Timewaster's Guide Archive

I was being cheap and looking for an actual store because i hate shipping charges. Since I live in a very small town I buy stuff whenever I go to a place with more than 1 1/2 grocery stores.
My boys want the Cow-thulu one. They are actually excited enough about it they are willing to earn the money for more games.

Eating well is the reward for diligence in the kitchen.

Or having a slow cooker.  I like to cook, and try new things, but I have children so I can't try anything too exotic, unless I want to eat it for a week later.
We had roast beef, mashed potatoes (real ones) and lima beans for dinner.  I was creative last night and wanted something with no complaints.

We are going to Las Vegas on the 15th of May.  My husband for a conference, me to get away.  I am excited that there are so many movies coming out between now and then.  My small town has a little bitty theater with terrible sound.  Now I can see everything as it should be seen.  I might spend the whole time in the theater.  I lived in Vegas for a while, so I won't miss not seeing the casinos and such.

Should taking a second wife be a legal option?  Again not sure but there's more to be said about that one. My main concern about making polygamy, polyandry, chain marriages and so forth legal would be the effect on society.  Would it strengthen our society?  Would it promote life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for individuals in our nation?  If we look at the nations on Earth that currently have legal institutions in place allowing for polygamy as examples, the simple answer would be a resounding "No."  By their example it would result in massive state-supported oppression of women along with a host of other effects anathema to a free society.

As I read this I thought of The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Heinlein.  Because the society developed without any government, but with modern sensibilities (modern being late sixties) there are a number of family groups mentioned.  Prejudices against these different family arrangements back on Earth is also brought up.
My main arguement for or against any form of marriage is the safety and well-being of the individuals within the family group.  For example, I think a woman with children living with a boyfriend is a really bad idea, because of the abuse statistics that go with that setup. 
Our society is having a difficult time keeping at risk women and children safe as it is.  Anything, including changing family structures, that further erodes the protection and support the weakest members of our society has is bad. 
That does not necessarily include same-sex marriage, but the examples of polygamy I've seen, including friends who were children in polygamous families, tells me that this is not a policy we should endorse as a country.

I used to think it was really funny and pathetic to see all the people in the grocery stores (especially men) calling home to see what kind of cereal to get.  Until I got a cell phone and my husband does it every time he goes.  I have even done it.  That easy and immediate access to information is irresistible.

As human, with a brain full of  abstract concepts that animals and the natural world do not have, I don't see how you can have a discussion about right and wrong without bringing some form of religion, or morality, into it.  Even if you don't reference a specific belief system, most of the general ideas of how we should behave have their basis in someone's culture.  Many in the West like to refer to Eastern systems when they dislike Western morality.   I wonder if  young rebellious Buddhists reference Christianity or Islam?
That being said, I do think that as humans there is an absolute right and wrong.  There are certain things that inspire universal revulsion.  Bringing natural laws and animals into it confuses and distorts the question, because animals do not have these concepts.

I think I need to buy more candy next year.  Ours is always gone by Sunday afternoon