Tell members of Congress and candidates to cut military spending:

http://fcnl.org/issues/checkbook/

I'm still alive. I just don't have time to write as I'm working two jobs and looking for a full-time job that actually has benefits and decent pay.

A friend of mine is a professor at a community college. Yesterday she told me that she intentionally posts controversial subjects to the discussion board of her online classes in order to get her students to think, reason and write. One such subject is whether parents should work outside the home or stay home and care for their kids ( Read more... )

About a week ago Lexi and I watched "The Laramie Project." The following First Day in Meeting for Worship this message came to me ( Read more... )

I'm sad to announce that Georgia executed Troy Davis yesterday (Wednesday, Sept 21, 2011) at 11 pm. Much doubt surrounded his case, including sworn affidavits from witnesses who said they were coerced into testifying against him. The circumstances look especially grim given that Troy Davis was an African American man accused of killing a Euro- ( Read more... )

My parents' dog Mac is better. He indeed had cancer and had to have his front, left leg removed. He still has some pain and is going through chemo, but he's not in nearly as much pain as he was before.

Good news! Yes, Mac definitely had bone cancer, but the vet was able to amputate his leg and so (we think) remove the entire tumor. Now that he's in recovery and on the right pain medication, Mac is happy again. He should live another year. We still don't know if his cough is due to the cancer spreading to his lungs or if it is just seasonal ( Read more... )

Mum called yesterday to say that it looks as if her dog Mac has bone cancer that has spread to his lungs. He's getting a biopsy from an expert tomorrow to confirm, but if it is certain that it is cancer we will need to put him to sleep so that he's not in pain any more ( Read more... )

Lexi talking in her sleep the other night: "They're Gozilla monsters. But they're friendly. They toast marshmellows."

A few weeks ago, two men came to my door to try to convert me. I very quickly told them we're gay. They stood there stunned for a few moments, then looked at each other. They then talked about how the Bible doesn't approve of gay men (I noticed they carefully didn't say anything about queer women) and about marriage. I told them Lexi and I had ( Read more... )