I really feel sorry for Michael Jackson. He really had a very lonely life in a lot of ways. I know there are those that would say "screw him; he was a child molester." And yes maybe he was. But if you look at his childhood and his upbringing; would you expect anything but a screwed up adult with serious emotional damage and issues? If you think ( Read more... )

So when I last posted I was about to head to my Church's Synod. The weekend was pretty good. I was VERY disappointed by the lack of agency reps that were there this year. Usually we have a bunch of agency reps at the Conference sharing what they do and talking with people. I was looking forward to this so I could give out my resume to the literally ( Read more... )

I had one of the most amazing foods tonight; pita fries. No not the pita chips that are also delicious; pita fries. They look like steak fries; are made of pitas; and have this soft golden delicious crunch like fresh buttered and toasted bread. They were f'n AMAZING. I shared them with everyone at the table and everyone's response was the same: ( Read more... )

My life in between my last post and this one....

ESL: My teaching was supposed to stop at the end of May, but we have decided to continue the adult classes through the summer. To elaborate; the program is actually a home work help program for school age children which is run primarily for the purpose of giving VA Tech students a way to earn service ( Read more... )

Life goes on.....

I was really hopeful about getting a fed gov job at the veteran’s affairs admin that was hiring a bunch of people, but I got an e-mail that basically said, "we had too many applicants and couldn't read yours. We give pref to vets and we had more than enough of them." So that sucks. It would have been nice too as it would have been ( Read more... )

It has been a busy week and a half or so and this week will be even more busy. And I was so looking forward to having time to work on Phil's puzzle game thing. Usually I have loads of free time with no job and all; but nearly every moment of the past week has been crazy and exhausting. This Saturday is our town's Dogwood Festival, and I am running ( Read more... )

I really enjoy Holy Week. Lent is my favorite liturgical season and Holy week is it's grand culmination. It is on Mandy Thursday and Good Friday that we see hear Jesus' most important sermons. We learn to have a servant heart in the washing of his disciples' feet. We hear that the new commandment God wants us to follow is to love one another, and ( Read more... )

I'm putting on my SELDOM used feminist hat here ( Read more... )

Just some thoughts as Lent draws to a close ( Read more... )

So I just did something REALLY stupid. My toilet was filthy and I was getting sick of looking at it so I decided to clean it before I went to bed. I had some really old "The Works" which I sprayed in there. But it was old and didn't seem to he working very well. So i added some bleach. I didn't think much of it. I know you aren't supposed to mix ( Read more... )