I Am Chris Moran

Too strange!!! I almost made a push for Roan - eve...

2010-06-01T23:23:50.682-04:00

Too strange!!! I almost made a push for Roan - even closer to Rohan... but getting "Elessar" for a middle name will pretty much solidify a sense of uniqueness.

Funny, My name is also Chris Moran and I have a so...

2010-06-01T23:11:19.846-04:00

Funny, My name is also Chris Moran and I have a son named Roan Moran. He's 8 years old. Funny stuff

There are so many flaws in that logic it's lau...

2010-03-29T18:31:04.324-04:00

There are so many flaws in that logic it's laughable, but a bible literalist couldn't possibly really get it I suppose.

But, if you want to play your fantasy games about life and the gods... then I suppose you stand strong against doctor assisted pregnancies for men and women who can't conceive on their own?? You know... because god must not mean for them to reproduce at all. "He" certainly couldn't possibly support some religious freak who gets implanted with 8 fertilized eggs because she can't get pregnant on her own... yet amazingly, churches are always there for those people and their "miracles".

Perhaps you're not a hypocrite in such cases and you DO stand firmly against all but NATURAL conception. Of course, your rapist god committed a most unnatural act to breed his son, so obviously, and as always the case, biblical morals are up for grabs and personal translations. Incest is best when it's kept in the bible right?

Using the bible to generate your morals only means you have NO morals. You require to have them given to you by someone else. I believe there are some basic universal morals, many are covered by various religious texts, but are also common sense. Your morals toward sex are short-sighted and significantly Judao-Christian oriented - which neglects the fact that societies, faiths and moral codes existed long before your silly religion did.

Offended yet? Quoting biblical blather proves absolutely nothing and only pisses me off.

The only thing you're close to right on is that if homosexuality was *the* normal. OBVIOUSLY if the only sex was same-sex, there'd be no new children. Don't be daft. So, again, you HAVE to be against sex for recreation, meaning against birth control of any type.
You must also be against sexless marriages. Wowza... some couples actually don't WANT children. Should they never have sex then? Or just not be allowed to get married?

You're a man who appears to idolize the US flag and the office of the president - by your blogs about how Obama disrespects them. I guess we'll just see each other in hell, now won't we? Heck, if you remotely think President George W. Bush was a remotely good man, that alone should buy your one way ticket to whatever burning fires there are in the afterlife. Of, you'll just rot away as is reality and you'll have wasted your life fighting against PEOPLE and for your dogma.

the whole fact that a penis is made to fit a vagin...

2010-03-29T16:27:50.787-04:00

the whole fact that a penis is made to fit a vagina, tells me that there is intelligent design....homosexuals cannot procreate, so the human race would not survive, if homosexuality was "normal"

Good try though....

"…Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God…"
1 Corinthians 6:9-10

didn't know you could update with just a text ...

2010-02-01T22:51:24.056-05:00

didn't know you could update with just a text message... that would imply there's a direct email method as well. I do like how there is now a reply to comments function in email notifications.
That said, I also refuse to pay fro text (so far), as it's criminal how much users are charged for a service that almost literally costs the phone company NOTHING since the data sent in a txt is nothing compared to the amount of data communication they need with the phone just for keeping it connected.

Also, if we're gonna have a conversation, how about NOT being anonymous. It's creepy. :)

its not a data plan. you dont connect to the inter...

2010-02-01T22:45:08.133-05:00

its not a data plan. you dont connect to the internet at all. it goes through like a normal text message. if you have texting plan you can do it

Except for having to pay for a data plan on the ph...

2010-01-31T20:42:06.891-05:00

Except for having to pay for a data plan on the phone... which is a whole other level of silly for me.

dude just sign up to facebook mobile with your cel...

2010-01-31T20:33:50.134-05:00

dude just sign up to facebook mobile with your cell phone and you can set your status from a text message, it doesnt cost any extra a month or anything.

Hah, yeah, I always forget where you've got th...

2009-12-13T22:59:16.744-05:00

Hah, yeah, I always forget where you've got those nuggets hidden. Doesn't matter any more to me anyway. They have specifically written into the acceptable use policy against using proxies. Fucking school IT nazis.

I leave copies of CGIProxy installed everywhere, just because of filters like that.

I would so love to understand how this is "ha...

2009-11-16T23:17:06.724-05:00

I would so love to understand how this is "hate speech". Of course, hiding behind an anonymous comment must be some powerful incentive to post ignorance and distortions.

For the record, it's not hate speech, not even close, and to think otherwise is to get out of it what you want to get out of it.

If a Christian wrote this, it would be considered ...

2009-11-16T21:40:19.184-05:00

If a Christian wrote this, it would be considered hate speech. So what is it when an athiest writes it? Stupidity?

Fair enough. My point in supporting him in general...

2009-03-05T15:07:00.000-05:00

Fair enough. My point in supporting him in general is that he's more liberal than the alternative. I don't LOVE Obama. I respect that he's different enough from the typical right of center vast majority of those "representing" us in DC. He's no liberal.
I'm not sure who you'd have preferred over him - I have to assume not McCain, since he only furthered the acts that got us precisely where we are, trouble-wise - so I can't really comment much more. Nader is frankly too ego maniacal for me to support him.
I would add that a freshman senator might be risking everything potentially good by having voted against the patriot act... because it took broader thinking to openly say "that's just not right" in a time when people were freaking out and afraid of everything. People like us knew - for whatever reason - that they were irrational, but the majority of citizens seemed fine with security over freedom.
It's how he deals with it NOW that matters most, and I have allowed myself to believe he will be different. I could be wrong, but it was a better bet that the other options by far and I think he means it.

Come on man, for a guy that spends a lot of time o...

2009-03-05T14:45:00.000-05:00

Come on man, for a guy that spends a lot of time on the internet you should know better than to support Obama. Do some economic homework, read up on the history of our foreign policy of intervention and you will see that the guy who voted for the Patriot Act, has voted from day one for the Iraq war, wants to expand government into oblivion and inflate our currency to worthlessness, is not the guy you want in office. http://asftr.wordpress.com/

Heh, whoever you are, I'm relatively certain we're...

2008-11-24T16:46:00.000-05:00

Heh, whoever you are, I'm relatively certain we're a small club. :)

This will forever remain a favorite for me:)

2008-11-24T16:36:00.000-05:00

This will forever remain a favorite for me:)

Since when do YOU need to lose weight???

2008-09-02T06:15:00.000-04:00

Since when do YOU need to lose weight???

Hardcore. I did something like that a few weeks a...

2008-09-02T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hardcore. I did something like that a few weeks ago, but on a much smaller scale. Wiped me out for the rest of the week,but it was a lot of fun. Sometimes you just got to try a challenge when you see it staring you in the face.

That does sound tasty. I think I'd have to beef up...

2008-09-01T23:57:00.000-04:00

That does sound tasty. I think I'd have to beef up my routine before trying something like this, though. I'll be sticking to my Carnation instant breakfasts for now, I think.

This was an impressive and completely relevant blo...

2008-07-04T15:39:00.000-04:00

This was an impressive and completely relevant blog on the, "mindset of a spoiled brat".
Yes, we as humans do make dumb mistakes, and even more "errors in judgement". However, to me this was not so much an error in judgement as it was a complete lack of respect for anything or anyone.
For one, this disregard of "private parking.
Two... even assuming, ok, perhaps the other three spots were not available when said idiot was in such a hurry to park. Only such a selfish person could think, "it's ok, they can manage out somehow." Never once thinking, "heh, these guys might just need to get out quickly to get some wings or something. If I am here that might hold them up." "heh, they might have me towed for being stupid." or "heh, i wonder if my parents would mind the extra charge for getting their car out of the tow lot?"
Personally, i don't beleive you let her have it enough. She should have felt like a moron, and maybe even cried a bit. Anything to make her understand she is not the only person in burlington worthy of breathing the clean air!

Hi Chris! I don't feel attacked, no worries! I do ...

2008-07-01T22:06:00.000-04:00

Hi Chris! I don't feel attacked, no worries! I do understand wanting to call people on, as you put it, "really bad choices people make" - especially when the "really bad choice" impacts you directly. That's fair. But your post did not seem to communicate (to me) that it was a "really" bad decision on her part. Just a clueless one, aided and abetted by her bad attitude. Heck, I'd be out on the streets all day calling people to the carpet for that sort of thing if my threshold was that low. Still, I don't always practice what I preach, and I wasn't there either, was I! You know what you're doing. Please forgive me for my sudden burst of empathy for the enemy! :-)

Thanks for the comment Auliya. I am often called o...

2008-07-01T11:50:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the comment Auliya. I am often called on to ignore and "let pass" really bad choices people make that effect me. I live in a college town where any given night I can have hours of drunken students wandering loudly around the street until 3am, waking us up all the time.
This instance however and her indignation were of entitlement and made me feel like a second class citizen - how someone else could make such an intentional decision that could completely impede me and then treat me like I'm supposed to be happy she was "being nice" to me.
Frankly, if I do something stupid, I expect to be told. If I do something that negatively impacts someone else, I expect to be yelled at even.
I think we need to stop giving passes to people who make decisions as if it doesn't matter who it effect - people rolling through stop signs, running red lights, leaving their high beams on at night, drinking parties on porches late at night in residential areas, vandalism... I could go on.
Based on the circumstances in this situation, I still strongly believe that this "woman" did the most disruptive, stupid and insensitive thing should could have to park (again, in a lot where she wasn't even permitted to be in the first place) to visit friends, also putting at risk any relationship between us and the friend-neighbors.

I left out the fact that half of the people who then climbed into the car did so with open beers. I was stupid for not calling the police on that one.

Thanks for posting - don't think I'm attacking you... just disagreeing. :)

Aieee!

...but don't you allow for the fact ...

2008-07-01T11:33:00.000-04:00

Aieee!

...but don't you allow for the fact that we're all humans who make minor errors in judgment like that... sort of a lot?

I know as your friend I'm supposed to share in your indignation at this woman's ridiculous choice to block other vehicles when easy alternative parking spaces are available... but instead I find myself relating strongly to the woman herself. So here I sit thinking, "Geez. I hope I don't get fussed at by a stranger if I should god forbid make such a dumb mistake like that."

I'm a smart cookie, but I'm not living a life completely free of dumb mistakes (or even major errors in judgment, but that's another story). I know you make little mistakes as well, although I can't bear to point them out because I don't see why anyone needs to be punished in any way for "the small stuff" we are not supposed to be sweatin'.

So while I definitely see your point and I appreciate how ranting in a blog is the RIGHT way to vent your frustration... I'm not sure how constructive it is to, sort of, you know, fuss at the lady in question, who was probably just thinking about something else at the crucial moment she put her car in park. (I say this purely out of empathy. I don' wanna be yelled at if I should do something like that. I know it would ruin my day and be all out of proportion to the crime.)

(Now you're wondering, "Wait... my friend? Who is this lady?" I'm Auliya from the KindleKorner mailing list, so I feel like we've been at the same proverbial dinner party for a month. :-) There - at least I've replied to one of your posts!)

And that's why you make me make all the "bad" call...

2008-01-30T23:48:00.000-05:00

And that's why you make me make all the "bad" calls. ;)

You know I don't approve of the profanity, but I a...

2008-01-30T22:11:00.000-05:00

You know I don't approve of the profanity, but I agree with many of your points.

I laughed out loud a the statement about the Civic (it will likely die soon, since it's paid off).

I Am Chris Moran

Too strange!!! I almost made a push for Roan - eve...

Funny, My name is also Chris Moran and I have a so...

There are so many flaws in that logic it's lau...

the whole fact that a penis is made to fit a vagin...

didn't know you could update with just a text ...

its not a data plan. you dont connect to the inter...

Except for having to pay for a data plan on the ph...

dude just sign up to facebook mobile with your cel...

Hah, yeah, I always forget where you've got th...

I leave copies of CGIProxy installed everywhere, just because of filters like that.

I would so love to understand how this is "ha...

If a Christian wrote this, it would be considered ...

Fair enough. My point in supporting him in general...

Come on man, for a guy that spends a lot of time o...

Heh, whoever you are, I'm relatively certain we're...

This will forever remain a favorite for me:)

Since when do YOU need to lose weight???

Hardcore. I did something like that a few weeks a...

That does sound tasty. I think I'd have to beef up...

This was an impressive and completely relevant blo...

Hi Chris! I don't feel attacked, no worries! I do ...

Thanks for the comment Auliya. I am often called o...

Aieee!...but don't you allow for the fact ...

And that's why you make me make all the "bad" call...

You know I don't approve of the profanity, but I a...

Aieee!

...but don't you allow for the fact ...