IIRC, it was Falwell who said it on Robertson's show.

Both said it -- or one said it and the other agreed.

You're correct -- my bad. Falwell said it, Robertson agreed.

They both blamed America (or at least Americans) for 9/11.

Thanks for the birthday wishes.

29 is a good year.

I hope so. It's funny. I was never really young and stupid (I mean, I was young, and I did my fair share of stupid things, but I never did any of the stuff most people associate with young and stupid) and as I get closer to 30, I wonder if I missed out on my chance. Not that I really want to go out on a drunken bender or whatever, but I just feel a little left out when people talk about all the crazy things they did in their teens and early twenties and the best I can offer is "Well, I used to spar with blunted metal swords until I nearly broke my hand." I realize I'm probably in a better place now than I would have been if I had done stuff like that, but it still seems like I'm missed out on something.

To stay on topic, as it were, then there's folks like Pat Robinson who will apparently be stupid no matter how old they get. At this point the craxy doesn't even surprise me any more.

Did the sun come out in other parts of the world this morning? My little hilltop is completely fogged in.

Looks out window. Notes a beautiful blue sky and the mild, low-70s tempratures. Points west and laughs.

Happy birthday, Kalshane!

Today is my ultimate day of vacation.

AM SAD.

Also, I'm doing laundry and reorganizing the linen closet. I live a life on the edge!

I still have my list you know.

Hey, would you look at that, Frankenbuddha and Tommy are still on it.

Falwell said:

"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'"

He later semi-apologized, saying that only the terrorists were responsible but that the people mentioned above may have caused God to lift his/her veil of protection or something like that.

They both blamed America (or at least Americans) for 9/11.

Many people assigned some portion of blame to American actions. They, significantly I think, blamed God. And don't think that's not gonna come back to haunt them.

World not big enough to contain my cranky.

Need more coffee. Then will climb clocktower.

They, significantly I think, blamed God.

File under: people unclear on the concept.

I've come to the conclusion lately that the grown-up thing to do in most fuckups is to get over blame, despite how emotionally satisfying it might be. It's useful to assess what mistakes happened, so as to plan properly for next time, but blaming people only ends up with recriminations, defensiveness, and wasted time.

I don't say this only because I'm as often as not the one who fucked up, but that's a nice side effect, seeing other people skip over the public-humiliation part of fuckup-recovery.

In non-fuckup news, happies to Kalshane! I have been enjoying 29 for 11 months now, and will be leaving it behind in two weeks.

And Happy Birthday, Kalshane!