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Many people, Many Convictions

Religion has been at the forefront of daily life. Not in a bad way, like we are deciding whether or not we are going to hell, but much discussion has happened around religion between me and Meicka, Terry...well...I guess that isn't a lot of people. It has been at the forefront my mind then. I'm reading this book called "Living a Year Biblically". It's about a man that has taken the rules and laws of the Bible and is living out all the rules. This includes no lying and stealing, but also the more obsure ones like no shaving, stoning (with pebbles on peoples shoes), wearing white. Oh yeah, and a beard to boot. But the book has got me thinking about why are all the rules in the Bible. Why would God want us to cut off the hand of a woman that grabs the private parts of thier husbands in a brawl? (No lie, it's in there. Deuteronomy 25:11) Do these rules make us more connected with the higher being? Will we go to hell if we don't follow these rules? Or are all ...

You're sweet

I get told this all the time. "You are so sweet", "You have a sweet spirit"  Not that I'm bragging or anything. Sometimes I wish I could look "hard". And look "hard" at the library. LIKE THE LIBRARY G THAT I AM!!! But I don't. I can't help it. I have a sweet spirit. But let me be honest, I do at times equate "sweet" to being an 8 year old girl. That I can't deny and it frustrates the piss out of me. It's not like I want to be an asshole, but I don't want to be seen as an 8 year old little girl either. But I had an interaction with a man today that changed how I look at this. And what's even better, we have the same birthday. SCORPIOS IN THE HOUSE!!!! WHAT?! The guy was from an extended stay mental hospital. I was helping him find an author in the collection on the computer. Gave him the location of the material and sent him on his way. He came back up to the desk and said, "I found those books" and...