BvP's relatives are safe and sound. The Biloxi-based group (whom I've never met) are scattered, but alive. I'm quite relieved and pleased. But Katrina has planted a lot of questions inside my brain. Questions such as: 1) Would there be more help down there now if most of or military personnel weren't in Iraq and Afghanistan? 2) Why was is so much hipper to donate to the tsunami victims than to the victims down South? (I know the tsunami was of a larger scale. But is there a 'they should ...
Warning! Non-PC!
So...it's wrong for us to splash urine on prisoners' copies of the Quran ... but over 15 years ago an artist was awarded $15,000 (by the National Endowment for the Arts) for submerging a crucifix in his own urine, naming it Piss Christ and calling it art. When Muslims rage against the Quran thing, it's justified. (Look at that big bad mean USA!) But if Christians get upset over slights toward our religion, we're right-wing fundie screwballs. Still with me? OK. Here comes the rage toward the ...
status quo
Hello? Is this thing on? Some days I can write for hours. Some days life seems un-notable. Which isn't a bad thing, mind you. I'll give you a bulleted summary, with hopes that I'll be able to write about something interesting soon. Totally torn over the Schiavo case, as are most thoughtful people. I firmly believe that her husband, her parents, and the crazed lunatics picketing the hospice all deserve a punch or three. In the middle of it all lies a silenced woman. We'll never really know ...
Item!
Item!Heaps of gratitude to Joe for sending me along this link:Charges Possible for Dave Matthews BandApparently one of DMB's tour bus drivers emptied the bus's sewage tank while crossing over a grated bridge. Apparently, the foul goop fell through the grates of the bridge on top of a sightseeing boat passing beneath. But I guess even crappy publicity is good publicity! Bwahahahahahahahahahahaaaa... (wipes away the tears of mirth) ...
Shock and awe
Shock and aweWt: 153.6 (1.9)Mood:AmazedToday was a challenging food day. Not only was it our monthly Online lunch day (the four of us go out to eat and try to talk non-business), but there was a retirement party for a woman in Inside Sales. She was at the paper full-time for 26 years. Wow! She's moving to Florida, so the big party was beach themed. Tons of food. HEAPS of food. No way I was getting out of this without eating.Breakfast: Fruit salad and apple juice from the party's morning food ...
