..and while I'm at it:

[Four posts today, and it isn't even 8am yet.] I have decided to attempt to reset my body clock again, by staying up all night. This rarely (if ever) works, but I kept myself entertained by giving my "new" kitchen a spin. My first note: It's much easier to bake things when the oven dial has markings. And yes, I'm going to actually implement tags.

posted at: 07:19 | permanent link to this entry

A Modestly Muslim Proposal

This gem of a post has been up on Daily Kos for a few days (copied below, in case Kos gets some ideas about being off-message), as linked from Bannination's queue... hey, if it works for the Baptists and "world churches", it could work for the muslims, right? While it appears from more than one point of view that the War in Iraq and the War on Terror are situations from which we may never be able to extricate ourselves, from the mountains of Pakistan comes a very simple solution: convert to Islam. Before we reject this out of hand, lets seriously consider it for a moment: Osama Bin Laden promised the wars would be over if Americans convert to Islam. This may sound like a lot to ask from the most religious country in the industrialized world. But of all the Christians in America today who profess to be religious, how many of us are seriously devout? How many of us are really just religious lightweights, happy to simply go to church every Sunday, attend church socials, knock back a drink or two every Christmas and not worry ourselves about the deeper implications of our faith? Given the way most of us pay any real attention to the tenets of our faith, life really wouldn.t be that different if we were to exchange one faith for another. The prayers would be different, but we would recite them just as mindlessly as we do today. The sermons would in all likelihood be exactly the same, and we.d continue to snore through them. Sure, there are a few people here and there who take religion seriously, but they are in such a small minority that their protests can be easily ignored. All in all, converting to Islam would be a small price to pay for an end to the killing and maiming of our sons and daughters, not to mention the billions of dollars we could put to better use than fighting this perpetual war. So let's do away with our religious pretences, adopt Islam as our new faith, add a few extra holidays to our calendar, and get down to the real business at hand: pumping oil. --== Poll ==-- Will you convert to Islam in order to stop the terrorist threat? ___ Yes, I will convert to Islam 100% 257 votes 257 votes | Vote | Results

posted at: 07:15 | permanent link to this entry

Today's topic for discussion is:

Interplanetary exploration.

posted at: 01:19 | permanent link to this entry

A Quiet Friday Night...

It's been a quiet Friday Night...only two vacuum cleaners remain in the old place, and one of those gets deposited somewhere (once I determine exactly _where_ dead vacuum cleaners go). I almost have the new kitchen figured out; I just need a microwave and a few more wall-mounting hooks. Speaking of hooks, I can't find 3M Contact Strips anywhere...the few displays I've seen have all ben sold out; "sell the blades", indeed. At least the Rockies played a useful game yesterday; I also agree with people who considered Game 2 a must-win for the Red Sox. Games 3, 4, and 5 will all be worth watching, to see Manny chase base hits. I have to believe the Rockies are going to break loose with about 12 runs of their own, now that the Series is back in Coors Field. I also think starting David Ortiz is ok, as that leaves Youkilis to come in as defensive sub in the late/extra innings.

posted at: 01:14 | permanent link to this entry