That reminds me, now that I'm married, I need to redo my living will and talk with Dan about it, now that he would be Le Plug Puller. He's soft-hearted, and I need to get it clearly delineated.

Again, it's really important to spell these things out ahead of time, and most of me is glad he finally got around to doing it, but reading all that shit, about how you want the doctors to not try to resuscitate you -- it freaks me out.

Ergh..yeah. We filled one of those out before Bob's surgery. I claimed it gave me the power to have them shave his head while he was under. But, really, it was distressing to think about.

Yeah, I had a conversation with my parents recently where I asked if my grandmother has a DNR. And she does, which is good, but still. Ugh.

That conversation is never fun, Steph.

I'm going with 250 calories and 13 grams of fat. Sounds reasonable from the recipe searches I've done. It didn't have corn or black beans, and I skipped the tortilla strips on top which gave me some wiggle room.

I don't disagree on increasing border security, and the Feds not stepping up. I think the AZ law is almost impossible to enforce without harassing Hispanic citizens, and it shows a lack of concern about harassing a group of citizens by the lawmakers there. If this law was meant to bring a spotlight to the issue and isn't really meant to be enforced, then that would be one thing, but I don't get the impression that is the case here.

Regardless of what's been done in the past, I don't think the government should be officially endorsing and asking people to perform a religious practice. If the President asks for prayers after a natural disaster or something unofficial like that, then fine, the Pres is still a citizen and should be free to express religious beliefs.

I don't want to tell any student WHAT to think, but I do want to teach them how to think critically.

Bless you for this, Erin. Critical thinking skills are SO important and frighteningly rare.

I had that conversation with my parents before either became seriously ill. While neither ended up in a long-term vegetative state, it was one thing we didn't have to think about when they went into the hospital. No "what would s/he want" about it. We knew.

Never a fun conversation, but knowing my mom's wishes sure helped in those last few weeks. I hated losing her, but I know I did as much as I could to meet her wishes and that gave me a great deal of comfort.

On the meme front, I'm home from work killing time before the dentist. Spent some time clearing the clutter from the living room. It turned into a pick something up, put it away, find something near the "away" place and return it to where it belongs. Lather, rinse, repeat. Nice to have the living room picked up and bits of the rest of the place in better shape. I'm trying to tackle one room at a time. I've let real cleaning slide for too long.

It does bother me that some people work and wait to get citizenship and others come in illegally.

I'm not 100% sure what you are saying here, but the people who come in illegally do not get citizenship unless there is some previously granted benefit which they have received. It is simply not possible under our current laws.

I don't want to tell any student WHAT to think, but I do want to teach them how to think critically.

Reasons why I am not a teacher-- I feel that most people who think critically will end up agreeing with me.