ET phone Rome

>>VATICAN CITY – E.T. phone Rome. Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.<<

Full story here.

God said, "Meh."

Ref 71 went down to defeat much to the Religious Right's distress and same sex couples now get more rights in Washington state.

It seems God did not think the Referendum was such a good idea.

>>>From my viewpoint, the outcome would have been difficult under the best of circumstances. But our loss was made certain by three failures on our part: 1. We failed in our message. 2. We failed in our methods. 3. We failed in our money. Furthermore, I still have to wonder if God was in the effort.<<<

Whole article here.

Tonight featured on Larry King on CNN!!

The headline on CNN - tune into tonight's Larry King - the Execution of the DC Sniper! Why don't we just toss him into a ring full of lions and film it. Does CNN have theme music for this news event? The sniper is an evil man, probably a sick man, has forfeited his right to freedom and will have to answer to Somebody, Somewhere, for his crimes but we shouldn't be efficiently and methodically killing him. And we certainly shouldn't be selling commercial space to celebrate it on TV.

getting the shot

Since our whole family is high risk (asthma, age of youngest, collapsed lungs) we have access to the swine flu shot this week. Today Gorilla Boy is driving 2.5 hours home from college to get the shot. Daughter had it yesterday. Eldest is in Seattle and I'm not sure he can get it over there or will take the time to track one down. I'm going to see if we can reserve one for him when he comes home for Thanksgiving since he is coming home Tuesday. Interestingly we think The Engineer already had it. Word in the medical community is that the regular flu isn't here yet so if you are sick you've got the swine variety. There is only a 24 window you can test for it. Twenty days later his lungs are still not back to working order - he's on rescue inhalers twice a day instead of four times a day - the rest of the symptoms are gone. He clocks along just fine on his reduced lung activity (years of untreated asthma because there were no decent drugs back then). Are we having fun yet?

turkey list

My usual November lists are being made.
Which relatives are coming (so far 5).
What needs to be done to get ready (FINISH OUR ROOM REMODEL).
Trying not to buy every single food item in the three city environs but Gorilla
Boy will be here...
Getting ready for the big state rivalry college football game - we are a house divided
between the two schools as far as alums and our nephew coaches for one of
the teams. This is serious business!

TLo interview with Gordana

TLo's interview with Project Runway's Gordana here.
And Heidi doesn't come out smelling of roses.
Disappointed in her this season.

Glad he's in Iraq

One of my BFFs' son is stationed out of Fort Hood, Texas and is deployed in Iraq right now. For the third time. Last night she said, 'I never thought I'd be thankful that he's in Iraq at the moment.' Bestest thoughts to the soldiers and families and civilians of Fort Hood.