You guys have enough cash to have fun???

Or are we charging it?

In keeping with the theme, I would like to invite everyone in the NY area to the Exxxotica Expo www.exxxoticany.com ...I am giving a seminar on negotiated non-monogamy tonight at 8:30 called "UnLEARN Vanilla Marriage" ....drop by the expo (which for some reason is in NJ) ...meet some porn stars...get your freak on...or just have a few laughs....if you're so inclined, drop by my lil' talk...I give religion a nice dressing down (as it pertains to marriage).

But if you do, make sure to intorduce yourself.

It doesn't take money to go get lost in a local park and appreciate the beauty around you.  I find that helps me enjoy life.  Thanks for the reminder Kevin. 

It may be almost a wonder, but I got out this weekend. Young people from all the republic had a travelling festival, they picked a city, cleaned it, organized a concerts there, fire shows, fireworks, workshops, games, tearooms, and so on. I had heard about it lately, so I only managed to get on this last, ending day evening, but it was nice nonetheless.
It was a Christian activity, btw, but I believe in diversity of people, so I can annoy equally all kinds of them
I arrived to the city square, there was a scene with a band(s), dancers and moderators. Music was mostly hip-hop, rap, hard rock, and so on. Not very intellectual, and for my taste, too many hands in a crotch, but if a person is brave enough to appear publically and commit music, it deserves respect. Speaking of appearing publically, one moment on the podium there suddenly came an older lady, in her 50-60's, and interrupted the hip-hop. She started to argue with a singers/dancers and moderators about something, for a long time. I really have no idea what she wanted, she didn't speak loud enough and they didn't borrow her a microphone. (though I yelled at them to do it) I heard something about somebody calling the police, to take her away. This lady refused to leave, resisted the efforts of moderator to guide her away from the scene, and even tried to push him away in one moment, which was hilarious. It became rather funny, as the lady looked like she enjoyed the public attention and accepted it with a smile, though her keys kept falling on the floor, and the people in the crowd screamed to push her down, off the podium. Eventually, with a great applause, she agreed to go and the cultural programme continued. It was an interesting intermezzo, but they really should give her a microphone, so people could hear what she was talking about. What has an old lady to say to the crowd of hip-hop listening adolescents???
So, between the bands there was a bit of theism in the songs and speech, but rather liberal, positive and abstract, and Jesus and prayer. It was an awful cold weather there, so when the evening progressed, I left with other people some streets back, into one of big tents, arranged as a tearoom. I sat there alone at a small table, warming myself by a candle, and then by a cup of green tea, given there freely by young female theists. After a time, the tearoom (or teatent) got rather full and a group of people sat at my table. (cardboard-clad fruit boxes) We greeted each other, introduced, had a peaceful talk, specially with one guy at first, who was in charge of bringing the tents down next morning.
Then, I had a similar chat with one hot theist girl, and when she left, there came other, also hot theist girls and I talked with them too. Of course, these people were generally good-hearted, not fundies, fun to hang out with, and as for the girls, good looking. I've screwed up my social contacts, (by not being in love with pubs, smoking and getting drunk unconscious) so I've got to make some new, possibly with people who aren't future alcoholics. If it comes with a bit of theism, well, why not, it's not that bad around here. Let's see who will spoil who.

I had a few friends around, we listened to some rock and got smashed on Jim Beam while solving all the worlds problems via simple discussion... I hope somebody wrote our ideas down.