A thought for your consideration:

Christopher Hitchens : Atheism :: Fred Phelps : Christianity

Discuss.

Writer's Block: Father figure

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My father gave me three pieces of advice that have always stayed with me: "Everything that has a beginning has an end," "Never eat anything bigger than your head," and "If you got your head stuck in there, you can get it out again."

These have been among my guiding principles ever since.

Mighty hunter of toys

There are these toy mice that we get from Petco, which are made partly of real fur, and which our cats LOVE. We have to buy more of them occasionally, because they shred the things.

This time, Nicky managed to destroy one the very first time he played with it. Lis showed me that he'd ripped the tail off of the thing, and dragged it through the grit under the daybed, and generally shredded it.

And she said,

It is a tail torn by a kitty-cat
Full of sand, and furry, and signifying nothing.