the cenotaph-like erection which is used at the exequial offices of the Church, and takes the place of the bier whenever the remains are not present.

Generally, for All Souls' Masses, the catafalque is used in lieu of a coffin, because obviously, you don't want to dig up the bodies of all the dead of your parish. However, it is treated like a coffin would be during a requiem, and receives the absolution, is sprinkled with holy water, censed, and all that other stuff.

And now you know—and knowing is half the battle!

-j

The blog has sucked recently. To make up for the suckage, John J. O'Sullivan's blog also comes along with


BIG JIM SLADE!!!



Big Jim Slade.....former tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs comes with an assortment of wit, puns, and a comedic appetite that will knock your socks off. Big Jim Slade has satisfied thousands of bloggers from coast to coast and the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln!!!

-j

You make your own caption. It's far too easy.

[Obligatory "I Do Not Agree With Pat Robertson" Post begins:]

I do not agree with Pat Robertson. I think the man is a bit looney and has the propensity to say particularly dumb things quite often. It's been a while since he has. Now, "Reverend Terminator" wants to knock off a foreign leader. (Or, at least he says we should.) It's the same we've come to expect. (As the great prophet David Byrne once said, it's "same as it ever was." He also gave us one of the eternal truths of the universe: There's water at the bottom of the ocean.)

My only thought as a Christian*: Who cares?! The guy can say that the sky is made of Jell-O and he'll get press coverage far and wide. Who cares what this guy thinks about whomever or whatever?! Why do people think that his announcements have any validity whatsoever? It makes no sense that his weird-lookin' visage was on just about every newspaper this morning.

I do not know of many (or any) Christians* who'd pack up their gear and get ready to dispach Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez into Kingdom Come. Rather, most of us smack ourselves upside the head whenever the man opens his mouth. As soon as we hear the words "the Reverend Pat Robert-" before "Robertson" is uttered, we know it's going to be something monumentally stupid. I'm sure there are some who take this man as an evangelipope, but they've got to be thinking the same thing most of us are: "Wha wha whaa?!"

It's the same ol' crap we've come to expect from Pat. Let's move on with life. The less attention we pay Mr. Robertson, the better, IMHO. We're all enabling him.

So, instead of continuing with this Obligatory "I Do Not Agree With Pat Robertson" post, here is a song featuring chickens and accordians.

Thank you for your time.

[EOLN]

-j

*According to some "evangelicals," I'm nothing more than a "bread worshipin' Mary lover" anyhow and not a Christian so I shouldn't even have to make this obligatory post.

In the spirit of this holiday, all LJ users are encouraged to make a short one-line post that sounds like a dramafest...but is in fact something rather mundane. At the end of National Vague LJ Post That Sounds Like a Major Problem But Really Isn't Day, you post what your Vague LJ Post refers to.

A happy National Vague LJ Post That Sounds Like a Major Problem But Really Isn't Day to you and yours!

-j

EDIT: I just made this post public, so feel free to share the joy of this important holiday!

-j

**GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT**

If, for some reason, you come up as "banned" on my journal, *please* let me know. My LJ has been banning people without my knowledge, and I'm not exactly sure why this is happening. If you (or someone you know who has friended me) is not on my friends list—and you once were—please let me know.

It is very rare that I either B4N0x0r anyone or defriend anyone. I'll defriend some folks if they defriend me; if I barely read or interact with them. But this is not that frequent, as I myself am pretty lazy with writing lately.

So, please keep me abreast on this situation. Heh heh heh, breast.

-j

Can anyone give me a brief summary of what all this 1337 H4X0R crap going on with LJ is? I can't figure it out, as I have no part of it, and I haven't really been very attentive with LJ because of business. (If you want, write the summary in haiku form.)

-j

1. What time is it: Time to cause chaos and bedlam! TO THE BATTLEFIELD, MY MEN!

2. Nicknames: Thor, Mars, Destructo, Death, and Fluffy.

3. Piercings: 87,403 on the field of battle yesterday. PRAISE THE SPEAR GODS!

4. Eye color: Gray...like iron and purpose.

5. Place of birth: In the red-blooded valleys of the Land of Glaaghhhgdpleah...raised by the horsemen of Zaånthaian, who taught me the art of war. Got my B.S. and M.B.A. from Harvard.

6. Favorite foods: The blood of men, wild boars, Taste-T-Cakes.

7. Ever been to Africa? Aahh...the fields, the fields...the lions...the trees...the plantains...the monkeys who do battle with their poo...yes...I know it quite well!

8. Ever been toilet papering? I do not know of this toilet papering of which you speak? Is it like battle?

9. Love someone so much it made you cry? I do not cry—I get REVENGE! ...and I hug my puppy.

10. Been in a car accident? I CAUSE THEM! I MAKE EXPLOSIONS FROM THEM, LIKE FIRE! YOU PUNY MORTALS CANNOT CONTAIN MY FURY OR MY SEXY COLOGNE COLLECTION!

11. Croutons or bacon bits? BLOODWORMS! BLOODWORMS!

12. Favorite day of the week: Stop....battle-time.

13. Favorite restaurants: I enjoy the mead-halls, in places of valor, where warriors can tell tales of yore. I believe you puny mortals have them—they’re called “Hoolihans.”

14. Favorite flower: The Blue-speckled Flower of Dreams, from the Valleys of Suøucktoth. I did eat of them one day, and I do not remember what I did. My men did tell me that I did a strange dance...something about a maiden named Maria. Of course, after they told me this tale, I killed them all. Oh...no....BEWARE, MORTALS! DO NOT TELL OF THIS TALE TO OTHERS! I WILL HAVE MY VENGEANCE ON YOU!

15. Favorite sport to watch: I enjoy watching matches of battle and feats of incredible stupidity. And, when I get a chance, I watch small dogs dance. It is so very cute seeing dogs in little tu-tus do their dances and they...err...KILL! THEY KILL OTHER DOGS! AND THEY DANCE AND KILL! VICTORY!!!

16. Favorite drink: Mead, the blood of men, Crystal PepsiTM.

17. Favorite ice cream: Is this similar to lava? If it is, I enjoy my lava from the volcanoes of Aarthegaard.

18. Disney or Universal? THE UNIVERSE IS MINE!

19. Favorite fast food restaurant: There is no food worth having that one can get quick. Have you ever tried to eat the honey of the Wild Anger Bees of the Zaaaaaarargh Valley? I did, and the swelling did not go down for a month!

20. Car Color: EXPLOSION COLOURED!!!!

21. How many times did you fail your driver’s test? I NEVER FAIL—I TRIUMPH! (And so can you—join my army today!)

22. Before this one, from who did you get your last e-mail? I own chain-mail armour and plate-mail.

23. What store would you most like to Max out your credit card? Sir Pfiphe’s Armour and Ax Mega-Store. And Bed Bath & Beyond. Perhaps they will have the Magickal Gînzü Knives there...

24. What do you do most often when you are bored? I invade villages, plunder their coffers, have my men take their women away, and then...we DANCE! I mean...no...WE ARE VICTORIOUS!

25. Who will respond to this e-mail the quickest? ALL WILL RESPOND!

27. Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to respond? The person who took away Question Number 26 will PAY!!!!!

28. Favorite TV shows: That little box annoys me. Although, I once gazed upon your magickal Box of Amusement, and saw a merchant sell these magickal knives that could cut through any material. Twas amazing. I wished to have them for my own...but did not know how to contact the magical vendor of those knives. I will find that man, and I will buy those knives with 1,995 pieces of gold, and I shall have the pearing knife at no additional cost.

29. Last person you went out to dinner with: The King of Véüålodsqaaåsz. We dined upon antelope and Våarberbeaste. This was, of course, before I ceremonially beheaded him and fed his body to vipers. But, twas only business—he was a very nice man.

30. Ford or Chevy? VICTORY!

31. What are you listening to right now? The songs of valor and bravery from days of yore. This man, Kenny G, is quite amazing in his rendering of them. I will not kill him yet; his hair intrigues me.

32. Favorite Color: VICTORY!

33. How many tattoos do you have? I have tattoo of a dragon on an arm. Well...I should be more specific—I have the arm of another man above my mantle piece. It is quite an exquisite tattoo.

34. Time you finished this e-mail: Once again, the dragons come to attack my men. But—no worry—I will defeat them with my secret weapon: BRING OUT ESTELLE GETTY!

Return directions: Now, here’s what you’re supposed to do...and please do not spoil the fun.
Copy (NOT forward) this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you will send. Change all of the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING the person who sent it to you, The theory is that you will learn a lot of little-known facts about those who know you. Remember to send it back to the person who sent it to you. If you don’t feel like doing this, that’s just fine, no bad luck or negative karma with this one!

--
john j. “thor” o’sullivan
jjostm@gmail.com

i’m john j. o’sullivan and i approved this message. AND NOW...ATTACK, YE MEN OF WAR! ATTACK!!! RELEASE THE FLYING SHARKS!

Dear Friends,

I would like to remind you all of the current appeal for the Hosanna Community in Russia. The Community is planning for a large prison visit next week, and they desperately need funding for their visit. Hosanna needs donations more this year than any before, and they could use your help.

And as the death toll rises to above 114,000, the urgency for relief increases. Disease has not set in. But with the sanitary conditions in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the other two-thirds world countries being as poor as it is, it will. The WHO and Non-governmental organisations, like the Sally Army and the International Red Cross/Crescent, will need to begin their work yesterday. And, of course, to accomplish this, they need money as well.

tutal compiled a list of excellent Christian charities who are responding directly to the Tsunami. (You can find it here.) I strongly suggest that you take a look at the charities listed, and give to the one (or ones) that speak strongly to you. All the charities listed will use the money to its greatest benefit. (And, if I may go back to Hosanna, there are *no* overhead costs. *All* the money will go straight to Russia.)

The need is always there. Jesus did say that the poor would always be with us. And yes, for some, times may be tight—I know they are for me. But there are those who have nothing—or have lost everything. Even a small donation will do a world of good. And in this season of Christmastide—when we received the greatest gift of God Himself—the urge to give should be all the more magnified.

Please help these worthy organisations. They all do excellent work—give what you can.

Thank you,

John O'Sullivan
Moderator, christianity

Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord. (St. Luke 2:10-11)

Venite, exultemus Domino (Psalm 95).

Antiphon:
Alleluia. Unto us a child is born; O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.

O COME, let us sing unto the LORD; * let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our salvation.
Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; * and show ourselves glad in him with psalms.
For the LORD is a great God; * and a great King above all gods.
In his hand are all the corners of the earth; * and the strength of the hills is his also.
The sea is his, and he made it; * and his hands prepared the dry land.
(genuflect) O come, let us worship and fall down, * and kneel before the LORD our Maker. (/genuflect)
For he is the Lord our God; * and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.
O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; * let the whole earth stand in awe of him.
For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth; * and with righteousness to judge the world, and the peoples
with his truth.

Gloria Patri
(bow) Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; (/bow)
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Alleluia. Unto us a child is born; O come, let us adore him. Alleluia.

(From the Book of Common Prayer [1928])

+++

On behalf of myself, Danielle, and the Cat (and the Target Dogs), I wish you and yours a very merry, joyous, and deep season of Christmastide. May your times with friends and loved ones bring you happiness! And, may your relationship and knowledge of Our Lord Jesus Christ deepen as you contemplate the Divine Mystery of his first appearance into our midst.

Christ is born! Magnify Him!

Pax vobiscum...

-j (D, Cat, target_dogs)

* Yesterday, when I was experiencing withdrawl symptoms from the medications I'm on, I thought something was quite interesting. When someone takes medication to keep one's brain in check, and the medication becomes addictive, one isn't addicted, but "dependent." However, when one smokes large bags of crack to keep one's brain in check, one isn't dependent, but "addicted." I think "dependent" is one of those words that we've come up with, like differently abled, vertically challenged, and dance-impared. I think addicted works fine, thanks.

* OfficeMax's slogan is "Max means more." Max does *not* mean more. Max, I'm assuming, comes from "maximum," which means most. So there.

* You know, it seems like Christmas music has been playing for the past 18 years. A month or so ago, when I was food shopping one day, I was almost looking forward to the Christmas music. Now...it's on EVERY SINGLE DAMN RADIO STATION. Monty Python, in their classic, The Meaning of Life, said that everyday is Christmas in Heaven. I'm sorry, I don't think that's the eschatological destination where Christmas music is omnipresent.

There's no escape from this holly jolly hell. I think the guy with the pointy horns and the pitchfork is the one compelling all of today's "best" female pop vocalists to come up with new versions of old standards.

* Anglican teetotaler. HAH!

* The other night, that guy who dressed up as Tron on his website was on a TV show. I thought I was hallucinating. *THEN* I heard frigging Alvin and the Chipmunks singing "Christmas Don't Be Late." (For a moment, I thought I was in Hell...then I saw a full glass of wine, and knew otherwise.) I *know* I didn't have Christmas music playing (see above).

So, I went around the apartment, looking to see if someone was trying to drive me crazy by placing radios around the apartment. (The cat is devious.) Nope, no radios...but Alvin, Simon, and Theodore were certainly singing. Or, I was going crazy.

Well, it turns out that I was neither in Hell, nor was I going crazy—a firetruck with friggin' Santa Claus was driving around the apartment complex, ho ho hoing it up. So, perhaps, the world *is* trying to drive me crazy.

* And one last thought concerning Christmas music. There has been at least one radio station in the NYC area that has been playing Christmas music ad infinitum since November. December 25th is the FIRST day of Christmas...and for the next eleven...I doubt that I'll be hearing "Jingle Bell Rock" &c. Not that I mind—don't get me wrong—I need a break. But, I think it's ironic that they play that crap for an entire month, and then they *don't* play it when they should be.

* FIVE GOLDEN RINGS! AAGH!@

* The cat isn't fat—he's husky.

* I should be going back to work...yes, I shall.

-j

OMFG! 15T T3H PU8LICK!11!!!



-j

V:Rest eternal grant onto him O Lord
R:And let light perpetual shine upon him.

May his soul, and the souls of all the Faithful Departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

-j

I have cut some friends from my FL. Some permanent, some temporary. The permanent ones, well, I barely talked to them, and the histrionics due to the election became irritating enough to say "bye" completely.

Some, however, evidently need to go through a mourning period before returning back to being "normal." And, frankly, between cutting them temporarily or saying something I'll regret...I'm going for the cutting option. This isn't widespread...but it's something I have to do.

My "Charity Meter" has reached 0.056%. I think many people who have supported Kerry have been acting like spoiled teenagers who are pissed that their car privileges were cut by their parents for bad grades. Your guy lost, he lost by a significant margin, work harder to get a better candidate in four years' time. Kerry lost. Bush won. Game over.

If Bush lost, and I thought he was going to, you would not have seen the same over-the-top super-emotional reaction from me. If Bush lost, yeah, I'd have been slightly disappointed...but life moves on in this country. As I've posted before, America is not going to turn into some evangelical gulag where women will be turned into slaves and where gays will be hunted for game. Pul-leeze. Stop with the melodrama.

I'm not accepting arguments over this. I think conspiracy theories involving how Bush "stole" anything are ridiculous. If you wish to make some emotional appeal to me, that somehow, I must have been ignorant to some important fact—that black helicopters stole ballots, that Bush used some M4D 5KU11 & B0N35 5K115!!!!one!!!! to get dogs to vote for him, that Bush used ESP to change the info on ballots—keep it to yourself.

You are not convincing others, and generally, you're making it more difficult for those who disagree with you...to respect your opinion.

This is my portion in the growing Call for a Return to Sanity. Please take it as such. Thanks.

-j

Due to problems resulting from a Very Destructive Troll, this journal was made completely Friends Only. If you wish to take a look at the Mighty Fine Information in this corner of the Internet, send me an e-mail, and I'll check ya out. My e-mail is jjostm@livejournal.com.

Thanks!

-j (John J. O'Sullivan™)