2/20/06-3/1/06

ANNOUNCING A NEW BLOG 3/1/06

*blondie*

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goto http://sapphoqreviews.blogspot.com to check out my book reviews which i just started "the other day."

this does not mean that i don't love yas anymore. i am just branching out. a few of you might be aware that once in awhile i am given to polluting the waters of blogger with http://sapphoqnfriends.blogspot.com so sapphoqreviews is merely another miniadventure, eh?

sometime this week, i also hope to be launching my own domain. thanks jeremy crow you sweet thing for the info leading to that decision.

meanwhile, back at the hovel, doggie has completed her first formal obedience lesson and did indeed learn that it is not absolutely necessary for her to play catchup when i am walking her and there are four other doggies with their people ahead of her.

~spike q, blondie's proud mommy

RAGINGGRANNIES.COM 2/25/06

RAGINGGRANNIES.COM

http://www.raginggrannies.com are out there doing it! they are saying NO to illegal wiretapping, they are having tea with military recruiters, asking embarrassing questions about supplying body armor to our troops in iraq... go check out their link please. makes me want to live in san francisco or san mateo so i could join up. or at least maybe take a field trip out there.

many thanks ischade for the link!

~spike q

THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER AND THE CREATION OF THE MULTIVERSE 2/22/06

pict is from *http://www.venganza.org* found in yahoo search

THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER AND THE CREATION OF THE MULTIVERSE

Dear readers, there are indeed volcanoes in Alaska . They were placed there by our matriarchial deity [n.b. those who say that the FSM is a "he" got it wrong] the Flying Spaghetti Monster who rains down parmesan cheese upon the faithful.

Once upon a time in a time that was not entirely so long ago as it turned out, some townsfolk in Dover Pennsylvania wanted their publicschool children to be taught about Intelligent Design . Other townsfolk didn't. A judge ruled that Intelligent Design is NOT science. Some churchfolk had already ruled that evolution is a thought-theory. The Devil had placed signs and wonders upon the earth-- such as fossils-- in order to confound the sinners and confuse the faithful. Now that the Dover judicial system has come out of the closet on the side of Darwinism, it has been rumored that-- should Dover Pennsylvania ever experience a natural disaster, supernatural help in the form of "Intelligent Design Master please get us out of this one" will not be forthcoming. It appears that both human and divine help were rather lacking when Katrina initially descended upon the poorer sections of New Orleans. Therefore, it is doubtful that anyone in Dover Pennsylvania perceives this as much of a threat.

The mythos of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was created by humanists -- a very naughty word, dear readers-- in response to the denial by the creationist emcampment that Intelligent Design is a back-door way to sneak the book of Genesis into public schools.

As for me and my house , the idea of the Flying Spaghetti Monster sounds rather cheesy. Cheesy is a fun word that means "right up my alley." Actually the alley is on the left of my humble abode but no matter.

The problem with freedom of expression is that some folks may use freedom of expression to say things that other folks may not like to hear . The christians blog about things I may not like. I blog about things they may object to. Yahell wipes all the blogs written by creative sexy women under the terms of the TOS agreement. TOS is a word that means ThrowOutStuff- as-per-the-whims-of-the-censors. Certain government agencies regularly inspect the communications of anyone judged to be not in favor of theocracies . Meanwhile, everyone has forgotten the back button.

So if everything that everyone objected to was not allowed to be communicated in a public forum, there would not be much left. That is the risk we take when we proclaim that we are on the side of freedom of expression and we want bloggers' rights . Some of our comrades will take the opportunity to get on electronic soapboxes that just are not popular.

So if it ain't popular , does that mean we get to riddle it with holes ? Or can we respect the rights of adults to think, say, and do things in the company of other adults that we ourselves have no interest in? Aye, there's the rub. What would Voltaire do ?

~spike q

KWAN YIN 2/22/06

click here for singing to and picts of Kwan Yin----------------------------------------------------------------------------->THE LEGEND OF MIAO-SHAN KUAN YIN, GUAN YIN

pict of kwan yin came from website above.

happy healing!

~spike q

YOU TUBE 2/20/06

YOU TUBE is the name of a site that shows short clips. it is a fully searchable database.

for various short video clips, goto http://www.youtube.com

anyone who is a christian may not want to view the clip below that i am recommending.

**************************** to see a short clip of a modern jesus singing "i will survive" click here ------------------>YouTube - Jesus Will Survive <------------------------------------

pic is from an e-card that a friend sent me today thru americangreetings.com

have fun if you want to.

~sapphoq

ps you tube can be found in yahoo search