I don't need to be saved.

[MN Dave]

That's TWO relatives now that I had to unfriend from Facebook because they think horror writers need to be saved and won't stop spouting off to me about Jesus, etc. And this is after I haven't talked to them in YEARS. These kind of people give real Christians a bad name.  0:)

[karlhenning]

Oh my.

Maybe it's just as well you don't write atonal music ; )

[MN Dave]

These monkeys wouldn't know what "atonal" means.

[karlhenning]

But would they know atonal honking when they hear it? : )

[MN Dave]

But would they know atonal honking when they hear it? : )

They only need to record themselves.

[springrite]

No one has offered to "save" me yet. But have been invited countless times to join their group. I guess they actually like what I do but think I should join the "right team". It is kind of like a dead southpaw on the Yankees being courted by the Red Sox.

[MN Dave]

I am the devil, don'tchaknow.

[karlhenning]

♫ I'm the slime oozin' out from your TV set . . . .

[AndyD.]

That's TWO relatives now that I had to unfriend from Facebook because they think horror writers need to be saved and won't stop spouting off to me about Jesus, etc. And this is after I haven't talked to them in YEARS. These kind of people give real Christians a bad name.  0:)

Dave, your relatives ? I have a couple of toxic relatives that put my dreams down and criticize me in general all the time. Not that your relatives are toxic.

I've noticed that certain people are more conservative about their beliefs than others, and I tend to respect and respond to those that are more conservative.

[MN Dave]

We're not close. Obviously. 

[AndyD.]

We're not close. Obviously. 

It's strange; my own "real" relatives are agnostics and I don't even like them. The only folks from the periphery of family that I even deal with anymore just happen to be Christians, and not particularly outspoken ones. Just adopted "aunts" and "uncles" from my youth.

Dave, keep your dreams and loves alive, don't let anyone try to trap you in their little cell.

[karlhenning]

I am the devil, don'tchaknow.

Not you, laddie:

http://www.youtube.com/v/3MAqd9X_wsI

I love that Tom Waits wields a clarinet bell as a sort of weapon-cum-microphone.

[MN Dave]

Dave, keep your dreams and loves alive, don't let anyone try to trap you in their little cell.

Oh, I will. Thanks.

[karlhenning]

Dave, keep your dreams and loves alive, don't let anyone try to trap you in their little cell.

More good advice can hardly be packed into a single sentence.

[AndyD.]

More good advice can hardly be packed into a single sentence.

You know how it is, Karl. We'll never let anyone make us afraid to ROCK THE WORLD.

[Scarpia]

Dave, keep your dreams and loves alive, don't let anyone try to trap you in their little cell

More good advice can hardly be packed into a single sentence.

Now, why did I listen to those people who told me to let my dreams and loves die and find a little cell to be trapped in?  What was I thinking?   

[MN Dave]

Now, why did I listen to those people who told me to let my dreams and loves die and find a little cell to be trapped in?  What was I thinking?   

[AndyD.]

Now, why did I listen to those people who told me to let my dreams and loves die and find a little cell to be trapped in?  What was I thinking?   

Believe it or not, there are all kinds of people who listen to people like that, often subconsciously but just as often out a need for masochism and/or fear of success/failure.

[MN Dave]

We call them "sheep."

[karlhenning]

Traps do not often advertise themselves.