Sleeping

Right now J is in her bed and mom and L are in the top bunk. I thing everyone will sleep in their own bed tonight.

Oppression

When you hear someone from a majority class speaking of their rights being oppressed you need to stop and think are they being oppressed or our their powers being put in check.

I would be open to the idea of a minority oppressing the rights of the majority but right now I have a hard time thinking of an example.

It is Coming

Roger Ebert in an interview by Chris Jones in Esquire

I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear, he writes in a journal entry titled "Go Gently into That Good Night." I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path. I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip. I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.

I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out

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Girls this is what is important.

Guidebook vs. Compass

Calling religion a moral compass is a bad analogy. A better analogy is that religions are moral guidebooks. Like a travelers guidebook the major religions describe the situation at a particular point in time. You get commentary on the people and places. The problem is that over time the information becomes outdated. Eventually the landscape will change. The people will change. So the guide bookleads you down dead ends and you will become lost. Of course, some of the major landmarks haven't moved. But, outside of those areas the guide is useless. You cant use a stone-age informatoin to make your way in a modern world.

A better way to travel is to use a compass and a detailed map. That pair gives you the information necessary to make your way. As a bonus the compass and map method gives you neither opinion or commentary. You will have to develop your own opinions as you travel. A difficulty is that unlike the guidebook the map needs updating as the landscape changes. However, getting a new map is easy and you will have current relevant information. Information that you can use
Reducing or eliminating harm is the compass and the observable world is the map. One should always travel towards no harm. However, the landscape doesn't make it easy. For example, we might have a baby poked with a needle to reduce the harm of polio. Using the needle is a small road bump toward reducing harm. Vaccination is a modern part of the map that the stone-age guidebook didn't mention.

The stone-age guidebook is not entirely wrong. It's out of date. The compass and the map are better tools when traveling.

Chick a-lay a.k.a Chick fil-a

You guys made mom and I proud by playing well together and playing well with other kids.

It was a long day at work and it felt good to see you at the end of the day. You both get so excited when you see me and it really makes me feel important. Thanks

It's a quarter 'till 10 pm an you are sitting next to me on the love seat.
Your motor has a hard time turning off.

The past two days you went out side to play with your mother.
Both of you had a lot of fun.

She worked really hard for her Toyota, er um, her toy yoda.

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People are homosexual for the same reason that others are hetrosexual. That reason is biology.

We had fun at the daddy/daughter dance. We enjoyed line dancing. J. had to return to the dance floor with her boots and coat after she heard a line dancing song. The problem was that we were on our way out the door and I didn't know that she left my side. A frantic daddy was looking all over when I spotter her line dancing on her own.  L. loves to run. I am sure she will always be the fastest person in her age group.

I am looking forward to the Daddy/Daughter dance tomorrow.
I got my suit cleaned.
Your cousin's are coming. It is going to be fun.

Lorali read Go dog. Go! to Colleen last night.
Jillian is really getting to know the alphbet.
We love to read book at night.

Lorali made up a word - Compowaiting: when headlights from oncoming traffic shine in your eyes and are bothersome.