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Jesus, God’s Name, and Gay People

Jesus, God’s Name, and Gay People

Every day, there is a set of web comics I read. I even have an application setup on a server at home that aggregates these comics on to one page to make viewing these comics easier and faster. One such comic is Player vs. Player, one I’ve read for years. While the strip is consistently funny, it is occasionally a little off color, and sometimes downright offensive. One example actually spans two days. The first day (warning: this is likely to offend) is where the offense started. For those of you that didn’t click the link (Trust me. You’re not missing anything) the last panel has a talking cat taking The Lord’s name in vain. As can be expected, some PvP readers were offended and wrote in to let the author know, which led to the second and possibly more offensive of the two strips (This one is "safe" and this post depends on your knowledge of it). Over the next few paragraph’s, I’d like to explain why Scott Kurtz is wrong.

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Dive! Dive!

Dive! Dive!

This weekend, in preparation for our upcoming jaunt to the islands of Hawaii and Kauai, I spent this last weekend doing scuba certification with Adventure Sports. Each day was spent in the class room, studying the minutia of diving, as well as time spent in both a swimming pool, for the closed-water dives, and a private "lake" for the open-water dives. The pool dives weren’t bad on the first day. It was an indoor pool, so the water was warm, and there was no wind. On Sunday, though, we dove in an outdoor pool, so the water was cool, and the wind ripped right through us (I say "us" as Angela came along for a refresher for her five year old certification). The lake dives were cold on both days — really cold — and got even colder as we dropped down to the bottom of the lake at about 20 – 25 feet. After two days of freezing in the water, though, I am now certified to dive up to an absolute maximum of 130 feet, with a recommended maximum of 100 feet. Although the water was really cold, I had a blast just being in the water. I can’t wait for Hawaii. 🙂