Aw Brenda, I hate that sort of thing.

You'll get to see your buddy soon and the icky churning yuck feeling will smooth over as soon as you do.

I'm sorry it ruined today though.

Glad you liked it! I couldn't remember if it was one of my better batches or not.

Tell B & B I said hi!!!

They say hi back!

Okay, it's after 2 here, I really should shower and get dressed.

Dana, insent to your profile email address.

Now, I really want a burger. Darn Lent.

A senior Vatican priest has compared the recent attacks on the church over the sexual abuse allegations to antisemitism. And he has a Jew who supports him in email. (Or, regular mail. Or something.) [link]

ROME — A senior Vatican priest speaking at a Good Friday service compared the uproar over sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church — which have included reports about Pope Benedict XVI’s oversight role in two cases — to the persecution of the Jews, sharply raising the volume in the Vatican’s counterattack.

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Wearing the brown cassock of a Franciscan, Father Cantalamessa took note that Easter and Passover were falling during the same week this year, saying he was led to think of the Jews. “They know from experience what it means to be victims of collective violence and also because of this they are quick to recognize the recurring symptoms,” he said.

Father Cantalamessa quoted from what he said was a letter from an unnamed Jewish friend. “I am following the violent and concentric attacks against the church, the pope and all the faithful by the whole word,” he said the friend wrote. “The use of stereotypes, the passing from personal responsibility and guilt to a collective guilt, remind me of the more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism.”

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“With a minimum of irony, I will say that today is Good Friday, when they pray that the Lord illuminate our hearts so we recognize Jesus,” Rabbi Di Segni said, referring to a prayer in a traditional Catholic liturgy calling for the conversion of the Jews. “We also pray that the Lord illuminate theirs.”

liese! I still think you should come and visit us. I almost bought Stanley Cup tickets as an enticement.

We are being furloughed for 5 days in June. The upside to this is we get out a week early. The downside to this is we'll be missing 5 days of pay over 3 paychecks (better than 5 days over one paycheck I guess).

I'm so excited to get out early!

Question for the hivemind for a colleague in health:

On the Biggest Loser, have they met with a doctor at least once in every season?

On the Biggest Loser, have they met with a doctor at least once in every season?

I didn't start watching until like the 3rd season but I think they meet with the doctor a number of times.

Clarification: I need to let a colleague in our health division know if she can say they meet with a doctor at least once every season, or whether she needs to qualify it (most seasons or something similar).