“What the unmaskers too often forget is that every one of us wears a mask that conceals a dark cabinet of hidden vices behind our public personas. A world populated by people unmasked, their secrets exposed, would be one where all immorality is shameless and all claims to respectability are hypocritical. But shame and hypocrisy are essential human drives. The rage against hypocrisy is a rage against civilized life. The danger in totalitarian movements is that the elite’s justified moral disgust at hypocrisy is translated into a carnival of destruction that is just so much fun.” ―Roger Berkowitz

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Governor Mark Sanford admitting to an extramarital affair. The big question I have involves that chick behind him: what is going on with her?

Here, I make fun of my own stupidity as I attempted to wow myself by destroying my decently sized and good looking tumbler and making it a nano-tumbler ~ I failed, miserably. Even Harley doesn't pity my blondeness, then again, it would be a bit hypocritical of HER... Tell me what you think...

this terrible tragedy would never have happened if only the ndp had chosen to stop hitler.

pictures only from me, for now. comments and responses when i am able.

"You would sell your own mother out

And then betray your dead brother with another hypocritical kiss"

You say I'm selfish, I say who isn't?

You say I'm narcissistic, I say you're a hypocrite.

You say I'm judgmental, I say that's judgmental in itself.

You say I say too much. I say you say too much about what I shouldn't be saying.

Did two shoots today. Felt good to take pictures of people again, but also bad and hypocritical to be close enough to take pictures of people again.

I did stick with telephoto lenses and distance, though, so I'm not a *complete* hypocrite. And I wore a mask for the first shoot, which was... disgusting by the end of it, from the combination of me exhaling and me getting sweaty during shoots.

Shop window of Needful Things, an antique furniture and art business, in St James’s Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, East Sussex.

Needful Things is the name of Stephen King novel and film.

The kitsch shop is like a splendid part of the Addams Family mansion plonked down onto the street.

The local council claim that the shop does not have planning permission for the style of front door, (and would not gain it, even if applied for).

There appears to be a hypocritical element in the local council's attitude. In the same street an unlicensed Starbucks has been the focus of protesters as it has been operating for some time despite not having the appropriate planning permission.

Needful Things, an antique furniture and art business, in St James’s Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, East Sussex. Photo taken on the eve of the Street Party on St James's Street celebrating Pride 2008.

Needful Things is the name of Stephen King novel and film.

The kitsch shop is like a splendid part of the Addams Family mansion plonked down onto the street.

The local council claim that the shop does not have planning permission for the style of front door, (and would not gain it, even if applied for).

There appears to be a hypocritical element in the local council's attitude. In the same street an unlicensed Starbucks has been the focus of protesters as it has been operating for some time despite not having the appropriate planning permission.

"There are so many better words in the English language to describe how you feel without swearing", my mother used to say, or something very much like that.

And she was right. Mothers always are, aren't they?

And I do love words. Words like pulchritude, anthropomorphism, omniscient, aubergine, courgette, perineum, expectorate, micturate, masticate, and copulate...

But I do also swear like a trooper at times.

I'm not sure how or why I got in the habit. When I was living at home my parents always told us off for bad language, and not in a hypocritical "it's okay for me to say that word, but you mustn't" way: I didn't hear my dad swear until I was about fifteen and that was only 'dickhead'. I think the first time I heard him say anything harsher was a year or so later when he dropped a case of beer on his foot whilst filling the restaurant fridges.

Their language is still only occasionally "blue" now that my brothers and I no longer have sensitive ears.

I still try to restrain my language in front of them, usually slipping into expletives unconsciously in anger or when drunk, and I do restrain my "potty mouth" in respectable company.

Max and Erin photo bombing our group photo at Thanksgiving

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Tsars, Kings, Emperors,

sovereigns of all the earth,

have commanded many a parade,

but they cannot command Humor.

When Aesop, the tramp, came visiting

the palaces of eminent personages,

ensconced in sleek comfort all day,

they struck him as paupers.

In houses where hypocrites have

left the mark of their puny feet,

there Hodja-Nasr-ed-Din, with his jests,

swept aside their banalities like a board of chessmen!

They tried to buy Humor–

but Humor is not for sale!

They tried to murder Humor,

but Humor thumbed his nose at them!

It’s a hard business to fight Humor.

They executed him time and again.

His hacked-off head was stuck on the point of a pike.

But as soon as the funeral pipes

began their plaintive song,

Humor defiantly cried: “I’m back, I’m here!”,

and broke into a dashing dance.

In an overcoat, shabby and short,

with eyes cast down and a mask of repentance,

Humor, a political criminal now under arrest,

walked to his execution.

He appeared to submit in every way,

accepting the life-beyond,

but all of a sudden he wriggled out

of his coat, and, waving his hand, escaped.

Humor was shoved into cells,

but like hell that did any good.

Humor went straight through

prison bars and walls of stone.

Coughing from frozen lungs

like any man in the ranks,

Humor marched, singing a popular ditty,

rifle in hand upon the Winter Palace.

He’s accustomed to frowning looks,

but they do him no harm;

and Humor regards himself at times

with humor.

He’s everpresent.

Nimble and quick,

he’ll slip through anything,

through everyone.

So glory be to humor.

He is a valiant fellow!

“Humor” — Yevgeny Yevtushenko

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The acronym “WWJD” was the popular christian t-shirt of the nineties. Sooo … how can one know what Jesus would do? It depends heavily on which part of the New Testament you read.

The nice guy Jesus:

Matthew 5:43-45

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 7:12

“So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

The violent vandal Jesus:

John 2:13-16

“When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here!“

The angry, name calling Jesus:

Matthew 23:33

“You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?”

Matthew 23:15

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.”

Matthew 23:16-17

“Woe to you, blind guides! … You blind fools!”

Matthew 23:24

“You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.”

The cruel and threatening Jesus:

Luke 14:26

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.”

Matthew 8:21-22

Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Matthew 5:30

“And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.”

Matthew 18:9

“And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.”

Mark 11:13-14, 20-21

Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again … In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

Matthew 10:34

“Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.“

The fear mongering fire and brimstone Jesus:

Luke 12:46-47

“The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. That servant who knows his master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows.”

Matthew 10:28

“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Mark 10:25

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

The next time a person disagrees with your religion: call them a blind snake, tell them to gouge out their own eye and explain how they will one day be destroyed by the fires of hell. All while chasing them around with a whip. After all, that’s what Jesus did.

And now for your conflicting Bible teaching

God commands to not create graven images or idols of ANYTHING…

Exodus 20:4

“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below.”

Leviticus 26:1

“Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves.”

Deuteronomy 27:15

“Cursed is the man who carves an image or casts an idol—a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of the craftsman’s hands.”

…then turns around and gives specific directions on how to make idols and graven images.

Exodus 25:18-19

“Make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.”

1 Kings 7:15-29

He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits around, by line. 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high … He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it … The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work.

And let’s not forget all of the graven images of the Mother Mary, Saints and crucifixion crosses that adorn churches around the world. I guess the second commandment doesn’t count anymore.

Okay all this drama is getting annoying. There are some things I feel like no one is understanding. First off to target the drama in general. If you don't like the drama and want to avoid it then don't put yourselves in situations where it may happen. Now if you look at my stream you will notice something. NO DRAMA. Now I may not get as much attention compared to alot of the other people in the lego community but there is no drama and I like it that way. That brings me to another point, popularity.

I see it happen WAY to much. A person will post a picture saying "Hey guys what do you want me to build". That pisses me off beyond belief. DON'T BUILD TO PLEASE OTHERS! Just build for your own pleasure. To see the types of things you can make. To see how far your efforts can go. While having 100's of screaming fanboys must be fun it is just a cool little side effect. The only time you should build for others is when you want to sell something.

Also I hate all the people leaving. It's one thing to leave but when your reason is because other people are leaving that's just stupid. You can't really get to much more hypocritical. All you are doing then is creating more people wanting to leave for the same stupid purpose. How about instead of leaving you stay and contribute to the community in a way that you make it better? And if you are leaving because lots of great builders aren't active. Well there are always more coming in.

It wasn't that long ago that we didn't have Wimbe, Carson Hart, Magus and many others. You have to try to find them. I am always finding new people who are great. Alot of times they just need a little help. I remember when Magus only had two faves a pic. They were from me and ToyWiz who was always added. Now look at how many he gets. I found Wimbe when his first build didn't even have a comment and now he has forever changed the mech building comunitty.I found Carson Hart when hew literally only had one comment and look how far he has come! Now basically every other day I find new people with amazing potential. How about instead of complaining at the amount of inactive good builders there are you try to find new ones and help them. If you see a "noob" who needs instead of trolling how about you help him? Give advice on anything he/she needs help on. If we all do this then maybe the Flickr Lego community can be brought back to how it used to be!

Please read all of this and copy and paste the rant on your stream!

I like to have fun on my stream but this just isn't one of those pictures.

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When do we say "Enough is enough" to the ignorant, bigoted, judgmental,

holier-than-thou, hypocritical, religious nut-jobs who think they have the right to deny equal rights to anyone who doesn't believe exactly what they believe? They use lies and fear-mongering to scare open minded, normal people into thinking they are going to lose their rights if they give us equal rights, and I'm damn sick and tired of it! These fucking, ignorant assholes will only change when it's too difficult NOT to change. Maybe it's time for another stonewall- on a national scale!

Pribeta, 2003

'Don't eat anything you are not willing to kill yourself!' -said a hypocrite.

It's the 21st century, globalisation is thriving, people go by their highly specialised daily business and to be honest hunting and gathering is not on the top of our to-do list. Luckily, 'the dirty job' has been taken off our hands, but we must remember to treat meat with respect.

SET 3 – Oxford Kroger, Post-Expansion

Now that I’ve hopefully got you excited for the remainder of our stour (or at the very least, reminded you that there’s still more to this place than just the café, haha!), here’s one final shot of the café seating area, this one showing how it connects to the adjacent Starbucks counter. As is plainly visible here, yes, you could technically enter the café area just by walking over from Starbucks, rather than being forced to funnel through the Walk of Champions arch – but where’s the fun in that?!

(c) 2024 Retail Retell

These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)

Shop window of Needful Things, an antique furniture and art business, in St James’s Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, East Sussex.

Needful Things is the name of Stephen King novel and film.

The kitsch shop is like a splendid part of the Addams Family mansion plonked down onto the street.

The local council claim that the shop does not have planning permission for the style of front door, (and would not gain it, even if applied for).

There appears to be a hypocritical element in the local council's attitude. In the same street an unlicensed Starbucks has been the focus of protesters as it has been operating for some time despite not having the appropriate planning permission.

Magpie: “Oh, Wren! I almost forgot! Did Lark tell you the news about your former boyfriend, Brian? You remember him, I’m sure. The *expletives so vile they are unprintable* that backhanded you?”

Kumi: “Geez, I forgot how unbelievably nasty your vocab can be when you’re pissed, Mags. Yuri, aren’t you going to ream her for bringing that stuff into your house?”

Yuri (calmly): “Normally, I would indeed, but I agreed with everything she just said. Thus, it would be hypocritical of me to admonish her for it.”

Wren (tiredly): “What’s this about Brian?”

Magpie: “He’s being audited by the IRS, and they have gone after him with a puzzling vengeance—both personally and professionally. It turns out that he has not been completely truthful with the tax man over the years. He stands to lose everything…” *cheerful, malicious grin*

Yuri & Kumi: *exchange looks, begin to cackle delightedly* “Fletcher.”

Magpie (cheerfully): “Yes, I thought the same thing! He is usually such a self-deprecating, humble fellow. One forgets how much power he and his family wield in the upper echelons of the United States government.”

Wren: “Dammit! Why did Fletch have to go and—”

Kumi: “Don’t tell me you actually feel bad for that crap-sack, snot-bucket, puss-pocket Brian!”

Wren (tersely): “I used Brian to get over my breakup with Fletch, so all the badness in our relationship wasn’t completely his fault, alright? I bear some responsibility, too.”

Magpie: *eyes go flat and hard* “Please do not tell me that you feel he was justified in hurting you.”

Wren: *shakes head adamantly* “No, that’s not what I’m saying at all. I’m just saying I wanna let it go. Let the past be the past. I’m tired of living in it, okay?” *sighs, rubs face wearily*

Magpie (soothingly): “Fair enough. We won’t talk about Brian again. He’s not worth the breath it takes to produce the words anyway.”

Yuri & Kumi: *nod gravely*

Magpie: “Instead, why don’t you tell me why you’re looking so sassy today?”

Wren: “Dane and I are going out.”

Magpie: “Oh…I see. You two are dating, then?”

Fashion Credits

**Any doll enhancements (i.e. freckles, piercings, eye color changes) were done by me unless otherwise stated.**

Magpie

Skirt & Knee socks: Momoko – After School Dash!

Shirt: Fashion Royalty – Optic Verve Agnes

Vest: Clear lan

Belt: Randall Craig RTW

Boots: Fashion Royalty – Nu.Face – Urban Outfitting Nadja

Earrings: Fashion Royalty – Capricious Natalia

Bracelet: Mattel – Juicy Couture Gift set

Brooches: Mattel – BFMC

Doll is a Wild at Heart Lilith

Wren

Dress: Spin master – Liv Doll

Belt: Fashion Royalty – Nu.Face – Great Pretender Lilith

Boots: Fashion Royalty – Nu.Face – London by Night Ayumi

Plastic Doll Cuff with ‘studs’: No idea

Doll Diva Exclusive ‘Metal’ Bracelet Set: Knife’s Edge Designs (me)

Doll is an Element of Surprise Lilith

Enjoy these featured Artists at

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www.flickr.com/photos/jannapham/

www.flickr.com/photos/clairey78/

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Below I found at

www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/paul_cezanne.html

Paul Cezanne, French Artist Quotes

Birth day: Jan. 19, 1839; Death day: Oct. 22, 1906

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.

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Monday, August 25, 2008

St. Louis of France

St. Joseph Calasanz, priest

A reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:

2 Thessalonians 1:1-5, 11-12

Psalm 96:1-5

Matthew 23:13-22

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. (Matthew 23:13)

Today's readings contrast St. Paul's letter to the Thessalonians with Christ's words spoken to the scribes and Pharisees. St. Paul, then known as Saul, trained as a Pharisee, began his mission by going to Damascus to arrest those Jews who had become Christian and to transport them in chains to Jerusalem for prosecution.

In Acts (Chapter 9), Saul is miraculously converted to Christ and becomes a strong advocate and teacher of the "new faith" by establishing many churches among the Gentile nations. His subsequent letters to these churches praised, instructed and corrected their living in Christ. In today's reading, he joyfully praises the Thessalonians for their faithfulness to God's holy Word.

Jesus in the Gospel is grieved with the scribes and the Pharisees for their hypocrisy, their feigned holiness. While they claimed to be their nation's definitive religious authorities, publicly reciting long prayers, they covertly ingratiated themselves with wealthy widows to plunder their assets. Their blindness, to Christ actually being the Messiah, conveniently served to help them maintain their prestigious and lucrative status.

The Pharisees often attacked Jesus publicly, to turn their people and the converts they had made to Judaism, against His teachings. Christ's strong reaction to them was not motivated by their personal attacks upon Him. Far worse than this was the fact that they were poisoning people's minds against His teachings and so locking them out of the kingdom of God.

Why the vast difference between the Pharisee Paul and the Pharisees condemned by Jesus? Paul humbly accepted his shocking, miraculous conversion because he had a true knowledge of God and a sincere love for Him and His people. Jesus' bitter opponents loved neither God nor His people but only themselves.

O Blessed Redeemer,

all truth and love are given to us by You to make us one in heart and mind and so bring us peace on earth and joy in Your heavenly kingdom. Amen.

- Marie Bocko, OCDS | email: mlbocko@twcny.rr.com

EXPLORE # 333, # 350 on Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The question remains unchanged no matter how many conquests are implemented. Even if at some point “man” manages to beat the odds he has put on himself and the existence of finite. “The deadly tedium of immortality” in a constant attempt to achieve the sterile. We pass to the “trans” state and we enjoy, though complaining, the hyper-realistic with the secret desire of eternal youth. We suck the beast which was created by the Divine element as full image and likeness. The thermodynamic cage in an already alleged entropic balance. The planet is ours! That is what the hypocritical honesty of the motivated Ego requires. An endless wind blowing towards a hypothetical “dusk” and opposite the fluttering, towards an unexpected “dawn”. Building consisting of foundational stereoscopic structures adjacent strongly in a shimmering sphere yet seemingly exist in a harmony. It is the view of the transient, the ephemeral, through the eyes of the anhydrous inevitable. I wonder what is the purpose of all this? It makes sense to seek a “reasonable” and an enlarged subjectivity that encapsulate the desired laconic? Is a form of awareness feasible, in which the distant perspective would fit in the “individual” ? Maybe, but remains a challenge set in the background of the need to overcome or at least control the brittleness of this equilibrium, that only the mantle of the present, of the every present, translates into unbreakable pseudo-continuum.

blijf met je jatten van die jongens af!!!!

Keep your filthy hands of those boys

no-one has a good word to say about this dickwad, and yet even that makes him over-rated.

source:

www.iqrasearch.com/surah-Mumenoon-translation.html

Quran Chapter 2 - Quran Translation of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow)

1. Alif-Lam-Meem. (These letters are one of the miracles of the Quran and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings).

2 This is the Book (the Quran), whereof there is no doubt, a guidance to those who are Al-Muttaqoon (the pious and righteous persons who fear Allah much (abstain from all kinds of sins and evil deeds which He has forbidden) and love Allah much (perform all kinds of good deeds which He has ordained)).

3 Who believe in the Ghaib and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and spend out of what we have provided for them (i.e. give Zakat , spend on themselves, their parents, their children, their wives, etc., and also give charity to the poor and also in Allahs Cause - Jihad, etc.).

4 And who believe in (the Quran and the Sunnah) which has been sent down (revealed) to you (Muhammad Peace be upon him ) and in (the Taurat (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel), etc.) which were sent down before you and they believe with certainty in the Hereafter. (Resurrection, recompense of their good and bad deeds, Paradise and Hell, etc.).

5 They are on (true) guidance from their Lord, and they are the successful.

6 Verily, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad Peace be upon him ) warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe.

7 Allah has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearings, (i.e. they are closed from accepting Allahs Guidance), and on their eyes there is a covering. Theirs will be a great torment.

8 And of mankind, there are some (hypocrites) who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last Day" while in fact they believe not.

9 They (think to) deceive Allah and those who believe, while they only deceive themselves, and perceive (it) not!

10 In their hearts is a disease (of doubt and hypocrisy) and Allah has increased their disease. A painful torment is theirs because they used to tell lies.

11 And when it is said to them: "Make not mischief on the earth," they say: "We are only peacemakers."

12 Verily! They are the ones who make mischief, but they perceive not.

13 And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him , Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajiroon) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not.

14 And when they meet those who believe, they say: "We believe," but when they are alone with their Shayatin (devils - polytheists, hypocrites, etc.), they say: "Truly, we are with you; verily, we were but mocking."

15 Allah mocks at them and gives them increase in their wrong-doings to wander blindly.

16 These are they who have purchased error for guidance, so their commerce was profitless. And they were not guided.

17 Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire; then, when it lighted all around him, Allah took away their light and left them in darkness. (So) they could not see.

18 They are deaf, dumb, and blind, so they return not (to the Right Path).

19 Or like a rainstorm from the sky, wherein is darkness, thunder, and lightning. They thrust their fingers in their ears to keep out the stunning thunderclap for fear of death. But Allah ever encompasses the disbelievers (i.e. Allah will gather them all together).

I feel smugly superior to people to complain about the weather. "It's Minnesota," I want to say. "You forfeited your right to complain about April snowstorms when you chose to attend school here."

Of course, that doesn't stop me from admitting privately, to myself—and to the internet at large—that I, too, grow weary of the snow.

I'm not complainin', mind.

...Just sayin', the magic is waning a bit.

It's a bhang shop. You know, maryjane. Smoke. Weed. Pot. And this is a shop, government approved, where you can cop a buzz. You can get it in a smoothie, baked in a brownie or smoke it. I've been told that it's not very good. I wouldn't know. As far as illegal drugs are concerned, I've been on the wagon for thirty-something years. Not because I had a problem with it, but because I didn't and could figure out how to explain my illegal drug use to my children without feeling like a hypocrite. I'm not about to break a streak like that over some bad pot. I've been told by those in the know that what you really need to do is get a medical condition and move to California, where pot has been taken very seriously for generations, if you really want to start copping a good buzz..

Since Easter, I have been in a state of thought and to be honest, frustration. I have struggled with my faith and the choice to give my life over to Christ. I'm not entirely sure what's holding me back, but tonight's bible study was like a light bulb. It didn't sink in until I pulled into the driveway, but once I was home I raced up the stairs and pulled out my bible. After talking with Poe earlier today, I was still bothered by her situation and it made me recall some of my past experiences with religion. I have long contemplated Christianity and how it's place in the world has effected things. One of the biggest reasons, that I actually know of, for "converting to Christianity" was hypocrisy. Growing up in the bible belt you'll meet a lot of people who claim to be a follower of Christ, but aren't truly saved. South-eastern Kentucky is full of hypocrites and it's bothered me for a long time. I wasn't a "bad kid" in high school, but I was always flustered at the crowd who acted like they were better than me because they were a "roley poley" as we called them, but would come sneak in the bathroom to bum a cigarette from me. Sinning didn't seem so bad for me if I knew I wasn't saved, almost like an excuse. I felt like at least I was being honest with myself, and with God. I couldn't walk into church on Sunday morning and then go about my "sinning lifestyle" the rest of the week. After thinking about that more, and after the bible study, a couple of things hit me like a ton of bricks, and all at once.

Romans 3:23-24

23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

When I talked to Poe, all of the frustrations of the hypocritical Christians came flooding back. I have felt for some time now that living in California has turned me into a moderate, but what is more of a reality is that I don't judge people the way I used to. While my own personal values are more conservative, I've taken a stance that it isn't my place to impose my beliefs on others. I'm entitled to believe them, and I'm entitled to share them, but if you don't feel the same way then that's you. I'm still guilty of it, but especially today I really realized that it isn't my place to look at other people and cast any kind of stone. I have no idea what half of the stuff in my bible even means. But, I do know that how any person chooses to live their life, the choices they make or the things they say are on them, not me. It's frustrated me for a long time that other people have felt like it was their place to tell me where I was making mistakes. What I do is between God, and I. No one else. It's good that I have people in my life who care enough about my soul to help guide me, but no one here on Earth should judge me. There's a very clear difference--ESPECIALLY if that person or group of people aren't even living their lives the way that THEY should be.

We read the above passage from Romans tonight and another truth really sunk in. Even when God finally breaks down the barriers in my heart, I'm not going to be sin-less. I had a hard time in high school with this same struggle I have today because I didn't want to change my ways. It works the other way around...you give up your life to God, and then you change your ways. I'm going to sin. We're all human and no one is perfect. While I've said that same sentence over and over in my head, out loud, to other people....I don't know if it really hit me until tonight.

Lastly, being that good guy doesn't get you into heaven. While I've always known that, I think I secretly tried to use that as an excuse in my heart. John and I have been talking for a few days about religion. Tonight's message was "religion is not the answer." It was almost humorous at the timing. But everything we talked about was true and it was a relief to hear it out loud. Doing good things, baptism, lent, confession, good deeds, going to church, donating to charity-while all of those things ARE good, they aren't what gets you into heaven. I looked at this little cross tonight and just needed to say these things "out loud." I was glad I went to the study it sort of tied up the loose ends from yesterday. I'd apologize if I offended you, but I wouldn't really mean it. I'm just not that kind of person. Some things will never change I suppose.

*I changed the privacy setting on this picture preventing people from making comments. Feel free to email me, but this was more of a blog of my own personal thoughts from today. Of course I love and appreciate all of your thoughts, I just wanted to be able to look back on today's picture in the future and see this moment for what it was. Don't worry-you can comment all over tomorrow's picture! Whatever that ends up being <3

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1. I live in Málaga, I' m 26 years old and my name is María Jesús, but anyone calls me like that ... I don't like my name ... My sisters, my boyfriend and my old friends call me Saku, my classmates called me Marizú,and the people from rabbits forum call me Marixús , and the rest call me Meila.

2.The name "Meila" comes emmm well... from the name of my furby... ^-^U

3. I'd have liked to study art, but I chose high school social studies and I did not like anything ... I feel that I have a of lack knowledge, and that after selectivity I did not choose it ... x_x

4.I love animals, but I hate insects and arachnids. I just like the ladybugs and snails ... ^-^U My house is like a small zoo. I have 2 rabbits, 2 guinea pigs, 1 roborowski, 3 lovebirds, 2 nymphs, a starling and 30 birds more ...

5.My favorite animal is the giraffe, but as a pet is not very practical xDDD. As a pet, I like rabbits and rodents. I love cats, and I hate to have allergy to them ... T^T

6.I haven't any balance sense ... I' m very clumsy and I fall very easily ... Evangeline especially has inherited that "quality" ...

7. I'm a very sensitive person and everything affect me so much, especially with animals

8. I have a terrible fear of rejection ... and I always think people dont like me...

9. I hate rude people, who don't respect my privacy, that caught my things without asking, alcohol, to treat me like a child, call me mrs...

10. I can't stand hypocritical people. If something is bothering me, you'll notice, I can't hide it ... ^ - ^ U

11. When I go to sleep, I need at least one large water bottle next to my bed, I sleep next to the kitchen, but I'm not quiet ...

12. I came into this world by chance, and I 've the luck to share it with some of my best friends, and also one of my sisters, and even my mother! I greatly appreciate have met the pullips and have found them thanks to wonderful people!

13. / My pullip's family consists of 6 pullips (7 if I count my mum's pullip), 4 taeyangs, 2 dals, 1 little pullip and 1 little dal. I've a bjd (bunny Dollzone) a Hujoo berry, and a baby Hujoo suve. Every night I make rol with them until late at night.

14. I love the cute and adorables things! If I were, it would be all full of kawaii things with eyes of shrimp... *-* I've more of 100 littlest pet shop...

15. I've an unhealthy obsession for characters with grey-white hair ... but I can't avoid, I love them ... ♥

16. I m very good remember things, but lousy memorizing facts ... u_u

17. I don't pay interest to what I dislike, maybe that explains the previous point ... ^-^ U But if I like something, I put great care in the world! Yes, I love doing it for fun, when something becomes an obligation, it's hard ... I am unable to do anything under pressure ... u_u

18. I love crafts! I can spend hours a day drawing, sewing, or doing anything else ...

19. I consider myself a person with enormous patience, I give many opportunities to everyone, but if someone repeatedly fails me, I lose confidence in that person forever ...

20. I have fear to spiders, cockroaches and jellyfish!

21. I consider myself shy, but with age is overtaking me ... At first I was hesitant to talk and establish links with people, but when I pick trusts ... I'm a parrot ... I can spend hours and hours on the phone without realizing it. xDD

22. I love taking pictures of everything, and all ... sometimes the people are around me gone mad with this hobby ... xDDDD

23. I think it´s hard to me take physical contact with people. I need to be very confident and love a lot someone to hug him. But If I do it it comes from the deepest of my heart! ♥

24. I always wanted to be a mother, and I have a feeling I never do it, so all those hopes turnaround on my animals and my pullips. For me they are very important and I love them a lot.

25. I am geek! Yes! And proud! xDDDD I love manga, anime, and now I'm a fan of Korean dramas ...

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Sorry for a sooo large tag... >_<

P.D. Thank you so much to Pearl for translate my tag!! ♥

Needful Things, an antique furniture and art business, in St James’s Street, Kemp Town, Brighton, East Sussex.

Needful Things is the name of Stephen King novel and film.

The kitsch shop is like a splendid part of the Addams Family mansion plonked down onto the street.

The local council claim that the shop does not have planning permission for the style of front door, (and would not gain it, even if applied for).

There appears to be a hypocritical element in the local council's attitude. In the same street an unlicensed Starbucks has been the focus of protesters as it has been operating for some time despite not having the appropriate planning permission.

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Was lucky enough to photograph grass snakes today on my birthday! Well that was someone decided to try to take macro shots of them and they moved out of this tight formation, and scurried away.

Remember they have just come out of hibernation and are trying to get warm enough for their first hunt. If they are forced to scurry away they are using those depleted resources to get away from you rather survive the rest of cold period. Grass snakes are more sensitive to temperature than the rest of our reptiles.

These shot where taken with a telephoto lens. I know some people will read this and think I'm being a hypocrite as I do photograph other reptiles with a macro (only ones that remain calm though). Some people will think I'm telling them what to do which I aren't but I do have a passion for these critters and I don't know if people understand the grass snake lifecycle.

I also did this rant last year! And will probably do it next year.

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but hypocrites, mendacious, cowards and double-faced "friends" will kill the most.

Only making 100 of these for North America, although the msrp is still standard. Stunning, gorgeous bike. Hey, I have an idea, they did the unveiling of the 1098 in a strip club and I seemed to be one of the only people on the planet who thought maybe it was hypocritical because of the pro-women stance they supposedly take. Maybe they should have the party for this in a brothel. PR people take note!