modified magic bullet and extractor system

[pianonut]

just saw it advertised on tv as the perfect gift for friends and family.

ok.  i have to explain.  i wasn't really thinking of that new gadget that makes food in 10 seconds (ie. chocolate mousse, guacamole, extracted juice from carrots)

i finished reading the joke section and thought, for those 16-17 year olds who might get the idea that there is really such a thing as a magic bullet...there isn't.  i have always used * and have three children.  on top of that, i married a very sensitive and loving husband, whom i would never trade for a massive body builder(though he IS well built).

this morning, i started contemplating the 'out pianists' section as well.  for those who may be open to reading what women might say (and christians)...here's my contemplations (hopefully led by the holy spirit).  you know, Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul and many many other men (eunuch) never married and probably also recognized the bond and kinship that men can have.  i wouldn't argue about friendship at all --but i would also say that whatever sins we struggle with (be it any of the commandments or statutes) it has been struggled with long before.

today, we have a reaction (i think) to the women's movement.  women stopped appreciating their femininity being appreciated.  when genders start being more neutral, more is expected of each to fill the place of what was there before.  so women were less at home and not there as much to be a role model for children of what a woman can be (to God and not to society).  then, men started seeing also, the disregard some women had for men in general.  i'm not saying all women are like this.  some can be very feminine and hold jobs of high position--but i think it is more difficult.  lest some women see my message and think that i am saying all women should stay at home always, i don't.  i DO think they should stay at home until such time as their children are taught the things that make for understanding right and wrong.  Samuel knew this when he was three!

ok. and, for the men's side --when women asserted no need to be 'abused' which many characterize in different ways (some real and some very unreal)--they probably didn't want to deal with the deep psychological trauma that women (and men) put upon men (women).  also, lack of understanding at times, and over-mothering (i suppose) or role models that they had in parenting and marriage.

for all intensive purposes, i should be in the closet.  my father was very strict, expected us to be very work oriented, and didn't like shows of femininity.  crying, to him, was a waste of time (as well as any outbursts that showed feeling).  he did not like long hair, long nails, or any fancy accessories to add to a woman's demeanor.  he thought women should be able to fix their own cars (but, he always did help me on that, as well as many other things) and fend for themselves as much as possible.  because of the society we live in today, many of the things he taught me were valuable.  i am less prone to giving up, and also quite self-sufficient.

but, my mother took her own stand and continued being feminine (which my step dad is coming to appreciate).  his mother was more of a feminist.  anyhew, for a long story made longer.  i believe that there are 'points of articulation' in one's life just as in music.  you make a choice and stick with it until proven that it might not be the best choice or the one that God had in mind.  i dated a quite a few men before i married my husband and found (on the whole) that the sensitive ones (sometimes labeled gay) were some of the smartest, caringest, and less threatening men to date.  so, i have no bones to pick about a man having to fit a certain standard of manliness to be a qualified man. 

when i started reading more of the bible for myself, i realized that the departure for sin is not at being 'gay,' but breaking any of the law.  the Apostle Paul learned to subdue his nature for Gods' nature.  Christ had allowed him to work with Barnabas and they had a close friendship.  Since we are told that they worked well together, i imagine they had a friendship that would be hard to match (with a woman) to spread the gospel.  But, as we are also taught, they found a point where they could no longer work together(when Barnabas wanted to bring John with them).  I don't think a reason is given for the disagreement, but personally wonder if that is a part of the gospel given to those who struggle with becoming overly friendly with the same sex-- jealousy, and the 'gospel' would be hindered.

Paul continued with aeseticism, which he actually placed higher than natural marriage, because after his sight was replaced (with also the Holy Spirit) he realized that a connection with a person isn't as important as the connection with Jesus Christ and God.