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• 08:12 Feliz Cinco de Mayo! That's Spanish for "five kinds of mayonnaise." #
• 08:17 @sugartastic Just so long as you don't try to molest them in the parking lot. #obscurepixiesreference #
• 11:54 @Clamanity Challengers seemed lacking in energy to me, but I did like some of the songs. #
• 11:56 @d_whiteplume What other sorts of books do you like? #
• 11:57 So "United States" is a registered trademark now? #
• 12:10 @
  JaredofMo Just about anything, apparently. #
• 12:11 Unlike Olivia Newton-John, I don't want to hear anyone's body talk. It sounds disgusting. #
• 12:13 @eehouls Because guys are messy. Well, I am, anyway. #
• 12:15 @oz_diggs Maybe someone threw water on the link. #
• 12:16 Garlic Cheerios don't taste very good, but they keep the vampires at bay. #
• 12:20 @TheRealTavie Sue Sylvester was eaten by the smoke monster. #
• 12:43 Lace Invaders #shittyvideogames #
• 13:53 Bernanke Kong #shittyvideogames #
• 13:55 @colleenanne I don't remember liking Teddy Grahams much. I do remember the furry rock stars from the commercials, though. #
• 13:56 Draggin' Quest #shittyvideogames #
• 13:57 @JaredofMo Is it one of the ones with no illustrations? #
• 13:58 Pokemon Cubic Zirconium #shittyvideogames #
• 14:00
  @gick7 It's from the "beef, it's what's for dinner" commercial. #
• 18:52 Profiles of video game pirates vovatia.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/video-game-piracy/ #
• 19:19 @JaredofMo You'd have to be pretty desperate to buy that. #
• 19:24 @3x1minus1 twitpic.com/1lb7vm - Awwww, young sarah is cute! #
• 19:33 @gick7 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqah1rucy
  Rg It's apparently actually called "Rodeo: Hoedown." #
• 19:34 Is there a standard for how much to tip a hairdresser? I always just wing it, and hope they don't think I'm cheap. #
• 19:38 Dewey is freaking out because the other dogs went to the vet and he had to stay here. #
• 20:17 Took Dewey on a short car ride to try to cheer him up, and he cried through that, too. #
• 20:34 @huggythuggy Whenever they're done at the vet. #
• 20:59 I'm not sure what I think of my new haircut. Oh, well. It'll grow out. #

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Like a Prayer

Today is the first Thursday in May, which makes it the National Day of Prayer. I can't say I've ever really been into the prayer thing, but hey, to each his or her own. I've seen it suggested that prayer is really a way for people to work through things and build themselves up to face challenges. It's sort of like what I suggested in this post about how belief in God can sometimes inspire people to take matters into their own hands. That only applies in certain situations, though. Praying for success in battle is one thing, and praying for the enemy to turn into little black ants quite another. An all-powerful deity SHOULD be able to turn the enemy into ants, but I'd say the chances of it happening are basically nil, unless you have access to an Infinite Improbability Drive. And when people say, "I'll pray for you" in response to a disagreement, that's really just a smug way to get in the last word without having any actual argument. It's like, "You may THINK you've won this argument, but GOD is on my side!" Yeah, what makes you so sure?

( Our Father, who art behind this cut, hallowed by Thy name. )

If you believe in prayer, go ahead and do it. Hey, you're not hurting anybody, and maybe the joke will be on the skeptics when it actually comes true. But remember that prayer isn't a substitution for thought and action, and that you can't force others to share your religious convictions.