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Pontiff is difficult to rhyme. OR Smoke on the Vatican
Since one of my many youthful indisecretions involved "going Catholic" for a time, I feel more than qualified to weigh in on this dizzeal with the Pope dying and all.
As one may have guessed, I am slightly annoyed at the pervasive well, TMI aspect of the coverage of his failing health and subsequent passing. Similar to one's beloved grandparent, we can feel empathy for the fact that someone is ill without have to hear each gory detail every time we get near the news. Not to mention that many people do not consider the Pope any more holy or important than any other religious figure. And some people are against that sort of borderline idolitry all together.
That said, John Paul seemed like a good man. Aside from the "George Ringo" joke, which is still funny as it happens, JP was also the first notable Catholic to expressly tell parents not to disown thier homosexual children. Since there are plenty of people who do anything the Pope says, I would imagine at least some people were helped by that. It's just too bad it didn't have more of an effect.
As you Catholics know, God speaks directly to the Pope. This was true of all Popes except Pope Joan, who God knew was a woman. I wonder if this gives God more time to start talking to other people. Nothing makes a person sound crazier than when they hear God talking to them. Trust me.
So now they'll have to choose a new Pope.
I feel so out of the loop, I don't even know who's running.
And I kind of wish I had a job, just so I could start an office pool.
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On a completely unrelated topic, I lost another hard drive this morning.
Fucker outbid me by 62 cents.
I think I'm just going to have H pay $10 more so I can do the "buy it now" option.
$60 for 20gig isn't too much is it?
As one may have guessed, I am slightly annoyed at the pervasive well, TMI aspect of the coverage of his failing health and subsequent passing. Similar to one's beloved grandparent, we can feel empathy for the fact that someone is ill without have to hear each gory detail every time we get near the news. Not to mention that many people do not consider the Pope any more holy or important than any other religious figure. And some people are against that sort of borderline idolitry all together.
That said, John Paul seemed like a good man. Aside from the "George Ringo" joke, which is still funny as it happens, JP was also the first notable Catholic to expressly tell parents not to disown thier homosexual children. Since there are plenty of people who do anything the Pope says, I would imagine at least some people were helped by that. It's just too bad it didn't have more of an effect.
As you Catholics know, God speaks directly to the Pope. This was true of all Popes except Pope Joan, who God knew was a woman. I wonder if this gives God more time to start talking to other people. Nothing makes a person sound crazier than when they hear God talking to them. Trust me.
So now they'll have to choose a new Pope.
I feel so out of the loop, I don't even know who's running.
And I kind of wish I had a job, just so I could start an office pool.
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On a completely unrelated topic, I lost another hard drive this morning.
Fucker outbid me by 62 cents.
I think I'm just going to have H pay $10 more so I can do the "buy it now" option.
$60 for 20gig isn't too much is it?