Saturday, March 30, 2019

I give up

I had a friend suggest a TV show to me today about a black, Canadian woman who's a lawyer in Nova Scotia who also surfs (like on waves, not the Internet). I fucking give up. There is such a thing as too much diversity.

Saturday, March 23, 2019

Patience

Take a minute before you all lose your shit. Take just a minute; because in this time of getting your news via fucking Twitter and Facebook you can't really afford to take more than that, but take a minute before whatever happens next, to appreciate that Bob Mueller has done a thankless job in service (once again) to his country. That he's done it professionally, without leaking, without publicly losing his cool despite what would have been enormous pressure from everyone. Whatever happens next, happens next, but take a minute to appreciate the guy and if you get a chance, buy him a beer. If anybody deserves it, it's Robert Mueller.

Now proceed to go lose your shit, here's my contribution: Between the delivery of the Mueller Report and the return of Game of Thrones, there will inevitably be the comparison that having Trump in the White House is like having a Lannister on the Iron Throne. This is an inflated and unfair comparison. Lannisters pay their debts.

Saturday, March 02, 2019

Unicorns

Inspired by a recent conversation, I did some text searches of the King James Bible.

King James Bible mentions of "unicorns":

Numbers 23:22 - “God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.”

Numbers 24:8 - “God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.”

Deuteronomy 33:17 - “His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Job 39:9 - “Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?”

Job 39:10 - “Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?”

Psalms 22:21 - “Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.”

Psalms 29:6 - “He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.”

Psalms 92:10 - “But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.”

Isaiah 34:7 - “And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.”

King James Bible mentions of "gay":

James 2:3 - “And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:”
(Note: I'm not entirely clear on the definition here, but I'm guessing maybe a mesh tank top or something like that? Either way, focus on the "respect" part)

King James Bible mentions of "homosexual":

King James Bible mentions of "lesbian":

King James Bible mentions of "abortion":

In case I’m not clear, even God thinks you should let people live their lives and just shut up about it already. He would rather you talk about unicorns.