Pimp Hand

Pimp Hand
1. (n.) A sign of virility, strength or social efficacy. An informal measure of one's ability to mack, pimp, or generally to get play, action or get your freak on. Generally characterized as "strong" or "weak."
2. To "exercise one's pimp hand": to increase one's skill at short-term sexual interactions, or to demonstrate such.
3. One's ability to control one's bitches.
4. A back-handed slap, used to emphasize superiority, or a forthcoming need to choke a bitch.
1. Damn, son! Yo' ass picked up some *fine* bitches last night! Yo' pimp hand is strong!
2. You're losing your touch, man. Come out to the club tonight so we can exercise your pimp hand.
3. His strong pimp hand keeps his hos in line.
4. You gonna take that shit?! Introduce yo' pimp hand to that bitch ass motherfucker!

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Lampshaded

Despite the fact that I only get to see it for a very short time per year, I like the cold. That is to say I like the tolerable cold. This negative six, snowing and shit we had earlier isn’t cool. But when its in the 30s-50s I can deal.

Because of this I had my window opened last night to let the air blow in and just be all relaxing. Then at three AM the fucking tall lamp near my window blew down at the perfect any to slap my in the mouth as hard as it could.

I’m not even sure how it got the angle right, worked its way around other objects and the like, but it seems that nature is trying to warn me that cold windy weather just isn’t as fun as I once thought.

Has the right-wing hijacked the Christian religion?

Well its Sunday morning and I’m out to piss people off again. But I couldn’t have said this any better myself.

Jesus would be neither a Republican or Democrat (he refused to get sucked into the partisan squabbles of his times), but when some Christians, especially many evangelicals, act like any right-thinking Christian should be on the right, I have to laugh. I think it really hurts the witness of the church, because some progressives think they have to stop fighting for justice in order to be Christian.

Here is a list for you: Martin Luther King, Jr., Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Dorothy Day, Daniel Berrigan, Cesar Chavez, Dom Helder Camara, Oscar Romero, Pope John XXIII. All of them were progressive, at least in economic matters. Some, like Barth, undoubtedly the greatest Protestant theologian of the 20th century, were even socialists, though not Marxist socialists.

There are 2003 verses in the Bible on the obligation to help the poor. There are about five or six on homosexuality, and several of the ones in the Old testament are mentioned along with prohibitions on eating pork. There are none on abortion or euthansia, not that I think either of these are good things, but where is the sense of proportion? When I listen to the Christian radio station, it is dominated by right-wing preachers who talk about things like cutting the capital gains tax an opposing universal health-care. Where do they get this stuff? Not from the Bible, that's for sure.

How do you explain this?

My basic sentiments. This is one of the main problems going on right now in the Political arena. The bastardization of Christianity used to push political ideals by people who are no more moral than the people they focus their attacks on. 

Quote Taken from: http://www.answerology.com/index.aspx/question/2734068_Has-the-right-wing-hijacked-the-Christian-religion.html

Favorite Brand New Lyrics

These are my favorite lyrics from the band Brand New the slashes represent the end of a line. The part after the dash is the song title I was talking to Rickey about how awesome this band is and how they’re just going to keep getting better until they ascend into Heaven glowing like Mary.

(note, there are 12 because I suck at deciding)

Now, in no particular order…

1. “So, is that what you call a getaway?/Tell me what you got away with./Cause I've seen more spine in jellyfish./I've seen more/guts in eleven-year-old kids./Have another drink and drive yourself home./I hope there's ice on all the roads./And you can/think of me when you forget your seatbelt,/and again when your head goes through the windshield.” – Seventy Times 7

2. “We saw the western coast/I saw the hospital/Nursed the shoreline like a wound” – The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows

3. “It's cold as a tomb, and it's dark in your room, when I sneak to your bed to pour salt in your wounds. So call it quits or get a grip. Say you wanted a solution. You just wanted to be missed. Call me a safe bet. I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that you can forgive. I'm only hoping as time goes, you can forget... You are calm and reposed. Let your beauty unfold. Pale white, like the skin stretched over your bones. Spring keeps you ever close. You are second hand smoke. You are so fragile and thin. Standing trial for your sins. Holding onto yourself the best you can. You are the smell before rain. You are the blood in my veins. Call me a safe bet. I'm betting I'm not. I'm glad that you can forgive. I'm only hoping as time goes, you can forget.” – The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot

4. “We slip concealed back to the keep./Concede to do the work for free./We prey as wolves among the sheep and slit the necks of soldiers while they sleep.” – Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have To Do Is Die

5. “Whatever poison's in this bottle will leave me broken sore and stiff./But it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at. He owes me one last wish.” – Jude Law And The Semester Abroad

6. “ "Jess, I still taste you, thus reserve my right to hate you." ” – Jude Law And The Semester Abroad

7. “I hope this song starts a craze./The kind of song that ignites the airwaves./The kind of song that makes people glad/To be where they are,/With whoever they're there with.This is war./Every line is about,/Who I don't wanna write about anymore./Hope you come down with something/They can't diagnose, don't have the cure for./Holding on to your grudge./Oh its so hard to have someone to love./And keeping quiet is hard./Cause you cant keep a secret/If it never was a secret to start./At least pretend you didn't wanna get caught…” – Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't

8. “The time has come for colds and overcoats./We're quiet on the ride,/we're all just waiting to get home./Another week away, my greatest fear./I need the smell of summer,/I need its noises in my ears.” – I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light

9. “I wrote more postcards than hooks./I read more maps than books./Feel like every chance to leave/is another chance I should have took./Every minute is a mile./I've never felt so hollow./I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews/and empty aisles./My secrets for a buck./Watch me as I cut myself wide open/on this stage. Yes, I am paid/to spill my guts. I won't see home till spring./Oh, I would kill for the Atlantic,/but I am paid to make girls panic/while I sing.” – I Will Play My Games Beneath the Spin Light

10. “I've got desperate desires and unadmirable plans/My tongue will taste of gin and malicious intent/Bring you back to the bar/Get you out of the cold/A sober, straight face gets you out of your clothes” – Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis

11. “Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry? I am the watch you always wear but you forget to wind.” – Guernica

12. “Oh, we're so c-c-c-c-c-controversial./We are entirely smooth./We admit to the truth,/We are the best at what we do./And these are the words you wish you wrote down./This is the way you wish your voice sounds,/Handsome and smart./Oh my tongue's the only muscle on my body/That works harder than my heart.” – Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't

Dungeons and Dragons Characters—Where Do They Come From?

Space Cowboy posted a blog that talked about where his D&D characters came from, what the thought processes behind them were. I decided that this was a pretty cool idea and decided to do this myself. I have had a lot of characters who came and went, but four in particular are prominent and worth talking about.

Deirdre “Dee” Saint-John—Swashbuckler/Rogue

Dee was my very first D&D character, she was actually my first role playing character in another game but her personality at the start of the game was different. She was basically the picture of hedonism and greed. Drinking, gambling, sex, and money.

But somewhere down the line adverse events caused Dee to stop drinking, stop whoring around and hone her skills as a sword fighting. Her move from one game to another saw her still reformed but more or less taking up the mantle of piracy. She’s still brash, but tinges of her noble upbringing shine through some of the time.

I think that when I think of her personality she’s part Jack Sparrow but there’s something more ruthless there. She slit a man’s throat and threw him off her ship for fear that their kidnapping would lead back to authorities back to her and her crew.

She’s my the character of mine that shows the most growth, and probably the biggest thing she’s grown is loyalty.

Madeleine Dycedrag—Scout/Ranger

Maddy was meant to fill the archer niche of the party but more than that, she was all about humility, primness, properness and intelligence and concentration. Basically she was everything Dee wasn’t, including married. While she’s typically quieter she’s also the best character I have made mechanically. Some of her attacks are simply broken and ridiculously so.

She started out on a quest to find her husband, a Paladin who had gone missing. The idea for her was partly based on a friend and partly based on the idea of presenting some duality against Dee. Later the two became like sisters and between games, when she had a child, Dee actually became Aunt Dee.

Maddy is soon to be retired from the game because her story is pretty much complete and there’s too many people in the party. (plus I have a good ending cooked up)

Barbaneth Dycedrag—Paladin of Freedom

The idea for Barbaneth is partly from the old Final Fantasy role play(his first name is straight out of Final Fantasy Tactics). He’s both a family man and a fighter. With his devotion to the greater good and family sometimes conflicting. He is easily my most positively thinking character.

At the time he was made, he was the only Paladin and he was made more for defense. His story was pretty much the classic “going off to war story”. He left home for one job and ended up getting swept into a war. In the midst of this war his wife waited until she couldn’t wait anymore and came to find him.

There was very little romance, but the idea of searching for a loved one is a common theme and its what I was going for with him and Maddy. Since they’ve been back side by side, the two are a good compliment (in one fight he basically just stood in front of her and acted as cover).

I think my favorite moments are when Barbaneth is angry. It’s good to see someone who’s usually positive take another turn.

Cissinei Saint John—Wizard

Cissinei is both my youngest and newest character. She was my first character that I had a concept for before she came into the thread. The entire idea behind her was to make a good natured, sweet, kind girl who was a Necromancer to combat other Necromancers. She even had a skeleton companion named Saxton whom she rode around on and made dance for kids.

She was probably the most anime-ish of the characters I made. She’s the super intelligent, ditzy girl who’s far too book smart. By class, she was a Wizard.

Cissinei’s stint as a Necromancer ended when another party member gave her the ultimatum to stop practicing dark magic or face the penalty of Death. Since then she’s been trying to find other avenues to her goal.

At the same time, Cissinei is the first character to have a real back and forth interpersonal relationship with another person’s character. She started dating the party Sorcerer and its probably caused some of the most interesting role playing instances.

Pellegri—Lantern Archon

Pellegri was meant to be a one shot character, basically she was supposed to be part Navi (from Zelda). She was meant to help the party in a dungeon crawl.When I started Whitefall, she followed the Cleric over and has been the most fun to write because she’s consistently stupid and misunderstands most of what she sees.

Recently her development has taken a more serious turn, she was switched into Maddy’s body and Maddy into hers. After they were switched back, she expressed interest into getting a human body of her own (she more or less resembles a small ball of light.)

Alone

If I was afraid of social interaction and scared to talk to people, it would be understandable. At least from the standpoint that I could say I have some kind of social anxiety or some other thing that I am sure some doctor out there has made notation of in a book.

But no.

What I have, if I can be said to have anything at all, is a growing need to be alone. I’m best left to my own devices and, save for a few people, I strive to deal with no one on a day to day basis. It started locally and spread to the internet. I spend my days phone off, MSN concealed behind the cloak of Appear Offline and it feels best when I do.

I try and do what others would suggest—talk to people, get out. Go places. But it feels lackluster with a few exceptions. I would say I need to fix something if it felt like I did. But it doesn’t. When I have to interact or do, it doesn’t come difficultly and I can be engaging.

I just don’t want to.

Right to Free Speech…as Long as You Say What We Want…

CBS, the company airing the Super Bowl was urged to pull an advertisement because it was anti-abortion. The ad is described below, story in source link:

The ad -- paid for by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family -- is expected to recount the story of Pam Tebow's pregnancy in 1987 with a theme of "Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life." After getting sick during a mission trip to the Philippines, she ignored a recommendation by doctors to abort her fifth child and gave birth to Tim, who went on to win the 2007 Heisman Trophy while helping his Florida team to two BCS championships.

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Remember, a few years ago someone wanted an ad pulled from the Super Bowl because it depicted a white woman flirting with a black man? Well that was pulled because it was so controversial. The Peta about how people who were vegetarian have better sex, pulled because apparently sexual innuendo is only allowed if someone can’t claim it promotes stuff they like. Now the same thing is happening again.

I like how those who profess to be for freedom and for rights and for women don’t seem to like it when any of these things work against their general message. These things aren’t grossly offensive or full of cursing and nudity. Most of them are no worse than what you can see in a PG-13 movie, but someone is always complaining about things and trying to get them pulled form TV.

Dreams

I think about the way things would have been, sometimes when I am just alone in the middle of the day or when I’m riding in my car and the radio is turned down low for no reason. I think about the value of things and the things I value and I wonder if the road I’m on will lead to any of the things I need, let alone want.

A dream is a scary thing to have, because we have hope for them. We want them to come true—even when we don’t strive for them. So when we fail, it strikes us…hard. For me having goals and dreams is like saying there’s a chance at failure. I could want to be somewhere more exciting, but in hoping for it I still might never get there. I could want to be a writer, a dreamer, a intellectual—but in trying for those things I still might never have them.

Fear could be said to be my motivating factor in these decisions, but really its failure. Without failure, or the chance of it, I would have no fear. If we knew that in our potential to do something that we dreamed of there was a guaranteed success, we’d always choose to do it. 

Then the question becomes, how do we force ourselves to act on dreams? How do we tell the viable dreams from the ones we should let go? And when is it not okay to dream?

There’s no great handbook on this. There’s no answer out there for these questions.