Desperate.

January 30, 2007

With the talk over the last couple of days about Iran, the possibility that the administration wants to take them on as well seems more real.

We can’t let this happen.

So, I went searching for ways to protest. This is a good site.

United for Peace : UFPJ Legislative Action: A Mandate for Peace

Also, http://www.antiwar.org

Craft project status.

January 20, 2007

1. Finish pimp cup. One more row of sparkly, sparkles. Do I have packaging to mail or need to get it?
2. Finish up pimp item no. 2. Draw name. Need packaging?
3. ATC cards. Haven’t started, but need to soon!
4. MR swap — finish up item 2 and 3. Mail.
5. Finish up green/pink scarf. Give to someone?
6. Continue Daniel’s scarf.
7. Start on snowflake scarf!

Ack. And there’s so much more that I want to be doing. If I only had 43573984765 hours in each day.

Federal Bureau of Miscellaneous Information

January 12, 2007

Federal Bureau of Miscellaneous Information

Looking for information about toddler nosebleeds, and

January 7, 2007

found some interesting blogs by doctors. . .

The Cheerful Oncologist

I always to be a doctor growing up. I did a report in 6th on heart bypass surgery. I had my own copy of Gray’s Anatomy (the anatomy book, not the show :) ). I loved biology and still remember stuff I learned, unlike whatever I studied in my history classes.

Another one worth checking in on

Grunt Doc — tales from an ER doc in Texas.

Text of a sermon from 1922 entitled. . .

January 6, 2007

“Shall the Fundamentalists Win?”: Defending Liberal Protestantism in the 1920s

The parallels are striking. He could be talking of the state of things right now in the Christian church in the U.S.

Interesting article illuminating . . .

the difference between evangelicals, fundamentalists and liberal protestants, and the effect of these differences on US foreign policy.

Foreign Affairs - God’s Country? - Walter Russell Mead

Baby’s got a broken leg . . .

January 5, 2007



Swapping pacis.

and mama’s got the blues.

Craft projects.

January 2, 2007

1. pimpage to make — how many?

2. V-day swap — what to make?

3. ATC — deadline?

Highs and Lows of 2006

Highs:

~ DH getting paper published which means funding will get easier
~ finding a (mostly) fun job, earning a little bit of money and making new friends
~ losing 10 pounds

Lows:

~ DH not getting big grant
~ Andrew breaking his leg
~ Andrew leaving babyhood behind and no plans to have any more
~ Not getting to lick Sprink or Jana or Susie or Gen. . .

2007 Resolutions

January 1, 2007

(in no particular order)

1. Use the gym membership. Lift weights. do cardio.

2. Use my MP3 player. Listen to lots more music.

3. Less yelling. No yelling would be unrealistic. ;)

4. Make more phone calls. Write more letters.

5. Try different meds for better effect, under the doc’s care.

6. Make sure the whole family sees the dentist.

7. Finish reading the Bible.

*added* 8. organize and back-up photos, which entails — getting 2003 stuff onto external hard drive, cataloging them all in Pica*Jet, uploading to online storage.