June 27, 2011
Blagojevich Found Guilty
Good morning! No kids to drop off and no school buses on the roads made for (relatively) quick drive into work. Today is the rare kind of day you wish you had a convertible. It was sunny and 65-70°F.
Should Catholics Marry Young?, an interesting opinion from Pat Archbold.
“This is a prime example of how alcohol can make individuals do things they would not normally do,” (related link) I'm a bit bummed that they later edited the story to take out that line. I also might have added a clause like, “whereupon the suspect broke out the big guns...” *smirk*
"The more difficult the assignment, the more my love of God spurs me on." -- Pope Paul VI
Michelle took the kids with her to the YMCA so that she could teach her Step class. After they had a quick lunch, she then took 'em strawberry and cherry picking at Brookdale Farms in Hollis.
Via andylevy: Still trying to get over the fact that the 95-year-old leukemia-suffering woman in a wheelchair wasn't a terrorist!
Renewed my spousal geek cred: Ejected a stuck DVD from my screen-locked MacBook back at home via an ssh session launched from here at work. Last weekend it had a scratch that was making it difficult to play from our TiVo so we used the MacBook's better optical drive to play the otherwise glitchy episode of "Dr. Quinn". But now I got a phone call that they wanted it out so that they could play another episode on the TiVo again. Imagine their amazement when I remotely ejected the DVD from my work desk.
NH News: Gov. Lynch has vetoed a bill that requires voters to show photo ID. Will his veto get overridden yet again?
Via CSLewisDaily: Our worst prayers may really be our best. God seems to speak to us most intimately when he catches us off guard — C.S.Lewis
Via jamestaranto: Blago's best hope now is to seek a reduced sentence in exchange for testimony against his hairstylist, on trial for crimes against humanity.
Via iowahawkblog: New Illinois license plate slogan: 'Hand-Stamped By An Ex-Governor'
Via RennaW: 1) Drunken sailors spend their own money 2) that they earned, and 3) when they're out of money, they quit spending. Compare that to Congressmen.
Smooth drive back to NH. Listened to podcasts most of the way and caught up with my dad near the end. When I got home, Michelle told me her adventures of cleaning out the dead mice from the wood pellet grill. Bleah! Why do they keep trying to nest there? It's not like we don't use it regularly!
Ah this grilled chicken... overtones of mesquite, onion, and .... mice. ;-]
Day Made! The Best Post-Exercise Drink: Chocolate Milk. Yes!
N.H. doctors can now treat Lyme disease with long-term antibiotics. Excerpt: “Doctors would often avoid treatment with long-term antibiotics due to fear of being brought up on charges by the Medical Board simply because it wasn't recognized as the appropriate treatment for Lyme disease. Patients would therefore have a hard time finding doctors in New Hampshire to treat the disease and would often seek help in other states.”
Bishop Vasa: gay ‘marriage’ supporters misunderstand sex, human nature. Excerpt: The real controversy, said Vasa, revolves around “a proper philosophical understanding of the nature of the human person, and the nature of sexual interaction between persons of the opposite sex.” It also stems from a general “failure to recognize and understand that sexual love is not about self-gratification and pleasure,” but about “entering into a relationship with another person which is by its nature capable of being fruitful.”