Blessed Rain

Tuesday, April 19th, 2005

It’s raining and for the first time in several days my eyes are not watering and I can breathe normally. Of course, the rain mean more pollen later, but at least I’m prepared to medicate now. Yesterday evening was our CUUPS Beltane ritual. It was a lovely ritual filled with sexual energy and positive affirmations [...]

Allergies suck.

Monday, April 18th, 2005

You’d think that after nearly 28 years on this planet, if I were going to have allergies they would have manifest prior to now. I know a lot of people with allergies, but until now I’ve never had to deal with them myself. How do people put up with this? I just want to go [...]

A Blog for all seasons

Monday, April 11th, 2005

So Yahoo! is jumping on the blog service bandwagon now with Yahoo! 360. While I love my LiveJournal, I have friends on Blogspot and Xanga, and I have (rarely used) accounts set up at MySpace and GreatestJournal already. The only possible attraction to Yahoo!360 might be that I already use Yahoo! for groups and email, [...]

An Email I’d Like to Remember

Monday, April 11th, 2005

This exchange between my copy editor and myself seemed worth saving… From: N***** R*** Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:47 AM To: Jere Keys Subject: Re: [Insert Clever Subject Line Here] I don’t want to sound like an arrogant ass, but is newswriting really that tough to grasp? It certainly comes naturally enough to you, [...]

Why are weekends starting to feel like weekdays?

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

First off, it seems a lot of my church’s sermons of late have been focused on the same basic idea: what do we believe? I’m fairly new to Unitarian Universalism, but it doesn’t seem to be as difficult a question as all that for me. But listening to Rev. Sean (*-*-*revseandennison”>) this morning, it occured [...]

Death To (or a well reasoned argument against) The Infidels!

Saturday, April 9th, 2005

Ganked from many people. People of the United States! We are Unitarian Jihad! We can strike without warning. Pockets of reasonableness and harmony will appear as if from nowhere! Nice people will run the government again! There will be coffee and cookies in the Gandhi Room after the revolution. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother [...]

Driving With Dad

Friday, April 8th, 2005

Denmark Garden – International Peace Gardens – Jordan Park – Salt Lake City, UT – April 2005 “The Little Mermaid” – Denmark Garden – International Peace Gardens – Jordan Park – Salt Lake City, UT – April 2005 My dad is a pretty cool guy. He took a day off work to shop for an [...]

Why I skipped General Conference with my Family (points to argue about)

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

“The Harp” – Wales – International Peace Gardens – Jordan Park – Salt Lake City, UT – April 2005 Comments from the LDS General Conference last weekend Now that the official transcripts are available, I thought I’d post a few of my favorite quotes from the Mormon church leaders. “The pursuit of a game of [...]

The wheels on the bus go round and round

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

Peace on Earth Statue – International Peace Gardens – Jordan Park – Salt Lake City, UT – April 2005 Peace on Earth Statue (detail)- International Peace Gardens – Jordan Park – Salt Lake City, UT – April 2005 So I’m actually enjoying the bus thing more than I thought I would. I admit that it’s [...]

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Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

“Margaret Thatcher” – British Garden – International Peace Gardens – Jordan Park – Salt Lake City, UT – April 2005 The statue of MT commemorated her visit to Utah in March 1996. So I am now the face of public transportation. My van broke down last night on the way to one of my many, [...]