SOME ODD, INCONSEQUENTIAL THINGS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE

My real horoscope makes mention of "a short term loss that will lead to a long term gain". As with all horoscope fortune teller like things, this says volumes or nothing, depending on your lithium levels. I don't read horoscopes as a rule, but I read the one in the chronicle every once in awhile because it has a common sense lean to it.
Speaking of common sense, with the exception of our county, every county in Texas overwhelmingly voted to pass prop 2, the gay marriage ban. Despite the fact that it was written by a neanderthal so poorly that it could nullify not only those deviants attempts at usurping a divine right available to only a man and a woman, but that man and woman who enter into a marriage, whether it be in a lily festooned church or a hand shake and a french kiss after a jello shot in some bar off 4th street. This amendment will be challenged post haste in the appelate and superior courts, and god willing, overturned as the short sighted, narrow minded piece of legislation it is.
Speaking of god...where the fuck is he these days?.
I find it hard to believe that he's up there on his throne scratching his head thinking " OK...they're this far from getting it right...I'm not gonna intervene...gonna give 'em some more time before I let the amphibians take over".
I imagine a conversation between god, St. Peter and Moses...Kind of a daily briefing if you will.
god: So, Pete...how are things going in processing?
St.Peter: Well, Boss...not so good. The ratio of admission or banishment continues to give banishment a growing edge. Currently, 7 of every 10 arrivals are banished, 3 are given entrance to heaven.
god: Moses, can you break these figures down for me?Are there that many sinners down there? My figures show an opposite, in terms of believers v. sinners...help me out here.
Moses: Well, Mr. G...While it appears that there are more believers than sinners on earth, a healthy portion of believers have twisted the doctrine and fooled themselves that they are holy, when in fact they are not.
St. Peter: I can vouch for Moses on this one god, I see them everyday at the gate...they plead worthiness at the gate, but, when examined closely, it's shallow.
god: Please elaborate, I'm intrigued.
St. Peter: For example, this woman was killed by a homeless person the other day, a tradgedy. She was a pillar in her community, a devout member of her church and chairwoman of the churches " drive for decency" council for 5 years.
god: Surely she was admitted to heaven, right?
St. Peter: No, your majesty, she was banished to burn in hell.
god: Why? And why did the homeless person kill her?
St. Peter: She was offended by the homeless living in the park by her high rise condo, and was active in the effort to get them pushed out...she did nothing to help them and was repulsed by thier presense in the park...they interferred with her once weekly walks with her children, a homeless man approached them and did his magic tricks...she was offended and after a verbal exchange, spit on him. He lost his mind and broke her neck.
god: Why was the confrontation so volatile?
Moses: Well...OG...The other 6 days of the week a nanny took the kids to the park, and his magic tricks were routine, he was harmless, she had never encountered him before and wasn't aware that this was routine for a trip to the park.
god: What became of the nanny?
St. Peter: She was detained and fired and deported back to columbia.
god: And what is she doing now?
Moses: She's a whore and a mule for a drug lord.
god: And what of the homeless man?
St. Peter: He was shived at Rikers Island over a sandwich and died on the dining room floor while other inmates kicked him around.
god: And what else can you tell me about this man?
St.Peter : He was a teacher before he became homeless.
Moses: He was also afflicted with a madness, a madness that caused his homelessness.
St. Peter: When he was a teacher, nothing gave him more joy than to delight his students with magic tricks, even in his madness, he remembered that gift.
god: And what became of him?
St. Peter: He was admitted to heaven, and now teaches and does magic on the childhood cancer cloud complex.
god: Even though he killed a christian woman?
Moses: She wasn't christian, she was just pretending to be.
god: What do you mean pretending?
Moses: There's alot of that going around these days OG...maybe you should focus more of your attention on earth instead of mars. 3 out of 7 is not encouraging.
god: But things are going so much better there.
St. Peter: It's still early in the game for mars...you've gone slower there ( St.Peter's pager goes off ) The numbers are down because there are many who believe like this woman...religion has become commercial and crass and status based, and increasingly comingled with politics.
god: Comingled?
St. Peter: I gotta go...got a columbian woman waiting at the gates.
god: That columbian woman? Get back to me on this comingling thing.
St. Peter: You got it ... see you in the morning.
Moses: Yessir...that's the one...maybe you should review condom failure rates again...I know you don't like them, but they're not just for birth control anymore.
God shuffles his feet.
OK...so I kind of wandered...sue me. :)