I roll to disbelieve

Christian Domestic Discipline

"Loving Wife Spanking in a Christian Marriage"

I can't tell if this is a kink-fest hiding behind a screen of religious justification, or just really messed up religious misogyny.

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lysana picked the following three icons and interests for me to explain to y'all. Normally, this is where I say "leave a comment, and I'll do the same for you!" but I'm either in a lot of pain or on heavy painkillers this week, so no guarantees about getting that done. Comment if you like.

The Icons:



This was taken from an article on MOUT (Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain) training. I liked it because it showed the intensity of a combat infantryman and, if you look closely, he's from the 3/75th Rangers. I use this as one of my "I'm talking about the military" icons.



This one is a panel from the webcomic Todd & Penguin. I've stopped reading it (the artist went in a direction that I really did not like) but Penguin is a classic three-year old. Very loving, trusting, and filled with wonder. Mr. Bear is a very good companion for him. I use this icon on those rare occasions when I need a hug, or for posts about bears.



OK, it's a cat macro. Made by a friend from a picture of his cat leaping around the room (the MAC-10 was added later) I just loved the Matrix-kitty feel of this one. You can almost hear the thudding techno soundtrack. I use this one when I feel like it.

The Interests:

areology Areology is the study of Mars, specifically Mars' physical makeup and "geology." Mars is a fascinating place, and obviously was once warmer and wetter with an active core. Sadly, it's smaller volume means it lost that core heat much fast and the engines that keep our oceans and atmosphere going died out billions of years ago. Still, there might be some residual heat at the core (which would explain the evidence of water flows we've discovered.) Mars is also a world of extremes. Gigantic shield volcanoes that could swallow Everest without a trace, a canyon system that would from NYC to LA.. so much to learn!

beanstalks Also known as space elevators; beanstalks are a low cost method of moving heavy cargo into orbit. Rather than wasteful rockets, your cargo is placed on a crawler that climbs a ribbon that stretches from the Earth station all the way out to geosynchronous orbit. Power is beamed to the crawler using lasers until it clears atmosphere then solar cells take over. After the cargo is offloaded (and that's simple, the cargo platform is pretty much a that.. a platform you secure packages on with netting) you can either transfer the crawler to a second ribbon for the trip back down to to Earth (hopefully with a paying cargo) or use the crawler to expand the base at the top end of the beanstalk. There's a company, LiftPort Group that plans to have their first load moving on October 27, 2031.

nwobhm New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. When the firsts wave of British metal bands began to fade or move into other genres in the late 70s, there came a huge wave of new metal bands. Heavily influenced by the London punk scene, these bands loud, fast, and in many cases overtly political. There were literally thousands of them, and just as many EPs and bootlegs. Many nwobhm records are considered collectibles know, and some are quite valuable. The only known copy of Hollow Ground's only recording sold at auction for several thousand pounds recently. The two most notable bands to come out of the nwobhm scene were Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. After a couple of years, the metal scene shifted to California with then rise of bands like Metallica and Motley Crue.

Strike 4!

I'm really starting to consider going to fr_john and discussing a possible trip to Lourdes as a viable option rather than dealing with Kaiser any longer.

I'm really concerned that this back/leg problem is something more than a strain. I'm really feeling it a lot in my hip sockets. Assuming, for the moment, that I am going to be mobility impaired for while, I decided to see what Kaiser would charge me for a wheelchair for Baycon weekend (or one of those mobility scooters.. then we could have drag races!) Their website is a fucking mess. Impossible to find anything on. So now I have to figure out where all the hard copy stuff went and look it up, and then figure out who to call!

Anybody know how much such a rental is offhand? I don't need a powered chair, I've got two good arms and I'm sure my legion of fans/minions would be available to lend some horsepower. I'll just need a way to get from point A to B without walking.