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I hadn't even thought about it until I looked out my front window and noticed there was snow covering the gas pumps across the street.

sky4it, I appreciate your compliments and holding me in high regard in terms of my mental ability. That ability is a bit dulled at the moment due to sleep deprivation, so I won't respond in detail, although I have a lot of thoughts that I could respond and answer some of what you said about. One thing I wanted to mention first, is that it is possible to believe in evolution, or any other scientific principle, and follow religious beliefs. In Judaism, for example, I don't think anyone believes that the story of creation was to be taken literally. It is only some Christians who believe the Earth and all life was created in six days a few thousand years ago. For example, some Christians believe that the Christian god created the Earth by creating the process of evolution, creating the big bang, creating the laws of physics, etc. and simply let everything fall into place. Also, if anyone has an issue with you, it will be for things that seem patronizing. While to you it seems like you are praying for us to help us and because you want us to be saved and all that, from the outside it seems belittling. Imagine if a Catholic tells you that they are going to pray for you because as a protestant, you are a heretic. Then they say that while there are a few good protestants out there, the leaders of protestant movements and denominations were con men and pure evil looking to fool people away from the true path of Christianity. Or they say that most protestants are ignorant because they don't believe in saints, and that protestants are much more rude than Catholics. It's a cliche, but keep in mind that "atheists" like myself don't have any lofty beliefs or ideas about religion. We simply have an absence of belief in what you believe in. You too are an atheist to many other religions. I imagine that you don't believe Buddha will give you good luck by putting a statue of him in your home. I imagine you don't put a mirror above the front door of your house to ward off evil spirits. I bet you also don't pray towards Mecca a few times a day in the name of Allah. You surely don't believe that the thunder is caused by Zeus rather than simple electrical charges in the clouds. Everyone is an atheist of some sort, and I think it would help believers of the various faiths to understand us on similar terms rather than trying to differentiate us from each other.

Twinky - I agree, and that's what I started doing in my own life - just focusing on the commonality.

Dang! It's always something at this joint. No matter what you say - somebody has got to pick it apart.

Amen sister!!!!Oh and BTW I've missed you!!!

Hammy, you're severely disturbed. Yet joining you in this analysis is oddly compelling. Which speaks to me being severely disturbed as well. This interpretation is among the most compelling, as replacing the initial phrase with "DOUCHEBAGS!!!!!" would seem to preserve the intent. You have captured the correct genitive. However, equally as important standing out is the figure of speech hypocatastasis. This is the strongest of the comparison figures of speech. You could say "like a douchebag" for minimal comparison, "is a douchebag" for medium comparison, or "bags of douche" as the strongest comparison. The figure of speech involved implies the genitive of character. While the genitive of origin and analysis from TWI having a female president could have certain implications that could accurately be considered, overall the intent is not preserved through genitive of origen. Of the genitive of possession, you could say the *positions* contain douche, although more accurately you would need the plural there - the *positions* contain *douches*, which the plural agreement there brings it right back to the genetive of character again. This is possible. The question is, if you replaced these people in *positions* literally with Summer's Eve, would it actually change anything? Hmmmm, thoughts to ponder. No, this can't be it. The contents of a bag would be far more cleansing than your typical STS tape, class, or rag article. Overall Hammy, a very thorough and insightful commentary.