new blog not working yet?

Don't worry -- I've really been giving out the correct URL, but it seems that the new blog may not be appearing. It's not some elaborate ruse to fool my two readers. :)

Off to troubleshoot.

Pssst.

I'm moving. The blog, that is. Drop me an e-mail and I'll give you the new address. Don't be shy!

suzeana@gmail.com

And because I'm afraid nobody's gonna e-mail me, I might go looking for you! Or at least my "top referrers". :)

Um. . . . BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID.

BushFish.org: Supporting God and Country

Is it cynicism? Paranoia? No, don't answer that.

I'm looking at the cnn website and the coverage of the 9/11 transcripts that were released today.

But what I'm really looking for are more photos of when the Bush motorcade sped by the protesting mom who lost her son in Iraq.

And all of a sudden, it occurs to me how convenient it is that the 9/11 stuff was released today of all days.

What's been getting a lot of top billing in the news lately? This mom outside W's ranch.

What would have gotten lots more coverage today? Bush's motorcade whizzing past her.

What doesn't seem to be getting as much coverage as it would have? Bush's motorcade whizzing by.

Why? Because the 9/11 stuff was made public today.

How does this help the Bush administration? It helps in two ways. It gave them some cover from the grieving, protest-mom story. And it reminds everyone of the fear and terror of that horrible day, hence the purported justification for the "war on terror". (Let's just continue to overlook the small fact that SADDAM HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11 AND THAT OSAMA IS/WAS IN AFGHANISTAN AND WE STILL HAVEN'T CAUGHT HIM. OK, that' more than one fact to overlook.)

Speaking of things not really making sense, I heard Rick Santorum, Congressman from Philadelphia, say that the "war on terror" has been successful which is proven by the fact that the US hasn't been attacked since 9/11. We took the war on terror to the terrorists. Um, yeah. Tell that to the Londoners. Aren't they taking the war on terror to the terrorists also? Santorum actually said, "The proof is in the pudding."

On the other hand, I think the terror level alert was lowered today. Maybe the world is a safer place now. Heh.

Why can't I come up with this stuff?

A good point.

True evangelism, based on the example of Jesus, does not suggest the "missionary zeal" of self-righteous proselytizers. It implies, on the contrary, the kind of all-embracing universality evident in Mother Teresa's prayer: "May God break my heart so completely that the whole world falls in." Not just fellow nuns, Catholics, Calcuttans, Indians. The whole world. It gives me pause to realize that, were such a prayer said by me and answered by God, I would afterward possess a heart so open that even hate-driven zealots would fall inside. - David James Duncan

Also a good point.

"outrage at the negative aspects of proselytization is well-founded, but the truth of the matter is that proselytization's main flaw is its lack of universality. why, then, do we think that other forms of evangelism are better? is humanitarianism the only way to show god's love instead? the truth of the matter is found in scripture, where christians are referred to as the "body of christ." it's not that any one form evangelism is better than another. it's that they all compliment each other. the stark raving moralism of many proselytizers is well-founded oftentimes but also overdone. humanism is a great tool to show god's love but often ignores the moralistic teachings we must hold to to benefit one another. we all have our own gifts and call and must coordinate to work out the best plan."

Baby clothes for sale.

 

We are planning a garage sale in a couple of weeks. At first, I wasn't even thinking about trying to sell baby clothes. There are several other large kids' consignment clothing sales around here and I thought I might try to sell at one of those. But as i thought about it, I might as well put them out at our garage sale because it's a lot less work than to lug them somewhere else.

The thing is I'm not sure I'm quite ready to get rid of them. Unless something changes, we are probably through having babies, but still. Getting rid of the baby clothes makes it all the more certain that we are done. It makes me a little sad. Are my childbearing years really over?

It's kind of funny though because I have a large tub of maternity clothes and I've had no plans to sell them yet. And I won't bring them out for the garage sale either. So, I guess that's a good compromise with myself. I was looking on ebay today at all the lots of infant clothes -- it would be easy enough to get a new lot of them, if we needed them. :)

Yes, a good compromise indeed.

Why it's a bad idea to have a pitcher of leftover margaritas in the fridge. . .

it looks a lot like lemonade. I'm just saying.

Something to make Jon Stewart's day. . .

We had the TV on PBSkids at lunchtime and between the shows, they do this little bit where famous people talk about the kids shows they remember from when they were little, etc. Well, Jon Stewart's little bit came on, and he was doing it from his desk at the Daily Show.

Daniel looks at the TV and says, "The news is on!"

Alas, dear blog-readers, I'm in the throes of an existential blogging dilemna: to blog or not to blog. But then, I've thought of about ten different things to right about, so maybe the crisis is over. Read on.