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Nov 4, 2009 9:08 PM
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Does the Vatican really employ Vampire Slayers?
Or is that just more Science Fiction born of Hollywood?
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Nov 4, 2009 9:30 PM
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I was raised and was educated by Jesuits
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Nov 4, 2009 9:42 PM
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> I was raised and was educated by Jesuits
Damn! How did that happen?
Please do not think me either stupid or disrespectful, but, DAMN! Are Jesuits allowed to reproduce? I mean, the Priests have to remain celibate (or rape choir boys or some other hidden thing), so how is it that you have Jesuits for parents. That is TOOOOO cool!
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Nov 4, 2009 9:48 PM
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I think, you are making too many assumptions.
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Nov 4, 2009 10:03 PM
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> I think, you are making too many assumptions.
Likely so, but I was bored. Is that so wrong?
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Nov 4, 2009 10:10 PM
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In the same vein, but not nearly as famous are the Pentecostal zombie culling squads and the Greek Orthodox anti-werewolf brigade.
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If irony were strawberries we would all be having smoothies right now.
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Nov 4, 2009 10:10 PM
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You should take greater care of the words you put, for that is all we know of you.
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Nov 4, 2009 10:30 PM
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Down Bound Train
A stranger lying on a bar room floor
Had drank so much he could drink no more,
So he fell asleep with a troubled brain
To dream that he rode on that down bound train.
The engine with blood was sweaty and damp
And brilliantly lit with a brimstone lamp,
And imps for fuel was shovelling bones
While the furnace rang with a thousand groans.
The boiler was filled with lots of beer
The devil himself was the engineer,
The passengers were most a motley crew,
Some were foreigners and others he knew.
Rich men and lost beggars in rags
Handsome young ladies and wicked old hags.
As the train rushed on at a terrible pace
Sulphuric fumes scorched their hands and face,
Wider and wider the country grew
Faster and faster the engine flew,
Louder and louder the thunder crashed
Brighter and brighter the lighting flashed,
Hotter and hotter the air became
Till their clothes were burned with each quivering refrain.
Then out of the din there came a yell
Ha ha said the devil we're nearing home,
Oh how the passengers shrieked with pain
They go to Satan with this down bound train.
The stranger awoke with an anguished cry
His clothes wet with sweat and his hair standing high,
He fell on his knees on the bar room floor
And prayed a prayer like never before.
And the prayers and vows were not in vain
For he never rode that down bound train.
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Nov 5, 2009 4:11 AM
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I haven't heard that in decades! Do you have any idea who wrote it? My grandfather was a train engineer, so we heard all the train songs and poems. Good memories.
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I will defend to the death your right to offend me.
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Nov 5, 2009 4:39 AM
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"Down Bound Train" was inspired by Berry's fire and brimstone religious upbringing; both his parents were staunch Baptists, and sang in the Antioch Church Choir, which rehearsed at his home. It is a song about redemption and a warning against alcohol abuse. A man who has too much to drink falls asleep on a bar room floor and has a vivid dream about riding a train. The train, which is driven by the Devil himself, contains an eclectic mix of people he knows, foreigners, rich and poor. When the man wakes up he renounces the demon drink. The message is that anyone from any background can be afflicted by drink - or by some other vice or sin - but we can all choose to be saved.
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Nov 5, 2009 5:33 AM
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Downtown Train
Outside another yellow moon
punched a hole in the nighttime, yes
I climb through the window and down the street
shining like a new dime
the downtown trains are full with all those Brooklyn girls
they try so hard to break out of their little worlds
You wave your hand and they scatter like crows
they have nothing that will ever capture your heart
theyr'e just thorns without the rose
be careful of them in the dark
oh if I was the one
you chose to be your only one
oh baby can't you hear me now
Chorus
Will I see you tonight
on a downtown train
every night is just the same
you leave me lonely now
I know your window and I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light at the four way
you watch them as they fall
they all have heart attacks
they stay at the carnival
but they'll never win you back
Chorus
Will I see you tonight on a downtown train
where every night is just the same you leave me lonely
will I see you tonight on a downtown train
all of my dreams just fall like rain
all upon a downtown train
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"It's interesting to note that there was little or no media focus on the 9-11 terrorists during the Bush administration and therefore no public outrage." - Whitehall
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Nov 5, 2009 8:37 AM
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l don't know about vampire slayers, but they do have boogeyman removers.
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".....he reasoned with them from the scriptures." Acts 17:2
My pretty face just looked out of place,
As they poured on the scorn.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0xHTszwbWk
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Nov 7, 2009 1:40 AM
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That's Chuck Berry
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"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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