Thursday, October 26

Amusements

(I have been working on this post since Tuesday, and hadn't managed to finish it until today. C'est la vie.) I had a very delightful and delicious piece of lemon pound cake for breakfast yesterday. One of our circulation workers brought in the cake, having baked it and not wishing it to go to waste. I don't have a whole lot to say, other than that Thuja and I are enjoying our time together so much, we haven't taken photos. So instead, here are some things to amuse you ...

Toy Boy, Guinness, and Cross Dresser from Very Funny Ads.

My friend JS recently posted the following on her Facebook, and I thought I'd share it with you, as you're all concerned citizens.
Top Ten Reasons to Make Gay Marriage Illegal

  1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

  2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

  3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

  4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all like many of the principles on which this great country was founded; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

  5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of marriages like Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

  6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

  7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

  8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

  9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

  10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.


Also, I wanted to share my favorite StoryPeople story: Cultural Fable.
Once upon a time there was a pig who spoke eight languages & did sculpture with pieces of wood & rusted metal he found on his travels. One day he was out in the woods working on a new installation piece & he met a family from a small town in Tennessee. They had been walking for days. The dad saw the pig & said what are you doing, little piggie? They were all quite surprised when the pig said working with counterbalanced forces using found objects. They all stood around & looked at the piece for a long time. No one said anything. Finally, the dad shrugged & turned to the mom & said I don't know much about art but I know what I like & then they killed the pig & ate him.


Really, that's all I had today. I may wander around Des Moines this weekend dressed as a pirate, but who knows?

Oh, I forgot an ad: Dad-Girlfriend. And this one, Outed, which made me think of Biddy Love.

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