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Our cable went out last night. I don't know whether the two events are related, but when it came back up, we had a new channel.

Was it a cool station like SpeedVision? No.

Was it a fun station like Cartoon Network? No.

It was yet another of these dumb for-women-only stations like Lifetime or that ridiculous Oprah channel. "We," I think it was called.

What is it with these fool channels? Granted, I do not watch a lot of television, but why do we need yet another channel devoted to touchy-feely melodramas wherein everything is solved with Love and Understanding? Furthermore, why do the Powers that Be assume that just because I have two X chromosomes and the equipment that goes with it, that I'm going to like that crap?

How about a novel concept: fun and/or thought-provoking shows that aren't targeted at a particular sex. Just because one is female does not mean that she doesn't like football and shoot-'em-ups; and just because one is male doesn't mean he doesn't like to watch ER. (My husband used to watch it with me before it jumped the shark.)

So I'm female. That won't ever change - I could go out, get a sex change, and call myself Bob for the rest of my life, and they'd still dig my moldering bones up in a hundred years and find that XX signature. (don't get me wrong; I enjoy being a girl.) But until we as a culture and as a world can get over the gender assignments and concentrate on the human rather than the division of sexes, I'm doomed to get channels like "We" on the television. (note: that's a metaphor.)

Concentrate on the real problems, like that sickening story that fireceremony posted.

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Got to thinking about the Keirsey sorter and found this profile...

http://typelogic.com/intj.html

I'd say on the whole, it's pretty accurate.

My dad once showed me the sixteen "Prayers for the Types" and mine was "O Lord, help me to be accepting of other peoples' ideas, even if they are wrong." Funny.

Myers-Briggs Prayers

I asked my dad to send me these. Enjoy.

INTJ: Lord, keep me open to others' ideas, WRONG though they may be

ISTJ: Lord, help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 11:41.23 am e.s.t.

ISTP: God, help me to consider people's feelings, even if most of them ARE hypersensitive.

ESTP: God, help me to take responsibility for my own actions, even though they're usually NOT my fault.

ESTJ: God, help me to not try to RUN everything. But, if You need some help, just ask.

ISFJ: Lord, help me to be more laid back and help me to do it EXACTLY right.

ISFP: Lord, help me to stand up for my rights (if you don't mind my asking).

ESFP: God, help me to take things more seriously, especially parties and dancing.

ESFJ: God, give me patience, and I mean right NOW

INFJ: Lord, help me not be a perfectionist. (did I spell that correctly?)

INFP: God, help me to finish everything I sta

ENFP: God, help me to keep my mind on one th-Look a bird-ing at a time.

ENFJ: God, help me to do only what I can and trust you for the rest. Do you mind putting that in writing?

INTP: Lord, help me be less independent, but let me do it my way.

ENTP: Lord, help me follow established procedures today. On second thought, I'll settle for a few minutes

ENTJ: Lord, help me slow downandnotrushthroughwatIdo

Amen.