I really don't need 3 monitors that I'm not using, right?

Not bad. Fair and dry, though a bit chilly at night these days. I had an interview for an interview for a copy editor's job yesterday. Settling nicely into the apartment and made plans to do some bike riding with one of my friends tomorrow.

Sounds good. Good luck on the interview.

How's things and stuff for you?

Not too bad.

Lee can be the nicest on her birthday.

Good. Thanks, amych.

The (albeit temporary) death of LJ has made me resort to cleaning. I can almost see my desk. At least in places.

Huh. I have cleaning to do. And I have work to do. But I don't see the lack of lj doing anything but making me disgruntled. If it made me more productive to have it down, then I would have to feel guiltier about the time I spent on it. Now if b.org went down, too, I could get some stuff done.

Lee can be the nicest on her birthday.

I may have missed something, is it your birtdhay Lee?

I just spent way too long reading Natter on the weekend because my stoopid work has installed nasty filters. I wasn't even reading during work, but was using the work computer. Sigh.

There is a small (I think) subset of the Christian Right that think the solution to terrorism is to convert Muslims to Christianity....

I think this just makes Christian terrorists.

Not so small, I suspect.

I think small, amych. Perhaps not in real numbers, but in percentages.

I mostly feel like anybody who finds tragedy a refutation of their god, simply hasn't bothered to think about their religious beliefs at all. Almost all religions arise exactly to address unimaginable tragedy. The Book of Job specifically addresses this. Buddhism's first notion is that life is suffering.

This has always bothered me, that people would turn away from God in tragedy. I had a really rough year this past year (although no where near as bad as these folks are having already), and had all sorts of folks from church coming up to me saying that they hoped that it didn't ruin my faith. I have to say, it had no impact on my faith in God. It was as strong and as important to me as ever.

It did somewhat impact my faith in my fellow human beings and to a certain extent my faith in the church. I think I might even have left the church for a while if I didn't have as many commitments there, but not because of a lack of faith in God. If anything, God became even more important to me during the most difficult times.

I may have missed something, is it your birtdhay Lee?

Nope (remember, the September thing). It's Msbelle's.

I bought the non-rolling duffle because I figured it would be easier to squish into places. And it's rather lighter.

And then I tried to go to the office. First I went to see my sister, and then I went to BART, and I got a ticket and was about 45 seconds from stepping onto the train into the city, and I realized I'd left my work keys at home, and had no way of getting into the office.

I therefore decided this was a sign from on high, and I went to Berkeley instead, where I spent a lot of money on stuff at REI, including a bright blue stretch tie-dye shirt I really didn't need. But it's so cute! And then I bought dog food and cd mailers and ate a burrito at Chipotle. And now I want to nap or read LJ.

I think you're right. No work was intended to happen today. I think I'll take it as a sign from God too, and read here until I have to get ready to go to a movie. Plus, work v. playing in Berkeley. The second wins every time!

edited because I clearly can't spell today. Another sign that I should not do work. Just maybe laundry.

Okay, Happy B-day Msbelle.