( The Rev. Pat Robertson said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was punished by God for dividing the Land of Israel. )

Three teenaged Christian girls were beheaded yesterday in Indonesia as they walked to school. Reuters has the story.U.S. Christians, THAT is the face of persecution. A secular government run for the benefit of all its citizens, a December choir concert that doesn't feature sixteen Christmas carols, teaching actual science in science classes - those ( Read more... )

Slept in. Way in. And have no regrets about waking up with Audrey on my head at about 9:30 ( Read more... )

This afternoon, in a quiet cemetery somewhere around Queens, they're burying Laurel ( Read more... )

I went to Tashlich this afternoon. For those unfamiliar with Jewish custom, it's where we go to a body of water (in this case, a creek behind the religious school) and symbolically cast off our sins. We used bread crumbs - some branches of Judaism use lint from their pockets, I've heard of all sorts of things ( Read more... )

The following information is a revision of procedures for the High Holydays ( Read more... )

Craving sleep and bacon with equal intensity, and no idea why. Sebastian hovers around me, soft whiskers in my face, cold pink nose snuffling around my cheek. He's meowing and I think it's because he never really did get the hang of purring ( Read more... )

**I edited to remove the names of individual children ( Read more... )

So, in the aftermath of being shouted at for not wanting to kill entire countries, what else is there to do but go outside and eradicate weeds ( Read more... )