Whew! That went by quick. A busy weekend, busy week. Hopefully I’ll get to sleep in tomorrow. We’ll see…
“And now, the week in review” Got my kite stuff out of storage, circle supper Friday with new families, Erika had to supervise the youth group, Jonah came over Saturday, we swam and made pizza. Erika got her mom and she stayed over. We went to the poker night in Emerald Bay. The dude had a zillion dollar house. We all got 100 chips and I promptly burned through mine trying to get other people to fold. I walked around, ate, got another 100 chips from a guy at the craps table, lost a little there, went back to poker, got another 100 chips, and proceeded to win. I took out an old lady in head to head and ended up with 850 chips. We changed them in for raffle tickets and didn’t win a thing. So what else is new… Sunday was the Seal Beach Kite Festival. Took Erika’s mom and the boys. Our tent is broken, so it took me awhile to put it up. Boys played, I did demos at noon, 2 and 4. Spark, the Ice Age thing and a mystery-I think it was Berlin… Everyone likes the Spark one. Tracy, Hannah, Darryl and Jessica stopped by & watched the 2 PM demo. Me & the boys ate, ran around, they got soaked, got some candy in the drop. We got our picture in the paper! (OC Register) We left, came home, showered and went to bed. We finally got the OK to ship backpacks to Houston, watched the boys Weds. for Erika’s Dr.’s visit. Went to a meeting in the new office-it’s nice. Had to leave early Thurs.-Erika’s dad has pneumonia and Erika drove him and mom there, with Colin, so I had to go pick up Colin and get Matt at school. We swam and there was a birthday party at the pool. An Elvis showed up-uck-young guy in the jumpsuit. It brought the whole “you’re either an Elvis person or a Beatles person” thing. I am so neither.
OK, here’s the news. DeLay got indicted-about time. He loudly proclaimed his innocence and attacked the prosecutor. Whatever. He has to step down as leader. Well, it’s about time. You have no leeway as a bigshot, and he figured he was above the rules. Same thing applies to Frist and insider trading. These guys are power-mad. The almighty dollar rules.
Japanese scientists got pictures of a giant squid, alive. Amazing photos-the tentacles are huge. And it was a small one. Cool stuff-they’ve wanted pics for a long time.
Rita missed Houston, flattened where it landed. More evidence of climate change. It did change direction at the last minute, but the small towns were 80% wiped out. More bad for that area, but not as bad as New Orleans. Etan Thomas (a basketball player) gave a blistering speech at the Saturday peace rally in DC.
Check this study out-it shows that the U.S., as the most religious developed society has the most societal problems. It’s still preliminary, and I question the level of correlation between religious belief and some of these issues-poverty and racial inequality seem more tightly correlated to violent crime, suicide was inconclusive, but std’s and teen pregnancy seem plausible given the recent stats showing no difference between teens taking abstinence oaths and ones who don’t. Though you could lay that at the media’s doorstep too…
the iPod Nano is getting cracked screens. Oops-I wonder if they did any tests before they shipped?
The fires in West L.A. county are still burning-smoky-one in Riverside is on 50 year old growth. It’s been hot and windy. Prime fire weather. Plus the heavy rains this spring. Not many buildings, though-people who live here know what to do…
Here’s the kicker: Bill Bennett has jammed his foot so far into his mouth you can see shoe leather out his ass. He said that aborting black babies would reduce crime. Ouch. Double ouch. Oops-I’ll bet he wished he could take THAT back. Even the White House has condemned his remarks. Sounds like a Pat Robertson quote too, doesn’t it? Idiots.
Alright-the software I’ve downloaded. winaXe, Advanced WMA Workshop, GNU Backgammon, Ocean-Free Software Library of the World’s Religious Literature, Zimbra Collaboration Suite.
Have a good weekend!