Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Hey, yeah! I have a blog!
Busy, busy, busy with not much interesting to share...unless, you want to hear about work and payin' the bills, etc.
There are lots of exciting fall soirees in the works though. Here's what I have to look forward to in the next couple of weeks:
A trip to South East Arkansas to visit family and friends.
One of my bestest friend's annual Halloween Party. This is the 2nd year, so maybe it's presumptuous of me to call it annual just yet. She should feel free to shoo my drunk, costumed ass off her front porch this time next year.
Possum and I are going to see Marie Antoinette this weekend! If I don't continue to be so lame, maybe I'll even post a review!
Pedicures with my girls!
Dr. Performance's 3rd Annual Cocktail Party and Shindig.
Aren't I just the social butterfly?
There are lots of exciting fall soirees in the works though. Here's what I have to look forward to in the next couple of weeks:
A trip to South East Arkansas to visit family and friends.
One of my bestest friend's annual Halloween Party. This is the 2nd year, so maybe it's presumptuous of me to call it annual just yet. She should feel free to shoo my drunk, costumed ass off her front porch this time next year.
Possum and I are going to see Marie Antoinette this weekend! If I don't continue to be so lame, maybe I'll even post a review!
Pedicures with my girls!
Dr. Performance's 3rd Annual Cocktail Party and Shindig.
Aren't I just the social butterfly?
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
A Religious Right
For it seems to me unreasonable, in sending a prisoner, not to also specify the charges against him. Acts 25:27
Now, I'm not one to trot out Bible versus to serve my political purposes. My faith and my belief are MY faith and MY belief. I like it that way and I believe everyone else is entitled to their own faith and beliefs, as long as they aren't hurting anyone or cramming it down everybodies throat either. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same way. For the last 6+ years that the Republicans have had their way(despite their best efforts to pin the tail on the Donkey and blame a lingering Clinton aura...longer lasting than a stain on a blue dress!...Damn, what is that man MADE of?... for everything they have managed to screw up), they have played holier than thou and shamelessly used their religion and the Religious Right to further their aims. Turns out it's been a whole lot of talk and precious little walk when it comes to their "faith". Aside from all the corruption, bribes and naughty e-mails to little boys, David Kuo, an Evangelical Christian and White House insider said on 60 Minutes that often Christian leaders were mocked and called "goofy" or "nuts". If the Religious Right remains suspicious of these claims...so close to mid-term elections, instead they should reflect on just how much actual legislation has been implemented over the last 6+ years on the issues near and dear to their hearts. That's the proof of how valued, or rather taken for granted, they are. Not that I'M complaining. I'm just saying.
I started this post with the Bible verse Acts 25:27. I can't think of anything that better illustrates the chasm that exists between my view of a what it means to be a Christian and the view that this administration adheres to. So, that's your Bible study for today, the day Bush signs a law severely limiting the great writ of habeas corpus.
Now, I'm not one to trot out Bible versus to serve my political purposes. My faith and my belief are MY faith and MY belief. I like it that way and I believe everyone else is entitled to their own faith and beliefs, as long as they aren't hurting anyone or cramming it down everybodies throat either. Unfortunately, not everyone feels the same way. For the last 6+ years that the Republicans have had their way(despite their best efforts to pin the tail on the Donkey and blame a lingering Clinton aura...longer lasting than a stain on a blue dress!...Damn, what is that man MADE of?... for everything they have managed to screw up), they have played holier than thou and shamelessly used their religion and the Religious Right to further their aims. Turns out it's been a whole lot of talk and precious little walk when it comes to their "faith". Aside from all the corruption, bribes and naughty e-mails to little boys, David Kuo, an Evangelical Christian and White House insider said on 60 Minutes that often Christian leaders were mocked and called "goofy" or "nuts". If the Religious Right remains suspicious of these claims...so close to mid-term elections, instead they should reflect on just how much actual legislation has been implemented over the last 6+ years on the issues near and dear to their hearts. That's the proof of how valued, or rather taken for granted, they are. Not that I'M complaining. I'm just saying.
I started this post with the Bible verse Acts 25:27. I can't think of anything that better illustrates the chasm that exists between my view of a what it means to be a Christian and the view that this administration adheres to. So, that's your Bible study for today, the day Bush signs a law severely limiting the great writ of habeas corpus.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
"If All Arkansas Read the Same Book"
I picked up Shirley Abbott's The Bookmaker's Daughter at my local library because I have fond memories of Ms. Abbott's book Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South from my ninth grade history class. Truly, very few memories of the actual book, but lots of memories of passionate discussions among teen girls about being a "woman" and being "Southern". I was a couple of chapters into The Bookmaker's Daughter when I learned that it is currently Arkansas State Library's "If All Arkansas Read the Same Book" selection. Well, I've done my part. I was even considering going to our local library's lecture, book signing and lunch...until I realized it is being held Monday at 11:30am. I shall be working, like any healthy, productive person between the ages of 18-65 on a Monday mid-morning. WTF, Fayetteville Public Library, WTF?
Anywho, the book is a lovely reminiscence of family, and a fair amount of politics, in post-Depression era Arkansas(not too different from the late 70's early 80's Arkansas when I was a little girl). Ms. Abbott lays it all out there...the good, the bad and the ugly, without forfeiting any love or loyalty to the people or the place that raised her. Besides, just look at that cover photo! Isn't that great? Doesn't it just make you wish that men still wore hats and had the home-trainin' to take 'em off indoors and especially at the supper table?
So, to a wallow further in Arkansas nostalgia...I'm gonna give this a go. Remember Designing Women, people? Remember Evening Shade? Er, well, remember Designing Women???
Anywho, the book is a lovely reminiscence of family, and a fair amount of politics, in post-Depression era Arkansas(not too different from the late 70's early 80's Arkansas when I was a little girl). Ms. Abbott lays it all out there...the good, the bad and the ugly, without forfeiting any love or loyalty to the people or the place that raised her. Besides, just look at that cover photo! Isn't that great? Doesn't it just make you wish that men still wore hats and had the home-trainin' to take 'em off indoors and especially at the supper table?
So, to a wallow further in Arkansas nostalgia...I'm gonna give this a go. Remember Designing Women, people? Remember Evening Shade? Er, well, remember Designing Women???
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Lincoln Apple Festival!
Note the dunking booth target---upside down longhorns. Yep, we still hate Texas.
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