Stonehead

Do parallel universes exist?

Yes! The unicorns are working their magic.

Oh yeah, this is rich. 10 Mind-Numbingly Stupid Quotes by Tom DeLay Here's a sample: "So many minority youths had volunteered…that there was literally no room for patriotic folks like myself." --Tom DeLay, explaining at the 1988 GOP convention why he and vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle did not fight in the Vietnam War What's your favorite?

Liberals love unicorns! Here more unicorns!

I think what we need here is an unicorn picture:

And I said, "No-no-no-no, I don't smoke it no more I'm tired of waking up on the floor No thank you please, it only makes me sneeze Then it makes it hard to find the door"

That pussy needs to be sprayed and blow dried.

Star Chamber

Holy Poseidon!

NO, that's Probability of Porpose Sighting vs. Standard Sea Temperature.

Seems the monied interests talk about wage increase being inflationary, ie, it's a bad thing for the economy. But they don't have a problem with increasing CEO salaries & benefits. The monied interests also don't have a problem with easing credit to start spending sprees then ratcheting up rates steadily.

Dookey

Yeah, kinda like how Bush takes tax money and gives it to faith-based charities.

I don't believe it's the fact that there is inequity in pay structure, it's just that the inequity is so great. Why do some of the CEO's deserve the money if they have no ethics, eg, Enron, WorldCom, Tyco,...

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What do you call Tom Delay?

Yeah, totally agree with what you're saying. Seems though that a lot of the stuff is common sense, the part about communicating common goals for a relationship, for instance. Agree that pre-martial counseling is a good thing for young couples; older couples have more figured out. Think the thing is called marriage covenant, ie, an agreement to stick it through but with intentions and goals stated expressly.

Subjectivity... I think that's why a church develops an institutional doctrine, to maintain an objective stance apart from personal interpretations. Seems the consulting is more an art than a science. But, I could be wrong. How much degree of freedom does a priest have with regard to marriage consulting, I mean he can't deviate from doctrine.

----from Wired This article seems misleading in its generalization of religion's effect on society. I think the study would better serve if more factors were taken into account, e.g. population age structure, one income vs. two income earner families, level of education, etc. and then look at the correlations to see if any light is shed on potential causation.

Hmm, this is funny but I find myself agreeing with ya on your points. The only holdback I have is that it seems a sense of mutual trust must be engendered to allow one to talk intimately about relationship issues. Aren't I more likely to discuss these issues if I sense you understand where I'm coming from? I certainly feel more confident in another person's ability if I know that person has been through a particular or similar experience. Maybe I'm thinking too much along the lines of the 'wounded healer' bs. But wouldn't that person have more empathy for my plight? Maybe a specific answer isn't needed but rather a sense of 'communion'. I would think that the approach is valid but the results vary among individual practitioners.

I generally agree with ya on that. Being unmarriaged doesn't disqualify a person from having an opinion on how things should be but I wonder how informed that opinion can be. I think that marriage counseling would be, to some degree, experiential. I mean, wouldn't you be able to communicate better with your clients if you had shared similar experiences? Sex. Hmmm....big part of a successful marriage.

There's something to this 'mind-body' connection, it's just separating the wheat from the chaff. Gotta say though, some of it is pretty hokey.