watermelon carving
2005-05-03— Posted by: allegra
First cousin once removed Gerald came up with this. Stunning, isn’t it?
Freedom of speech?
2005-05-03— Posted by: allegra
Cazart! Mother of babbling god!
http://lawandpolitics.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_lawandpolitics_archive.html#111500586671576091
But don’t go there unless you want to get mad. (Mind you, it is really funny.)
The intentions of the founding fathers
2005-05-03— Posted by: allegra
If anybody thinks that the current flavour of the US administration is in accordance with the intentions of the founding fathers, kindly read the two letters at
http://www.au.org/site/DocServer/Washingtons_Letter_To_Touro_Synagogue.pdf?docID=146
I especially love the expression – to bigotry no sanction; to persecution no assistance.
enough sleep
2005-05-03— Posted by: allegra
Not allowed to talk about any of the things that are exercising me at the moment; this too shall pass, this next line deleted.
All hands on deck meeting at work today. Rob of Nine suggested a couple of meetings ago that we push our chairs onto the walkway that surrounds the cafeteria. Within seconds, where nobody had stood or sat before, there were thirty people.
I try to stay ahead of the herd, but it never lasts; I am a very slow moving individual, especially these days, when the least amount of exercise leaves me faint, I feel like I’m breathless all the time, and the specialist tells me there’s nothing wrong with me.
vaccinations
2005-05-03— Posted by: allegra
I’d like to publicly express my disdain for people who don’t get their children vaccinated against preventable diseases.
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=28cc66e0-c833-4aaf-a22f-8e7472fafbca
Is the Dutch Reformed Church going to take on the cost of the deformed babies born as a result of them choosing to be menaces to public health?
Paul and I have a clear recollection of a conversation we had when Keith was coming up on his first vaccination. We knew there was a small but non-zero chance that he would be permanently damaged because of a vaccination gone wrong. Sh*t happens. Batches can be contaminated – or contain live viruses – or other stuff can go wrong. But Paul and I believed that it was an acceptable level of risk.
Dang! They love fetuses so much, how will it make them feel that their behaviour CAUSES a woman who wants the child to have an abortion? Grrr. I’m gonna go straight to hell when I die, and the folks from the Dutch Reformed Church will be in the lake of fire with me.
