I Tested the Apple Watch's New Heart Rate Sensor to See If It's Really
Better Than Garmin's
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I pitted the Apple Watch Series 12 against the Garmin Forerunner 570.
5 days ago
HBO - True Blood - totally obvious - the vampires are the momos...
Labels:
gay,
stereotype,
television,
video
partial review from Proceed at Your own Risk (NSFW - Not Safe for Work - username = payor password = password):
"Part of me loves this controversial and risky story. I love the premise and I mostly love the show, but the simple-minded and constant tongue-in-cheek sophomoric references to gay rights and gay issues potentially borders on distasteful and possibly does us some harm.
Vampires are fighting stereotypes and coming out of the coffin. We even have a vampire bar and vampire hags. Vampires are under attack by right wing Evangelicals. Vampires are fighting for equality.
I get it... "
the only reason this isn't listed as NSFW is that it was on the history channel.... "a punishment usually reserved for a slave"
the reality of ancient athletics - "the penalty for a false start is a shameful whipping by the judges. a punishment usually reserved for a slave."
Submitted for opinions: "Stop Seeking: Paradoxes of the Spiritual Path"
Labels:
spirit
"1. Stopping Seeking Takes Seeking
The point of the spiritual search is to stop seeking. But not in the way it seems.."
http://www.realitysandwich.com/stop_seeking_paradoxes_spiritual_path
Two-Spirit people - a completely different view of the role of gay and lesbian men and women - or - if it's genetic then how did we survive evolution?
From Wikipedia:
Two-Spirit (also two spirit or twospirit) people are Native Americans who fulfill one of many mixed gender roles found traditionally among many Native Americans and Canadian First Nations indigenous groups. Traditionally the roles included wearing the clothing and performing the work of both male and female genders. The term usually implies a masculine spirit and a feminine spirit living in the same body and was coined by contemporary gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Native Americans to describe themselves and the traditional roles they are reclaiming. There are many indigenous terms for these individuals in the various Native American languages as "what scholars generically refer to as 'Native American gender diversity' was a fundamental institution among most tribal peoples"[1].
It is a calque of the Ojibwa phrase niizh manidoowag (two spirits). It was chosen to distance Native/First Nations people from non-natives as well as from the words "berdache" and "gay."
As of 1991, male and female bodied Two-Spirit people have been "documented in over 130 North American tribes, in every region of the continent, among every type of native culture"[2].
Some examples of two-spirited people in history include accounts by Spanish conquistadors who spotted a two-spirited individual(s) in almost every village they entered in Central America. There are descriptions of two-spirited individuals having strong mystical powers. In one account, raiding soldiers of a rival tribe began to attack a group of foraging women. When they perceived that one of the women, the one that did not run away, was a two-spirit, they halted their attack and retreated after the two-spirit countered them with a stick, determining that the two-spirit would have great power which they would not be able to overcome.
he term "Two-Spirit" is most comfortably applied to contemporary individuals and groups who identify as such, and Two-Spirit men may distinguish between spiritual and cultural practitioners, or "Two-Spirits", and "gay Indians". Modern Two-Spirit activities include:
- Knowledge in ritual, ceremonial, religious, and culture
- Knowledge and skill in crafts, especially women's
- Teaching
- Child-care for family and community
Two-Spirit and gay Indian men often report accepting female relatives and communities willing to enforce the closet. Native cultures may be considered to have "indiscriminately" adopted European values including sexism and homophobia and it is commonly argued that being "gay" or "cross-dressing" is not "traditional" or not "Indian". The re-adoption of Two-Spirit roles may be seen then as a healing for both Two-Spirit individuals and Native cultures, and modern Two-Spirit i
dentity is fundamentally concerned with tradition.
Historical "Two-Spirits"
---------------------- end of wikipedia info
more info here if you are interested:
http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/NativeAmerica/amerindian.htm
http://www.planetout.com/news/history/archive/indian.html
http://www.advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid22625.asp
Gay marriage in Oregon? Tribe says yeshttp://www.2spirits.com/2Spiritflyer.pdf
Some Early Church Fathers on Reincarnation both pro and con
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church,
history,
reincarnation,
spirit
"The church of Rome in declaring Origen and his teachings heresy declared: "If anyone assert the fabulous pre-existence of souls, and shall assert the monstrous restoration which follows from it: let him be anathema."
"The transmigrations (reincarnation) of souls was taught for a long time among the early Christians as an esoteric and traditional doctrine which was to be divulged to only a small number of the elect." (Jerome, Letter to Demetrias) "The Gnosis itself is that which has descended by transmission to a few, having been imparted unwritten by the apostles." (Miscell. Book VI, Chapter 7) "It is absolutely necessary that the soul should be healed and "The resurrection is no other thing than 'the re-constitution of our nature in its original form'", and states that there will come a time "…when the complete whole of our race shall have been perfected from the first man to the last." (On the Soul and Resurrection) "And what do those suffer who are judged to be unworthy of this spectacle? said he. They are imprisoned in the bodies of certain wild beasts, and this is their punishment" (Dialogue with Trypho)
(Anathema I, 5th Ecumenical Council)
However other prominent figures in the Church affirmed that reincarnation was a part of early Christian doctrine:
According to Origen's predecessor, Clement of Alexandra (150 - 211 AD):
purified, and that if it does not take place during its life on earth, it must be accomplishe
d in future lives." (Trinick 1950: 38)
My trailer is lonely!
Since I have been h
ere for a few months now i have had only a handful of visitors (4!) and i really want to have some folks over to just hang and check out the place.
I'm tired of watching my Project Runwa y
re-runs (my fav is eliminated already) and redecorating the place without anyone to say "what a good boy - it looks great!" and do the equivalent of hanging my drawing on the fridge.
South jersey folks - i'm a minute from Under wood Hospital. Philly folks I'm about 8 minutes by car from the Walt Whitman bridge and a bus comes dang close to me. So if anyone wants to come over - don't feel shy - let's set something up ok?
I'm tired of watching my Project Runwa y
re-runs (my fav is eliminated already) and redecorating the place without anyone to say "what a good boy - it looks great!" and do the equivalent of hanging my drawing on the fridge.South jersey folks - i'm a minute from Under wood Hospital. Philly folks I'm about 8 minutes by car from the Walt Whitman bridge and a bus comes dang close to me. So if anyone wants to come over - don't feel shy - let's set something up ok?
the "bike ramp at night story"
Labels:
matt,
personal stories
I was asked to tell a couple more personal stories after i posted "for those who do not know me".
One was "the flipflop story" and the other was the "bike ramp at night story".
i will share the bike ramp story first because i sort of feel guilty about it and i would rather get that out of the way first.
this was back in the day when i lived on 9th avenue in Pitman in the Grove. Those in the loop will 
know that 9th avenue is the one hill in the Grove. The Grove is the original section of town that was formed as a Methodist religious retreat in the 1800s. It is set up with sidewalks as the "avenues" and cars park in back of the houses. Apparently Methodist summer camp "Groves" were all the rage at that time in New jersey - others include Ocean Grove, Mantua Grove and National Park, NJ.
Anyhow - one evening colleen and dennis and christina and i were all hanging out, sort of bored.
c and d had created this sort of thingy for their vehicle that they didn't want anymore. we were dragging it around and at one point stuck it in the middle of 9th Ave. We kind of forgot about it until later - when we were sitting on the front porch we heard a bicycle go by and then suddenly 
a scream and a crash! Some random person had headed down the hill on their bike at full speed and - well, they were suddenly surprised by the fact that they were airborne and no longer in control of their situation.
I think it might be one of those stories where you had to be there?
Are there details I have gotten wrong or forgotten? pleeze remind if so.
Type rest of the post here
Tommy by the Who - worst musical of the last century?
I rented Tommy thru netflix.
Ummm, this is the third time i have had to pause it and come back to it later because i was either painfully bored or terribly embarrassed for those in it.
The only semblance
of order i can create out of this travesty is: don't be a young misfit who decides to be a cult guru because it won't turn out so great and some of the folks who flock to you will eventually betray you and the whole thing will turn into a mockery of itself.... We could have known that by asking Jesus, Mr Manson or The reverend Jim Jones... The music is horrible (except for Tina Turner and elton John's brief performances).
Otherwise i'm just baffled. The whole thing could have been edited down to about 1/3 of the length and actually had more impact.
I'd say The Rocky Horror Picture Show had a deeper and more spiritual message!
yuck.
tina turner and elton below:
Where The Presidential Candidates Stand On 22 Specific Issues
Worst police sketch EVER!
"Police Release Sketch of Man Who Allegedly Kidnapped Teen"
"The composite sketch of the alleged kidnapper"
"The composite sketch of the alleged kidnapper""Sheilas wanted! Australia tries to lure single women with promises of sun, sand and Mr Right"
Labels:
outside the states,
sexy
"Admiring the view: Australia is offering sun, sand and plenty of fit men in an effort to try to lure... single women.
'So we asked our men, who are bronzed, sportier, and who are enjoying a booming economy, to step up to the plate and entice British women to a better way of life.'
The state points out that 50.4 per cent of its male population is single, compared to 34.7 per cent in Britain.
"Reporter calls a bunch of escorts and asks them on real dates like bowling and mini golf."
"Reporter calls a bunch of escorts and asks them on real dates like bowling and mini golf."
"It began with an awkward phone call: "Would you like to, um, go bowling with me?"
"Go what?"
"Go... uh... bowling. Would you like to bowl with me? I'll pay for everything, of course."
"You just want to go bowling?" She was incredulous."
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2008-09-18/news/the-real-girlfriend-experience/1
"Lawyer suspended for having his client pay off her legal bills with nude dances in his office. Apparently, that was wrong"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-lap-dance-lawyer-both-19-sep19,0,6962009.story
"Stripper's private dancing lands DeKalb lawyer in hot water
State commission suspends him 15 months for accepting nude dances as partial payment for her legal fees, report says..."
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