No later than the first Puritan marriage, so sometime in the 1600s in the English-speaking colonies.
No later than the first Puritan marriage, so sometime in the 1600s in the English-speaking colonies.
Puritans were pretty disgusted by the notion that their God might be interested in dealing with something as tawdry and worldly as marriage. It had to do with inheritance and property, after all, and more importantly they felt there was no Biblical precident justifying it.
Personally, I don't give two shakes about Biblical precedent, but I'm not dishonest enough to convert to a religion that does religious marriage so that I can participate in a universal human social ritual. I'm devout in my own religion, which treats marriage as a legal and social contract, and I will therefore continue to treat it as a legal and social contract and let those people whose gods demand bonus hoop-jumping be.
Joy, #10: The friend of mine I went with and I put the appropriate splat noises in the Liberty Bell March in the mud on the Mall.
"And now ... for something completely different."
Does it count as "blowing up a few" that I wrote the last three sections of the WIP and now I'm done done done done DONE with the first draft?
I think I completely fried a few neurons, at least . . .
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random.
Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
Jason:
I believe that many of the world's best social structures are, in fact, lousy religions and that many of the world's best religions are, in fact, lousy social structures. Or vice versa.
I believe that you have just cleverly encapsulated a significant part of my issues with my temple's heirarchy.
I believe I need to show this to a couple of friends.
I quoted
Okay, one other observation. Why we should allow women in combat: who knew that tampons made such great field-expedient dressings for bullet wounds?
at Squid. Gtst said: The Kotex people. Since Kotex was originally developed as a bandage material.
(Since I have no earthly clue what the rest of this is about and can't follow breadcrumbs worth a damn . . .)
Tiercel: You are the only person I have ever "met" outside of my immediate family who has even *heard* of the Merry Minuet! Wow!
Truly?
It is a most excellent song to use for keeping the beat while hiking in Cornwall.
(Though we got tired of it after a while and started with "I'm 'Enery the Eighth I Am". We got up to about sixty-five verses (same as the first) on that.)
My family is known for immense tenacity but not so much for sanity.
I feel strongly reminded of something by the opening gambit of that wee missive. Specifically:
"Tor Books, Tammany Hall, and the First Armored Division."
If you want to really confuse your feet, try 8.
| Year | Number of comments posted |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2004 | 8 |
| 2003 | 4 |
Total: 17 comments. View all these comments on a single page.
The most recent 20 comments posted to Making Light by Darkhawk:
Show all comments by Darkhawk.