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Fumber, have you considered writing a letter to the editor?— November 24, 2009 9:46 p.m.
Beer makers want Bernardo Winery's yeasty vats
I thought Jesus turned water into wine. Now you're saying it's actually microscopic bacteria? That's not in the Bible! :-)— November 24, 2009 9:43 p.m.
San Diego Coalition of Reason
Fumber was in the woods with a friend, when he realized he had to urgently take a dump. "I don't have any toilet paper", Fumber wailed. "Fumber, don't you have any money? Just use a dollar to wipe yourself," his friend said. Twenty minutes later, Fumber emerged from the brush with feces smeared everywhere. "Why didn't you use a dollar?" his friend asked, disgusted by Fumber's smell and appearance. "I did," Fumber said. "I used three quarters, a dime, two nickles, and five pennies."— November 24, 2009 9:20 p.m.
Letters
Re: "Heartfelt Hypothesis" You're claiming that not believing in God is a relgion. In other words, not having any God is the same as having a God. Uh huh. Sure. So not having syphilis and having syphilis are the same too, right? How about money? Is not having money and being rich the same? Or intelligence. Some people have no intelligence, like the author of the letter, while other people are smart. Are they the same? The rest of his (it could only be a male) missive is just a gaggle of Sunday School Bible quotes for children. He misses other quotes in that book that would really make the children suffer...but that's the nature of religious fanatics. They pick and choose their favorite fantasies, rather than accepting reality. So, to the coward in Santee who won't use his real name, I sincerely hope you follow ALL the commandments in the Bible, or you should know that you're going straight to hell. Your invisible friend, the angry sky daddy, has decreed this in his word. But since I know there's probably no God, in fact I'm certain of it, I can rest easy at night just living my life as a rational human being, all grown up and no longer wanting any fairy tales about rib women and talking snakes to give me an illusion of superiority.— November 24, 2009 9:12 p.m.
San Diego Coalition of Reason
I think someone doesn't like me. See the fourth letter from the moron in Santee. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/nov/24/le… Too bad he withheld his name by request...the coward. Typical religious retard. Question for the editors? Why did you publish this? The author does nothing but repeat tired old bible quotes for children. He also makes a stupid equivication I've discussed before...he says that not believing in God is a religion just like believing in God. This is the same as claiming that not having any car and walking everywhere is the EXACT same as insisting on driving your Hummer even if you just have to go to the corner store for milk. What morons. To the author of that letter, a sincere and heartfelt "f*** you!"— November 24, 2009 9:01 p.m.
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I traveled in Romania a few years back. I was there for about a month. Tips: Avoid Bucharest, Constantia is okay, Sigesoara was best. First thing I bought a basic Romanian grammar and Ro/En dictionary. By the third week I was having conversations. Not deep conversations, but enough to talk about people's families, homes, jobs and such. I think Romanian, especially if you have some Slavic to get the grammar, is easier than Portuguese or French. Spanish, however, remains the easiest language for English speakers to learn and use, in my opinion. Swedish or Danish are close in second place, since the grammar is nearly identical to English and the vocabulary is often familiar...the only hard thing is learning to "sing" like the Swedish chef while you speak Swedish, or making that low glottal stop in Danish..."Rod grod med flode" is the language's shiboleth. Romanians are quite religious. When they walk by an Orthodox church they cross themselves. This goes along with their superstitions. I was in a train comparment in August, unbearably hot, but nobody would allow me to open the window because "blowing air causes disease". Weird place. Watch out for the packs of wild dogs in the capital...seriously.— November 24, 2009 8:52 p.m.
Deeper and deeper
So violating ethics laws gives a politician to unethically raise more money...great job San Diego. Hueso wants to abolish the Ethics Commission of course. He also wants to establish a new dynasty south of 8, replacing the Inzunza clan with the Hueso clan as the political patron. His brother is running for his council seat. The fact that Hueso family interests have a slew of properties in the district, most of them run down rentals, would be fine if he'd recuse himself from making deals that benefit la familia.— November 24, 2009 8:36 p.m.
Reader writers tackle the family Thanksgiving dinner
GringroRefrito...we have been accused elsewhere of using a translation engine to write in tongues. Can you prove them wrong? Jak je tradični vanoční večeře? Ktera jidlo? A od chud je mama tvuj - jestě žije? Omlouvam že čestina psani je uplne hovno, ale jsem blb, Amik že vubec nemluvil ani slovo před je mi byl 23 let.— November 24, 2009 8:31 p.m.
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Hi Fumber! Golly, I've missed you. What took you so long to find me, buddy? Hugs and kisses, Fred "THE HUMONGOUS BAG OF DIRT" Williams— November 24, 2009 8:23 p.m.
San Diego Coalition of Reason
About speaking in tongues... Josh, as you know, I actually have studied a few languages. I'd say I'm truly fluent in only English, but have pretty good conversational ability in some slavic, germanic, and romance languages. I even learned a bit of Korean and Lao/Thai, but both those were just a bit too much. This doesn't make me particularly special, just a guy with special practice in learning languages. It DOES make me pretty well qualified to tell gibberish from language. When I see the "speakers in tongues" at Pentecostal revivals (that's NOT Satanic, Josh, it's CHRISTIAN -- get your deities straight!) I cannot help laughing out loud. A bunch of fools and charlatans. Like creationists, these people so desperately WANT to believe in their freaky mythology that they'll be convinced that even the lies they knowingly tell themselves (and everyone knows its a lie) are the truth. Years ago I knew a Pentecostal preacher, and driving his car he would actually command red lights to turn green. Every time the light eventually changed, he thanked Jesus for his divine intervention and cited this as proof of HIS divine power. Really. Seriously. The religious are sometimes scary stupid.— November 24, 2009 8:22 p.m.