All war is unpopular.

Political analysts are talking about how the next president is going to be inheriting the problems of the current administration, for example, what they are calling an "unpopular war." Well... has there ever been a popular war? Has any president been burdened with the thought that he's in the in-crowd, now that he's got his own war? I don't understand the point of discussing how horrible it is that the next president will have to clean up an unpopular war. It seems like a waste of breath to me.

Esther vs. Vashti

Esther was a woman who rose, against the odds, to become the Queen of her country. Then when a decree was made, she risked her life to go before the King and plead for the reversal of the decree to save the lives of her and her people.

It has been hypothesized that a modern-day Esther is beginning to emerge in our country. I am wondering if these people are speaking of a woman who will rise to power and work in the government to reverse a law, or if they are speaking of a woman who will rise to power in the government and stand before the King of Kings to plead for mercy for our corrupt country. In other words, are they speaking about a literal Esther, or a spiritual Esther?

three new books

For those of you who follow my book-report blog, I have three new books posted. For those of you who didn't know I have a book report blog, go here: megcanread.blogspot.com

No, I didn't read these all at once, are you crazy? I don't have time for that. I read them and left them on my desk to eventually get around to writing something about them. That's all.

my cup runneth over

For anyone wondering if the glass is half full or half empty, I would suggest a new, better plan.

Fill the cup so high that you can not possibly raise it to your lips without spilling. For some reason, it tastes better that way.

I don't know, maybe I just love the simple little things in life.

would you use this?

This product whose brand will remain anonymous contains Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxaldehyde. Would YOU use something that contains 17 syllables? Especially if the last syllable reminds you of formaldehyde?

Where is the country headed?

People are going to vote for the wrong person, because they are uneducated. The sad part is, a lot of people (but not all) have the ability to do their research, but are too lazy. They would rather base their vote and the future of their country on what comes into their inboxes.

I realize the people in this clip are from Harlem. Some may have computers and access to factcheck.org, and others may not. But really, if you are going to vote at all, is there any excuse for not being educated about the candidates first?

http://www.bpmdeejays.com/upload/hs_sal_in_Harlem_100108.mp3

For those of you who cannot open the radio link above, I'll summarize. A radio announcer went to Harlem and interviewed people. He asked, "Who are you voting for?" If someone said Obama, he asked how they felt about the issues Obama stood for, attributing McCain's platform to Obama. They said they agreed with those issues, essentially agreeing with McCain. At the end of the interview, they were asked, "If Obama wins, are you ok with having a woman VP? Do you feel that Sarah Palin would do a good job?" They answered yes.

If you don't understand why I posted this or you don't "get" the meaning of the above paragraph, please don't talk to me again until you have educated yourself. I really don't care how you vote, whether Republican, Democrat, or something else. Just don't vote blindly.

reposted from someone i don't know.

"You know what I don’t get? All the women completely hating on Palin and saying she’s a disgrace to womanhood. The lady decided she wanted to change the way things were run in her town, by most accounts of those residents did well, went on to be governor of her state, had an 80% approval rating, and was chosen to be a vice presidential candidate. She’s relatively well spoken and successful. So she’s pro-life. So she likes guns. Does that make her less of a woman? Less successful? Christ. If we start bashing and hating every woman who has had a child and thinks it’s a wonderful experience and doesn’t believe in abortion, we might as well abandon the idea of feminism as a whole. I can understand disliking her for whatever reason, but when we start tearing each other down for our beliefs, we’re setting ourselves back. It’s not right. We don’t have to agree with each other, we don’t have to like one another, but we do need to respect each other."

~Thanks, random person!

gullible

A woman came into the store today looking for a statue of St. Anthony. She had already gotten a statue of St. Joseph so that he would help her sell her house. But someone told her St. Anthony also helps sell the house. I told her no, St. Anthony is never marketed as the patron saint of house-selling, but St. Joseph has his own little Home-selling kit. Realtors come in here and buy a bunch of them.

She wanted to make sure she was doing it right, so I checked on Google and confirmed what I already knew: yes, there are Catholics out there who get a St. Joseph statue when they want to sell their house. They then bury him (usually upside down) facing the street and near to the for sale sign and as they put the dirt over him they say a prayer. She wanted to be sure he wasn't supposed to be right side up, so I kept looking. When I want things, I ask God directly, so I was quickly losing my patience with this woman. I finally said, "Listen, I'm Protestant, so I don't know much about the saints, and you simply can't believe everything you read on Google. If you want to be positive, you should go talk to your priest." She said, "Oh, I'm not Catholic. I just believe in everything."

I should have tried to sell her a bridge.

hi

I have not had the presence of mind recently, OR the time for that matter, to sit down and write a coherent thought regarding an update as to what's going on in my life. I frequently forget things, make a to do list that usually involves calling 6 different people for one reason or another, and then forget to follow the things on the to do list.

I went roughly three weeks without seeing Steve, and I am aware that recently I went to visit but I cannot remember what brought me to New Brunswick. Oh yeah, that's right. Navin's party. We had a great time (I did anyway) and ate some great food. That may or may not be a topic for another blog entry.

I heard once that for every hour that you are awake, imagine putting one brick into your backpack, but for every hour you are asleep, you take two bricks out. Or maybe it was the other way around. Whatever, the point is that being awake is like carrying bricks on your back. Sleeping in at least one day is required every once in a while. I went from September 14th until October 5th without having a day to unload my bricks, which might account for why I keep forgetting where I put my to do lists.

On October 6th I slept in, I finally got my one day of rest, unfortunately, it was one Sabbath day in a 22-day week. What may be worse is that Sundays are NEVER restful days for me.

Today, I left work, and had the revelation that in the past week and a half, I feel I have not done one thing "right." Sure, I probably have... it just doesn't feel like it. Teaching my class tonight (yes, I teach now) I didn't stick with the schedule I wanted. Coming home, I couldn't even park my car. I called my mom outside to come and park it for me. And I don't feel like I am being a good girlfriend.

So thats an update on my life. Sounds pretty crappy when you put it all in black and white, but despite that, I really WANT to be doing all the things I am doing. Not counting the not-getting-to-see-Steve part. And the not sleeping part. And the not being able to park my own car part. Ok well yeah I just really needed to get stuff off my chest tonight that's all.

Trashiest thing since the Staten Island Dump

Ok. I laughed through this because its absurd. I firmly believe it is ok for a preacher to publicly state a political opinion. However, do it with some class, style, elegance, or something.

It seems the preacher and I share the same contempt for the news stations though. Someone's got to tell them that no one gives a darn what a politician's family does, what is important is that politician's OWN beliefs and actions, and what that politician will be passing into law. And for Pete's sake, can we give the pregnant minors some privacy, please?

http://www.atlah.org/broadcast/ndnr09-03-08.html