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Happy Earth Day

To celebrate I ate at McDonald's, twice. And I left my bottles outside for the homeless to recycle.

What's mother Earth ever done for me? Eh? No cards, no calls, and she certainly didn't help out with my tuition...

Bitch.

YUL Blog's newest member...

I love the "Ask Not, Tell Not" nature of the YulBlog- it let's a certain dangerous side of the web sit alongside chili recipes and single-mom blogs- Hell- that's the only reason I'm there...*



Also- last year- I think, in May, Turbo and I were asked to attend and do some judging at the Montreal Amatuer Pornography Social at the Vatican- we were thouroughly entertained and disgusted. So, whoever is running Foo1- you better be at next month's Cabane meeting. I'll buy you a drink.


*I'm not a total crunk-head- I just play one on the internet...

If you were waiting for a good opportunity to renounce Catholicism- NOW is the time!

Some excerpts from a 1986 letter from your new Pope. Click the title above to read the whole thing. All emphasis mine.

"Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith October 1, 1986

1. The issue of homosexuality and the moral evaluation of homosexual acts have increasingly become a matter of public debate, even in Catholic circles. Since this debate often advances arguments and makes assertions inconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church, it is quite rightly a cause for concern to all engaged in the pastoral ministry, and this Congregation has judged it to be of sufficiently grave and widespread importance to address to the Bishops of the Catholic Church this Letter on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons."
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3. Explicit treatment of the problem was given in this Congregation's "Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics" of December 29, 1975. That document stressed the duty of trying to understand the homosexual condition and noted that culpability for homosexual acts should only be judged with prudence. At the same time the Congregation took note of the distinction commonly drawn between the homosexual condition or tendency and individual homosexual actions. These were described as deprived of their essential and indispensable finality, as being "intrinsically disordered", and able in no case to be approved of (cf. n. 8, sect. 4).

In the discussion which followed the publication of the Declaration, however, an overly benign interpretation was given to the homosexual condition itself, some going so far as to call it neutral, or even good. Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil; and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

-all of you humanists out there, take a deep breath. The air is about to get a lot fouler around here before it gets any better.

Pope Pope Pope Pope Pope Pope: A brief guide to everything Pope-like and somewhat holy-

Or- more aptly:

"A Brief Guide to a Caretaker Pope whom Everyone Could Agree Upon Until Enough Conservative Conclave Members Die off so We Can Save the Church from Itself by Removing Its Holy Head from Its Holy Arse."

From Wikipedia with some editting by moi:

"His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, officially (in Latin) Benedictus XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger (Latin: Iosephus Ratzinger) (April 16, 1927), was elected Pope of the Roman Catholic Church on April 19, 2005. As such, he is Bishop of Rome, Sovereign of the Vatican City State and head of the Roman Catholic Church, including the Eastern Rite Churches in communion with the Holy See. He will be formally installed as pontiff during the Mass of Papal Installation on April 24, 2005. (Jesus- what kind of scenester will you have to be to get tickets to that?)

Hey! If the hat fits, wear it :)

At 78 years of age, he is the oldest pope elected since Pope Clement XII in 1730, and is the first German pope since Adrian VI (1522–1523) who was both German and Dutch because he lived in what is now the Netherlands (boring, exhasutive details- THANKS!!), which was a conglomerate of German provinces at the time of his papacy. Benedict is the 8th German pope in history; the first was Gregory V. The last Benedict, Benedict XV, served as pontiff from 1914 to 1922 and thus reigned during World War I. (And it was ALL HIS FAULT, BTW!)

He was appointed prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith by Pope John Paul II in 1981, made a Cardinal Bishop of the episcopal see of Velletri-Segni in 1993, and was elected Dean of the College of Cardinals in 2002, becoming titular bishop of Ostia.(Yes- it is two links- here is a condensed read....) He was already one of the most influential men in the Vatican and a close associate of the late John Paul II (some would say bossom buddies, if not for the whole homo-erotic undertones of men of the cloth [with big hats] patting each other on the ass after making free throws...wait- wrong film...) before he became pope. He also presided over the funeral of John Paul II and the Conclave in 2005 which elected him (say it with me dear readers- vote rigging and influence peddling). During the most recent sede vacante (sounds kinky- like Hedonism but better), he was the highest-ranking official in the Catholic Church.

"Damn it, Jesus- this one is for your remains for FUCK's SAKE!"

Some see Benedict as a traditionalist, others as merely orthodox (unfortunately- I beleive he is "merely orthodox" in the truest sense of the phrase- he holds all of the proper opinions and moral values any good Catholic should have), but almost all observers agree that he is a staunch defender of Catholic doctrine. He is a critic of homosexuality, same-sex marriage, and abortion and has spoken about the unique role of the Catholic Church in salvation (I'm vechlempt all over here, hat boy...) and has called all other Christian churches and ecclesial communities deficient(BURN!). As a Cardinal, he wrote Truth and Tolerance, a book in which he denounces the use of tolerance as an excuse to distort the truth. Benedict also participated as a priest in the Second Vatican Council and has continued to defend the council, including Nostra Aetate, the document on respect of other religions and the declaration of the right to religious freedom. He was viewed during the time of the council as a liberal. As the Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Benedict most clearly spelled out the Catholic Church's position on other religions in the document Dominus Iesus which also talks about the proper way to engage in ecumenical dialogue.

JGirl- the Musical

My pal Jenn is starting an internet radio show tonight at 1 AM EST- link above! Maybe breaks- but definately some groovey house via mtl/CHI/B.C.

If you missed it live it is available for download for 7 days afterward! Give it a whirl!

Why I am not a good Leftist

Even though I have exhibitted signs of being a bleeding heart Liberal (yes, with a captal "l") I have never been very comfortable in their midst..ie: at the protest against seal hunting, or peace marches in general- especially the ones lately....

Something deep inside me is Draconian- and I fear I have a deep respect for utilitatianism. I want shit done, I want it done right, and I want it done NOW.

"I'm in too much of a hurry for instant gratification."
Zippy the Pinhead

So- as far as my faults on the "Left" go:

On not growing up so soon...

So- on my daily must read list is Rampant Intellectualism, which mainly contains none...

Nobody wants to grow up and the dirty little secret is that no one ever does. Sure, we're all trying to pull off some outward display of responsibility but inside, the synapses are just haywire and you know what they're saying?

go fuck on the beach.

This signal is being interrupted with another one.

drink a beer.

These are wrapped up in even more thoughts like box full of tangled shoelaces.

Run! Run away! Run as hard as you can and jump. Jump in something. In the water. Off a ledge. Away from here. Climb a tree. Catch frogs.

One More Year

If I had to have a female version of myself- it would appear to be Care over at "One More Year"

"The spirit is willing, but the flesh is all bruised and spongy."

"If the goal last night was to get utterly smashed and not remember my walk home, then I accomplished my goal. If the goal was to do things I wouldn't ordinarily do, then I accomplished that goal as well. If my goal was to pass out naked with Futurama playing in the background, well damned if I didn't accomplish that one as well. It was a great night."

Now if that doesn't sound like something I have done, I don't know what else would.

Gender Confusion

Blogs, like Winamp and your cell phone, can be skinned- and when I say skinned, I mean they can have a certain look and feel that may confuse people.

As the recent audio posts attest to- I am a male- and the gorgeous redhead that some of you think has been writing these posts is, sad to say, just our Official Hotperson, Julia Bonk, pictured here again:

So, please- even though you now know I am not an 18 year old cutey, please continue to send your cash donations and gifts of seductive lingerie. They make excellent parting gifts for our female contestants...

What every little WASP boy wants on a Friday night...

You'd think it would be understood...

When you leave a voice message for someone you've been sleeping with that:
"I'm not doing much tonight- why don't you drop by later?" that you are not wanting to sit around and watch TV? or is this something that you have to spell out?