Lost parrot in Zbraslav!

Here in Zahradní Čtvrť, the neighborhood in Zbraslav where we live, we and our neighbors have been "treated" for quite some time now to an annoying parrot owned by the people across the street, who whistles, talks and sings at the worst times of the day. Certainly, parrots are cute, but when I am in the middle of translating a 20-page lease agreement from Czech to English, the last thing I need is a whistling parrot to throw my concentration! Closing the windows usually solves the problem, but in the middle of July or August when it gets up to almost 40 degrees Celsius, who wants to close all the windows and make the apartment as hot as a sauna just to be able to concentrate on work without being disturbed by the frickin' parrot?

About a week ago, I noticed that we no longer heard the parrot any more, and I began to wonder why. I admit, I missed its whining just a little. Yesterday, I may have found the answer to my question at the bus stop, where I happened to snap this paper notice someone had taped up there. It was taken with my mobile phone, so I apologize for the blurry image.




The notice reads:

PARROT

found in a garden. Owner please call 732 308 265 18 August 2010


For the sake of preserving peace and quiet, the new owner can keep the parrot or donate it to an animal rights organization, as far as I'm concerned! Life is so amusing sometimes.

Translation of "bad English" song into standard English

I am too busy to write an entire blog entry today, so here is a humorous video instead. Learners of English will especially enjoy listening to the words and reading the subtitles.

Some musings of mine for the day

To reactivate this lame blog, or not to reactivate this lame blog? That's the real question.

I read a very interesting serious article this weekend in the Czech gay magazine Lui, which presents evidence that Jesus was gay and that all or many of the churches existing today in the world would be disowned by him if he the man, not to be confused with the modern solar deity of the same name, were alive today. In fact, based on the description of him in the article in Lui, Jesus was in fact much more like a modern neo-Pagan civil rights activist than he was like one of the many church leaders of today, some of whose doctrine sometimes even seems to revolve almost entirely around violent condemnation of gays, Muslims, and children murdered in Nigeria and other African countries by local clergy upon being labeled "witches" by American evangelical missionaries, not to mention the numerous extremely hateful "Christian" organizations in the United States calling for the death penalty for gay people, demanding that their Wahabi-like extreme fudamentalist brand of Protestant Christ worship become the official religion of the United States and the only one that people should even be allowed to have and who behave as though they are ready to wage a violent holy war against anyone who disagrees with their arrogant views in order to speed up the Second Coming.

As the article in Lui (If you want to read it but don't speak Czech, you may order a translation of it into English from me or another reputable translator) points out, Jesus lived his life according to his belief that judging others, attempting to force your views on others and being intolerant of dissent are wrong under all circumstances. The article also suggests that he and John the Baptist had an intimate relationship that was more than just friendship, based on writings in The New Testament.

Legal disclaimer for the authorities in any country where freedom of speech is not fully respected and "blasphemy" or "slander" are illegal: This blog post merely describes to people who cannot read Czech and/or do not read the Czech gay magazine Lui an interesting article published in that magazine. It makes for an interesting read, irrespective of anyone's personal views on the subject. By mentioning the fact that a magazine published such an article, I, as the author of this blog, am neither claiming that Jesus was definitely gay nor presenting any evidence to the contrary.

I reiterate, it was truly an interesting read. Ironically, the more I learn about Jesus, the more I am convinced that the churches that claim to be the houses of His worship are in fact not his temples at all.