The Slickest Deal

And here, dear reader, is when it gets interesting. I’ve decided to change the course of this simple blog to reflect one of my true passions- good deals and free samples. Each day, I’ll posting a new deal I find. Most of these will be things I’ll discover on one of favorite websites- SlickDeals.net. Each post will reflect the best deal of the day, obviously, in my opinion. It’ll save you the time to have to read every single post on those forums and would give me an excuse to do so (seeing as I already spend a crazy amount of time on the site). I’ll credit the poster who originally made the post on Slickdeals and provide a rep link, for those who are members and would like to thank the user. I’ll even rename my little blog- the new title shall be “The Slickest Deal.”

And to tie up loose ends here’s what happened with religious conversation:

Me: What does God have to do with intimacy or love? Why would you turn to the Bible for a definition? It’s very possible to have a relationship where two people share their lives without having God or religion involved…

Priest: One of the most common struggles in human history has been to repeat mistakes instead of learning wisdom gleaned from generations past. This is one reason to try and learn from the wisdom gained from history, including history that includes writings that are Divinely inspired and God-centered. I am also fascinated by what the Creator has to say to those whom He has created and the best ways they can relate to each other. Is there a more specific area you want to talk about in terms of relationships?

Me: I’m afraid I don’t agree. I think part of the beauty of being human is the ability to makes mistakes and learn from them rather than rely on “wisdom gleaned from generations past.” More importantly, I don’t see why anyone would turn to religious texts, which are full or controversy, for advice on relationships. What authority does the Bible have to say how we should lead relationships? And why is your response full of religious notion you think everyone’s accepted? I don’t think of God as “the Creator” or that the Bible is anything more than a collection of old tales passed on over the ages.

Priest: So, then, what part of the discussion shall we move toward? We can go with relationships or we can talk about Scripture in general, or some texts in particular. (I didn’t mean to assume anything about your or others’ beliefs in my previous email…I did want to be clear, though, on where I was coming from…)

Me: Well, I think we can start with my first question, (name edited). Why would people turn to the Bible for relationship advice? I don’t think people read ancient scrolls or other scholarly and historic texts to learn how find their future partner. Frankly, I think relationships are something you’d only learn about from experience rather than reading.

And I never heard from him again… Maybe I made a few good points!

And as for that Benjamin Button film- I felt the actors weren’t really good or into their roles and more importantly, the story didn’t give a complete perspective of Benjamin’s life. Also, I felt Benjamin acted seflishly often and his message of being able to start fresh whenever you want is only true if you inherit a lot of money (as he did)…

But now, on to bigger and better things! Tomorrow starts my new blog!

-Coot66

I’m on break from college and finally got a chance to catch up with some old friends and see a movie- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So tonight, I’ll be providing a summary of the movie. No spoilers will be included here, so no need to skip this entry even if you haven’t seen the film. All in all, the film gets 3 out of 5 stars from this humble blogger. As you may know, the film follows a story of a gentleman who had to go through “backwards.” The fellow is born old and wrinkled as a baby, grows into an elderly man, and then ages backwards, becoming an old man, a middle-aged chap, a young person, and eventually becomes a baby. The movie follows his life, exploring his unique experience and different relationships. I’ll post a review of the movie tomorrow which will explain what I didn’t like about the film.

 -Coot66

I’m sure many of you folks use Facebook, one of the Internet’s largest social network sites. I’m a big fan of it- there’s no better way to ignore work and get back in touch with old friends. As you know and probably noticed, Facebook has ads. I’m one of those people who actually reads the ads for fun- everyone once in a while there’s something noteworthy. I did a couple paying surveys and some beta testing for a few companies by following through with leads I got from the ads. I actually used the ads to advertise for a marketing campaign I ran once, but that’s a story for another time…

Nowadays, I’ve been getting a lot of ads for a site called EveryStudent.com. The ads always have to do with some typical problem college students face- relationship issues, drinking, hard classes, etc. Clicking the ad takes you to an article on EveryStudent.com which takes the subject and randomly adds religion into it. I’m really bothered by this- while I generally go as an agnostic, I hate when people try pushing religion (of any kind). This site irks me because it tries to exploit students looking for help by trying to have them turn to the Bible. One of article dealt with relationships and how we can only find meaningful and true relationships by reading what the Bible tells us and understanding what God meant for us to do. I’m still trying to find the link now- they have a lot of propaganda there and it’s difficult to find the one that I’m complaining about. Personally, I have a great relationship with a girl who’ll (God willing ) become my fiancé one of these days and managed to get there without God or religion. I wrote an e-mail about how the article was stupid, got a response, and sent more of my thoughts. Let’s see where this goes! I’ll probably post highlights tomorrow…

-Coot66

And so begins another project in my life- a blog. Hopefully, I’ll find a few folks who’ll be interested in reading it. I plan on posting once a day- I’ll be discussing random thoughts and musings I have. But first, a little about me: I’m a college student in Boston, Massachusetts. I’m big on technology, musicals, love,  Disney, board games, and great deals/free samples. I’m a sarcastic person but offer reasonable advice and am pretty fair with my judgments. I’m also passionate about my beliefs and love to rant and preach. I’m really critical of movies and people; I’ll have plenty of posts on both. If you’d to know anymore about me, shoot me an e-mail.

-Coot66