Shivering Thread of Random Facts LX

i'm a big fan of Jean Bertrand Aristide, even though he was a catholic. he was kicked out for preaching against the oppression brought on his parishioners by their corrupt government. he was haiti's first democratically elected president, and then their third, and was the first president of Haiti to hand off rule to the next president without issue. all of this despite being removed from office twice due to CIA-backed coups. He preaches liberation theology, which seems like a fairly noble purpose to me.

 

Nice sunny day...

 

I got drunk and had a dweeb eruption. These things happen.

Oh sure, now that the cool guys are doing it, EVERYBODY wants to be shit-pantsed.

That's a good example. I think it would be fair to say that Martin Luther King, Jr was another - a Baptist minister, as you may recall.

I've seen others whose names will probably not appear in any history books but who have made sincere efforts to confront social issues and oppression where they live. But the reason I've seen this is partly because I have hung out in circles where people like that also hang out. If you don't hang out in those circles, your exposure to such examples will generally be limited to the ones who make the news.

My wife's denomination is Unitarian Universalist. The UU's are theologically uber-liberal and social activist in outlook. One of my wife's best friends is an openly gay female minister in the UU church. They don't exclude anybody based on personal beliefs - they encourage each individual's personal search for meaning.

I'm not a UU. I'm not anything, at this point in my life - I really have no use for religion. But if I were going to be part of a denomination, the UU's would probably be my first choice. And I support my wife becoming a minister for the UU church, because overall I like her spiritual viewpoint, and I think ministry is where her gifts and passions lie.

 

Good Morning...er, mid-day!

It's raining here.

I've had coffee and have not shit my pants.

 

Its raining here too.

I've had tea and have not shit my pants.

 

The lake is starting to go nuts. Storm on the way. Watching the crazy waves during a snow storm is awesome!

 

And if they get REALLY good, you might shit your pants?

 

its not sunday is it?

 

No, Baby, it's not. I think it's Thursday, maybe.

 

ok. yeah that sounds right.

 

It's the day my wife needs to submit her materials to her ministerial candidate approval committee. She has until 5:00 PM. She keeps phoning me with editorial questions, being as how I used to be an editor.

 

my sisters yahoo accont got hacked as soon as I saw the link I closed it out right away

 

Saw the link? What link was that?

 

drops about losing weight. I mad the mistake of clicking on the link as soon and I clicked it I closed it out right away, I just changed my password to be sure

 

I had one of my Yahoo accounts hacked once. I got it fixed tho. It wasn't my main one, so about all they could do was hijack the email functions.

rf: Everybody in my office is being encouraged to work from home tomorrow. The office cafeteria will be closing early. Public transportation in Boston will be on a modified schedule.

All because of a little snow.

 

Snow happens...

 

And happens, and happens...

The important thing is that I stocked up on wine last night. And I still have plenty of absinthe. I am ready.

 

no snow here

 

random emails are from tracking sites courtesy of your browser....almost everyone gets them....that is not ''being hacked''

 

I have to go raise hell at the pharmacy. Hubby called in for his refills yesterday and they said they didn't have the hydrocodone, that it would be in today. Then the pharmacist calls him back in a while and says hubby doesn't have any refills. Hubby says yes, I have two more and I'll bring the bottle from January to show you. Pharmacist screws around a minute then says he sees it and will fill it today when the shipment comes in.

Today, hubby calls to make sure it's ready and a different person told him that she sees where he picked it up last night. He said no, I picked up the other 2 but that one was out of stock. She says it was not out of stock and he picked it up. He told her he would come down and show his credit card receipt for what he did pick up last night, and told her the whole story from the conversation with the pharmacist yesterday. She tells him to let her call that pharmacist and check with him. She couldnt reach him and told hubby that she would keep trying and call hubby back.

I told him we weren't waiting any longer, that I was going to get his medicine. I just now heard his phone ringing...let's see what they tell him.

Edit: That was the pharmacy with a line of shit to cover their asses but they said the prescription is ready to pick up. Good. Good for them. Assholes.