The new part for my machine has been ordered, it's on its way, but in the meantime we are running on reserve power. I have to check in on my laptop when I can pry it out of the hands of my lovely wife.
I heard a guy on the radio today violently attacking religion, and while I found myself agreeing with some of the basics of his platform, his approach and lack of any understanding for religion's place in the human experience had me blushing slightly for being slightly critical of my faithful friends a few episodes ago. He was less critical of Judaism, with its lack of proselytizing and introspective nature, but in general he was 'preaching' against the idea of G-d as a "Cosmic Dictatorship" which is eternal in life and after death.
But really folks, there is no reason to be mean. Your belief system may not be mine, and mine not yours, but we all come to the conclusions we come to after a great deal of thought and personal choice. The only thing I mind is when one's personal choice starts trying to shove someone else's off the road, which is basically what this guy was doing. We're on the freeway together people, and not everyone drives a Mini. Or whatever your favorite ride is.
I'm watching 'American Idol' on the "Television" right now and I want to point out that for as racist as America still is, it is currently voting for the best singers in the competition and best happen to be black women. And Simon is right almost 100% of the time.
Sorry, devolved into American Idol talk, and it already gets more attention than it deserves.
On another more important note, concerning our trip, my Tibetan aunt has invited us to stay at her house in Katmandu. We have happily accepted of course and will be traveling across the border from the India sometime in late November. Also, my mom will hopefully join us there as she got exited when she heard about the opportunity, but has since started reconsidering given the state of the Maoist rebels in the country.
Two questions might arise from this piece of news, "You have a Tibetan Aunt?" and "Maoist Rebels still exist?" Firstly yes I do and she runs an amazing shop called Tibetan Arts in Santa Monica, and secondly, apparently some certain rebels haven't been reading the news about the collapse of every communist country in the world. Then again, I hadn't read about them, so we all have some gaps in our knowledge.
Final news concerning our trip is that a Nigerian Airlines airplane went down yesterday and disappeared into a swamp in Cameroon, killing everyone on board. Ordinarily I'd feel sad for a second and move on, but it happens to be that our travel plans include two legs on that very airline which at this point are two legs more than I look forward to. Ulp.
I think the Tibet visit is fabulous! Tibetan aunt? who knew? Maoist rebels notwithstanding, hard not to want to go.
Glad to hear your computer part will be showing up. What was it that actually went out?
Posted by: Pop at May 12, 2007 2:32 AM