Not exactly. For the Catholic Church, things like homelessness are HUGE moral issues. Social justice is explicitly discussed and promoted throughout the Bible (if that's your thing). Good works are supposed to be the foundation of the New Testament. But good works doesn't get people to the polls the way divisive social issues do.
And "what they're saying from a faith perspective" is a highly annotated, filtered through men, super-disputed message. NOT a "truth bomb".
And "what they're saying from a faith perspective" is a highly annotated, filtered through men, super-disputed message. NOT a "truth bomb".
Yep. Pointless and bad for women. That's when I use Douchebag.
Australian I believe.
Glen Campbell, a country "legend" who also performed, knocked out his girlfriend Tanya Tucker's teeth.
But he's white, and a country singer, and it was a while ago blah blah blah, so no one cares.
But he's white, and a country singer, and it was a while ago blah blah blah, so no one cares.
I would watch the hell out of a buddy movie with Jessica Chastain and Miss Piggy.
No kidding. You know what happens to Quakers when we refuse to pay for the things that we're morally opposed too? (ie. all the fucking wars)
We get sent to jail.
Suck it up folks.
We get sent to jail.
Suck it up folks.
That's how it worked when I was at a Catholic university for grad. school. I could get a prescription for BC, but my insurance would only cover it if the doctor faxed a special form explaining how I wasn't using it for birth control but for other "legitimate medical reasons". This worked my first year, but then the church/insurance company cracked down, and I had to pay out of pocket for the next two.
Also, if you just want a really lovely, quiet sea town, Höfn is lovely and has great garlic lobster (I really like food).
Ooo. Also, there was only one TV station in Iceland (state run) until 1988 and they turned it off, completely, on Thursdays so people would do other things.
Urban legend/running joke is that the vast majority of children born before 1988 were conceived on a Thursday.
#thingsIknowaboutIceland
Urban legend/running joke is that the vast majority of children born before 1988 were conceived on a Thursday.
#thingsIknowaboutIceland
I have spent quite a bit of time there (Mr. Counsel is a Geologist, and Iceland is like Disney World for Geologists).
Anything in particular you are looking for? In Reykjavik you absolutely must go to the restaurant Fiskmarkaðurinn (Fish Market). It is some of the best food I have had anywhere, ever. An additional food recommendation, which you can find in Lonely Planet, is Lindin, in Laugarvatn (near Þingvellir), which claims, not without reason, to have the best chocolate mousse in the world.
Anything in particular you are looking for? In Reykjavik you absolutely must go to the restaurant Fiskmarkaðurinn (Fish Market). It is some of the best food I have had anywhere, ever. An additional food recommendation, which you can find in Lonely Planet, is Lindin, in Laugarvatn (near Þingvellir), which claims, not without reason, to have the best chocolate mousse in the world.
Also, beer wasn't legal until 1989. So pubs served non-alcoholic beer with shots of vodka mixed in.
#thingsIknowaboutIceland
#thingsIknowaboutIceland
I am sticking with the positive:
Gemma Rose has the cutest fucking cheeks I have ever seen.
Gemma Rose has the cutest fucking cheeks I have ever seen.
SURPRISE! It was Dane Cook!
ETA: Shit. I keep getting "surprise" confused with "not a surprise". Sorry.
I use the phrase "collapse like a flan in a cupboard" close to once a day. There is no substitute phrase, and Eddie Izzard is a genius.
It sucks that the person who came to your house was unpleasant. Since I don't know what country you're in, or anything else, that's all I can really offer.
And adoption is not really an entirely different situation, except in so much as we had to be thoroughly vetted and take classes before we became parents. At the end of the day, you are still at home with a new, often challenging, little person on your hands.
And adoption is not really an entirely different situation, except in so much as we had to be thoroughly vetted and take classes before we became parents. At the end of the day, you are still at home with a new, often challenging, little person on your hands.
It takes place in a lot of other countries. Not a "we're coming to tell you what you're doing wrong", but "we're coming to see how you're doing, how's the adjustment going? Oh, you're struggling a little with X? Have you heard about this emergency childcare service?" etc.
Most new parents are blown away when a hospital actually lets them leave, with a baby, and that's it. If you're already struggling and don't have support, it can be disastrous. It doesn't fix sociopaths, but it does help many new overwhelmed parents.
Most new parents are blown away when a hospital actually lets them leave, with a baby, and that's it. If you're already struggling and don't have support, it can be disastrous. It doesn't fix sociopaths, but it does help many new overwhelmed parents.
Also, I'm an adoptive parent and had monthly site visits for the first six months and it was actually very lovely and reassuring.
I agree. MiniCounsel is 2 1/2, and at least once a month I have to hand him to his father and walk away.
If I didn't have someone to hand him too?
If I didn't have someone to hand him too?
Well and of course, her first language is not foreign. At all.
Non-English yes, but not foreign (this irritation is for the teachers, not you.)
Non-English yes, but not foreign (this irritation is for the teachers, not you.)
If you know anything about his family dynamics...
Let's just say I'm not surprised- they are a super fucked up family with the weirdest communication I have ever seen on a reality show. Which is saying something.
Let's just say I'm not surprised- they are a super fucked up family with the weirdest communication I have ever seen on a reality show. Which is saying something.
When Mr. Counsel was teaching in northern Virginia (we're in NYC now) he had at least one parent threaten to sue every semester. Most were DC litigators, and most meant it.
Two per try-outs for every soccer season, if he was lucky.
Two per try-outs for every soccer season, if he was lucky.
