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Here is just a random thought I had.

There are many feminists today who debate and argue against God always being presented in the masculine, and trying to either argue for a female God, or a simply androgynous God.

But you never hear anyone complaining about the fact that Death, The Grim Reaper, is also always portrayed in the masculine. In fact if someone did try to make a feminized version of the Reaper, it would probably cause out rage, and be seen as offensive ...

He's home:banana: Well as everyone could easily guess, Tom is home. This time it is the real deal, and that is taking a bit of getting used to... for all of us. It almost seems strange to know that he isn't going to have to leave again in a few weeks. Anyhow, stuff is good. We're all getting along fine, and it just feels so good to be a family again. It is great to have the extra set of hands with the kids, and I'm finally starting to relax and have time to think of working on things other ...

Okay, so, Debate camp started last week. I have so much work. And I haven't finished my school reading. I have my LD binder of doom which is literally 1000 pages worth of debate files and I'm still halfway through In Cold Blood. I am having such a hard time finishing this stupid thing. It's getting annoying. AP English blows. Whatever. I'll survive. If I can survive Mrs. Harrison, I can survive any English teacher.

Anyways, I just finished 3 blocks for debate the other day and ...

Last night I watched the movie featuring the life story of Mahatma Gandhi. It was long, but it was worth all the time. There was an intermission in between that was rather long and lasted around 10 minutes, if my count was right, wherein only Ravi Shankar's music was played against a blackened screen. As much as I did not like it as much as I liked the rest of the movie (though I did love the great Indian composer's music--it was the existence of the "intermission" itself that I detested), ...

So I have started another new social group.

The Pre-Raphaelite Society

http://www.online-literature.com/for...php?groupid=17

It is a place for fellow lovers of the Pre-Raphaelite art, and those interested in the style. A place to share favorite pictures, or discusss artists, or anything else related to this art form of which I highly admirer.