This is more pedantic than petty, but I’m still annoyed by the people who forced us to change the meaning of presently (which means SOON, not currently) simply by misusing it constantly. Said in my grumpiest Jane Austen voice.
I still use it properly, everyone else needs to get back onboard.
…so…not…like…”how’s your christmas…hope it’s going presently”, then…ah, well…something, something
Tonight at 9pm eastern, brand new stand up set will be out Friends. I hope you all have a great holiday
…I…aim to put that in…”tonight” was “eve” not “day”…&…maybe some tunes…but…also today is not on *my* schedule…so…who knows?
…hope all of you have a lovely day, though…I do know that?
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Since we’re being petty and pedantic, Ruth Kapelus is in “grave error” when she says Christmas is the holiest of days. It’s not. Lots of Christians, like the Pilgrims and the Puritans, didn’t even celebrate it. No, the holiest day is Easter. Lots of babies were born the day Jesus was, but according to Christian belief only one revealed His divinity and that was done via the Resurrection.
There’s an interesting heresy, by the way. If Jesus were truly divine, could he have felt pain on the cross? Of course, a priest would say. He came to us in human form. But yet he was wandering Judea performing His miracles, so…I can barely get myself out of bed in the morning, let alone raise the dead. And what I wouldn’t give to have the ability to turn water into wine, especially now with Trump’s idiotic tariffs.
In keeping with the heresy, in my Catholic grade school they presented the Feast of the Immaculate Conception as the holiest day of the year (Dec 8th), but in retrospect I wonder if that’s because the parish priests were Marianists.
Counterpoint – can’t have any of this Jesus stuff if you can’t provide doctrine for how a woman can give birth to a mix of human and divine. So maybe they were on to something for the Catholics? I have no clue if other flavors of Christianity ever cared about how do you explain a human giving birth to a being mixing the human and divine. Maybe only trinitarian flavors of Christianity might care?
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception itself I read an article and the author complained that a lot of people didn’t understand that Mary was immaculately conceived, this isn’t a reference to Jesus. Well, not directly. Mary Immaculate was chosen by God to be conceived without sin and that would make her the perfect vessel to carry His self (this is all very fuzzy) when He came down to redeem us sinners.
Not bad armchair theology for a gay Christian/agnostic but non-Catholic like me. But I have read the Bible, so +1.
PS: I actually know Marianists but they’re from Lebanon (they live here now.) Was your school staffed by Lebanese Marianist priests?
Merry Xmas all. I wish this year was better for foreign relations all over the world but I didn’t expect much better based on the fool Trump is and the fools he has surrounded himself with.
As me personally? I didn’t expect to leave in a hail of fists and senior managerial temper tantrums, but it worked out for the most part. Enjoyed the Blue Jays World Series run. Sad that it didn’t end in a happy way, but I watched a Toronto team gut it out rather than, well, gagging. Happy I’m back in school.
This is slander against beans, which are in fact magical.
Beans want nothing to do with the asshole in chief, and that’s saying a lot because beans are good for assholes.
Odd thing happened to me just two days ago, I had someone recently connect with me on Linkedin that I didn’t know. I prefer to know that person or if they’re connected to someone I know. In this case, I just did.
Sort of mistake 1. About 5 hours later, that someone starts asking me a bunch of questions of what I did at the Pill Factory. I shouldn’t have answered, but I did anyway because the someone asked reasonable, but not too detailed questions about things I did. I laid it all out. Had what felt was a 3 hours “typed” convo. Almost like an interview.
Next day, I get a bit twitchy because the ego which was “glazed” as the kids say calmed down. I don’t feel bad but I never signed an NDA and I literally do not give a single shit as I do remember a lot of commercial details. Anyway, the person messages me and asks me more questions in detail about my approach to communication. That’s when the spidey sense finally pops off and I ask “Why specifically me?”
I get this thing about how I’m unique (I am, but thanks to the shitty economy not that unique.) I check back a few hours later, I’ve been dropped as a connection.
Turns out, I suspect I was being used by an AI or sw engineer to train AI to steal process engineers jobs.
merry crimbo everyone!
woulda said so sooner….but i was trying to survive family christmas day
30 some people…means i dont get to hide in a corner and play on my phone…at best,,i get to switch my inside company..for outside smoking company
…even on a lesser count…I feel you on that…but…I also have to sort of conserve that sort of momentum through to new year before I get to…hmmm…trying not to say “tap out”…because I do genuinely like my family
…but…among the youngest generation of that family there’s at least one kid who gets to just flat out say ” kinda done with this right now & I’m going to go to this room over here now & be on my own for a bit, bye now…”
…&…I…might be a little envious of having that option
…but…I don’t think it works quite the same way if *I* make it clear that the alternative is a screaming meltdown nobody wants
…so…smoke breaks help
…if I was in the right sort of spot…I could probably be talked into a cousin walk fairly easily at this juncture…but I don’t think my deck stretches to that card either this year?
Since we’re being petty and pedantic, Ruth Kapelus is in “grave error” when she says Christmas is the holiest of days. It’s not. Lots of Christians, like the Pilgrims and the Puritans, didn’t even celebrate it. No, the holiest day is Easter. Lots of babies were born the day Jesus was, but according to Christian belief only one revealed His divinity and that was done via the Resurrection.
There’s an interesting heresy, by the way. If Jesus were truly divine, could he have felt pain on the cross? Of course, a priest would say. He came to us in human form. But yet he was wandering Judea performing His miracles, so…I can barely get myself out of bed in the morning, let alone raise the dead. And what I wouldn’t give to have the ability to turn water into wine, especially now with Trump’s idiotic tariffs.
Merry Christmas to all!
Rev. Matthew Crawley, S.J.
In keeping with the heresy, in my Catholic grade school they presented the Feast of the Immaculate Conception as the holiest day of the year (Dec 8th), but in retrospect I wonder if that’s because the parish priests were Marianists.
Counterpoint – can’t have any of this Jesus stuff if you can’t provide doctrine for how a woman can give birth to a mix of human and divine. So maybe they were on to something for the Catholics? I have no clue if other flavors of Christianity ever cared about how do you explain a human giving birth to a being mixing the human and divine. Maybe only trinitarian flavors of Christianity might care?
On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception itself I read an article and the author complained that a lot of people didn’t understand that Mary was immaculately conceived, this isn’t a reference to Jesus. Well, not directly. Mary Immaculate was chosen by God to be conceived without sin and that would make her the perfect vessel to carry His self (this is all very fuzzy) when He came down to redeem us sinners.
Not bad armchair theology for a gay Christian/agnostic but non-Catholic like me. But I have read the Bible, so +1.
PS: I actually know Marianists but they’re from Lebanon (they live here now.) Was your school staffed by Lebanese Marianist priests?
It was not, but St Louis has a cluster of them associated with the Chaminade educational group.
The holiest of days is the first day of spring training.
Shit. Should I be stocking up on wine and pasta from Italy?
Always.
Merry Xmas all. I wish this year was better for foreign relations all over the world but I didn’t expect much better based on the fool Trump is and the fools he has surrounded himself with.
As me personally? I didn’t expect to leave in a hail of fists and senior managerial temper tantrums, but it worked out for the most part. Enjoyed the Blue Jays World Series run. Sad that it didn’t end in a happy way, but I watched a Toronto team gut it out rather than, well, gagging. Happy I’m back in school.
According to Trump “stats” the US Murrica economy grew an amazing 4.3%. Mostly due to increases in wishful thinking and magical beans.
This is slander against beans, which are in fact magical.
Beans want nothing to do with the asshole in chief, and that’s saying a lot because beans are good for assholes.
Merry Christmas!
I’m currently waiting for eggs to come up to room temp for a recipe.
Merry Christmas, y’all. We made it through another one. Not a great year, to be sure, so it’s good to put it in the rear-view mirror.
6 more days and then we can say we made it through 2025 without being committed to a psych ward. Which given 2025, feels like an achievement!
Please enjoy my personal favorite Christmas carol
…oh, well…if we’re doing the classics
…ummmm…oh, what the hell
My fav Xmas song…
Odd thing happened to me just two days ago, I had someone recently connect with me on Linkedin that I didn’t know. I prefer to know that person or if they’re connected to someone I know. In this case, I just did.
Sort of mistake 1. About 5 hours later, that someone starts asking me a bunch of questions of what I did at the Pill Factory. I shouldn’t have answered, but I did anyway because the someone asked reasonable, but not too detailed questions about things I did. I laid it all out. Had what felt was a 3 hours “typed” convo. Almost like an interview.
Next day, I get a bit twitchy because the ego which was “glazed” as the kids say calmed down. I don’t feel bad but I never signed an NDA and I literally do not give a single shit as I do remember a lot of commercial details. Anyway, the person messages me and asks me more questions in detail about my approach to communication. That’s when the spidey sense finally pops off and I ask “Why specifically me?”
I get this thing about how I’m unique (I am, but thanks to the shitty economy not that unique.) I check back a few hours later, I’ve been dropped as a connection.
Turns out, I suspect I was being used by an AI or sw engineer to train AI to steal process engineers jobs.
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!
Merry Christmas DS!!! I managed to eat a whole packet of Swiss fondue cheese by myself #proud Have since moved on to Glühwein
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/cocaine-forces-drug-traffickers-narco-submarines-spain
“Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police”
A habit I never dabbled in…but if it becomes more affordable than coffee beans…?
I’d stick to coffee. Fewer jitters and addiction issues.
merry crimbo everyone!
woulda said so sooner….but i was trying to survive family christmas day
30 some people…means i dont get to hide in a corner and play on my phone…at best,,i get to switch my inside company..for outside smoking company
i am now all out of social
…even on a lesser count…I feel you on that…but…I also have to sort of conserve that sort of momentum through to new year before I get to…hmmm…trying not to say “tap out”…because I do genuinely like my family
…but…among the youngest generation of that family there’s at least one kid who gets to just flat out say ” kinda done with this right now & I’m going to go to this room over here now & be on my own for a bit, bye now…”
…&…I…might be a little envious of having that option
…but…I don’t think it works quite the same way if *I* make it clear that the alternative is a screaming meltdown nobody wants
…so…smoke breaks help
…if I was in the right sort of spot…I could probably be talked into a cousin walk fairly easily at this juncture…but I don’t think my deck stretches to that card either this year?
lol…i actually did go for a cousin walk….
fucking east wind made it a short one tho….the wind chill is brutal here at the moment
was cold enough we both decided…..you know fuck it…inside is better