WonkyLemur's mental randomness.

Here we are in a handbasket...

I usually stay away from talking about these things, because religion and politics are very, very hot buttons with people--but this just blows my mind.

So I'll say this right now, proudly, defiantly: I do not hate Muslims.  I do not hate Islam, nor do I believe that Islam is our enemy.  At its base Islam is a religion of peace, as are they all.  Yes, some people have completely and utterly missed the boat and choose to interpret it in a way that was quite unlikely to have been intended--as with all religions.  It is the fanatics, not the religion, that are the problem.

I can not think of many things more hateful and CHILDISH than burning the Koran. WTF is wrong with you people???  Is this how you want to remember and honor the people who lost their lives in the September 11th attacks?  Really??  With an ignorant act of hatred and intolerance?  And just as bad are the idiots rioting and burning this asshat in effigy.

This escalation is ridiculous.  It needs to end someplace.  "But they started it!!" should remain in the kindergarten play yard, people.  Grow up.  Be bigger than that.  Turn the other cheek, if you will.

I do not claim to know the mind of God.  I consider that to be a very blasphemous attitude, actually. 

But I can't imagine that God can look upon any of this and do anything other than weep.

Geeky hijinks and saving the world...

 

So happy that the tee I geeked out and splurged on is helping to help others!

 

From Hijinks Ensue:

 

In MUCH MORE UPLIFTING news, Olmos Productions Inc. has donated their share of the profits from the “Team Edward [James Olmos] Shirts” to Doctors Without Borders. The first donation was $1153 and their will be more donations to charity as long as we continue to sell the shirts. I am so happy that creating that silly T-Shirt resulted people in desperate need receiving life saving help, even if it was just a small amount.

 

Team Edward is awesome. 

 

So say we all!!

 

xoxo

~Elizabeth

Thoughts on the "Twilight Mom" Phenomenon

Or Twi-moms, or whatever the hell they are.  I haven't been sucked into the vortex myself, so pardon me if I'm not all down with the lingo.

First off, yes, I think it's ridiculous.  I admire the beauty of virile youth as much as anyone, but I prefer to keep a lid on it and admire quietly.  Just sayin'.

So there was a picture on a blog somewhere, most likely one of the offspring of I Can Has Cheezburger, that showed a bunch of grown women going all Beatlemania over Twilight.  I assume it was a showing of New Moon, or an appearance of the male stars thereof.  The text added below the photo stated that if this were a crowd of 40-year-old men screaming for a 17-year-old girl, someone would call the police.

At the time, I laughed. "Oh, guffaw, 'tis funny because 'tis true!"  And a rueful headshake at society and its silly double standards.

I've come to feel, however, that there is a reason that society has these double standards.  By and large, women are a prey species.*  A 40-something woman is far less likely to have the urge** or the ability to rape a teenage boy, beat him to within an inch of his life, and leave him for dead in a ditch.  This difference, for me, at least, adds a frightening underlying aspect to men--especially in "packs"--ogling women that just isn't there when the roles are reversed.  It's a group of Thompson's gazelles stalking a male lion.  Not that threatening, perhaps kinda cute, and certainly silly.

So.  Just a mentally random, randomly mental, thought for you today.

xoxo

~E

Now obviously my own experiences (which do not include being beaten nearly to death and left in a ditch, thankfully) have colored my perceptions.  I only have my own perceptions to work with, hey?  It's how these things work.

 

* Yes, I know that some women could kick the shit out of a man if necessary, whether they are larger than he is or not.

** No, I do not believe that all men everywhere have to constantly suppress the urge to rape and/or pillage.