I always try to be cautious about making people feel judged because I personally hate it, that judgy-wudgyness that's always going around, usually from people who haven't walked a mile in your shoes ... but there are things that I think are wrong, obviously. Any kind of sex act without consent from all parties offends me, deeply. This doesn't make me a prude that wants all women in burkas. This doesn't mean that I deny having sexual urges myself. And this doesn't mean I want to police people's private lives. Unless your private life involves raping people and/or chaining them up in your basement against their will in which case, 911.

But our civilization has got it kind of twisted and often tells us that 'liberation' is being able to do any degrading thing we want to anyone. That in being enslaved to our animal drives we're breaking the chains of oppression and resisting The Man. I think this is pretty fake. The Man likes it when we struggle in vain. My kind of freedom isn't jungle freedom because I don't think animals are free. Either they're domesticated and completely dependent on us or they're wild and at the mercy of each other - fighting, killing, raping, all that? Animals do that every day. No matter how cute and lovable they are.

So clearly, even if you do not believe in God, we can probably agree that civilization will collapse if we act like animals. That's probably why the Bible has all these awesome law things about not killing people, not stealing, not bearing false witness ... people often want to make God into this monster authoritarian but in truth, He only rules against what destroys us. I know, to anyone with love in their hearts many of these rules seem self-evident (oh, I shouldn't kill people? Good to know!) but if we look at human history we tend to descend into being animals tearing each other apart with some regularity. And we go beyond animal violence, too. No wild beast could come up with nuclear bombs.

Christians, on the other hand ... sometimes we use Scripture as a justification to obsess about the 'sinful' ways others are living. Because it's easier to say 'look at all these sinners!' then to ask 'why am I so fixated about what these sinners are doing in bed?' A clue: whenever you think something is about other people it's usually about you.

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Sulfamic acid, together with thiourea, is a key component of:



Tarn-X, 1970s.

This is not the original 60s ad I remember (with a man), but it still has the magic of Tarn-X.  Of course, when I finally got a bottle, it was (1) smelly and (2) disappointing and (3) lasted for about a day before the tarnish returned.

Sulfamic acid is also part of Lime-A-Way and Easy Off. :D

Burton Boys Club Ad 1982

Boy's Club Day



That's it! Just one thing on my daily holiday list.
http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/may.htm

Not sure if I want to read these books/actually watch the show considering that I can't even get through Tolkien - but Arya Stark is super cool and adorable.

To do list for this long weekend:

- At least three loads of laundry
- Tidy living room, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom
- Take a bath
- Do dishes
- Jewellery box craft project
- Change sheets and pillowcases
- Watch Casablanca
- Call the health line ... I'm having weird system-wide symptoms. Hopefully I can find a clinic or something that will take me soon so I don't have to wait for hours at the hospital for something that's not quite an emergency but is disturbing.

A song.



'til Babylon can't regroup.