Oh, my God, Ultra-Liberal Facebook friend, how in the *world* am I responsible for Bradley Manning sitting in the clink? (I don't *feel* responsible for *me* all the time, honestly. Not like I should, at what seems a shockingly advanced age to feel that way.) In the immortal words of that great human rights activist Super Chicken, "He knew the job was dangerous when he took it."(I don't mean to be glib about it...I'm sure it's awful, and I am a bit weak because he doesn't stick in my mind as it would if it were somebody I fancied putting himself in harm's way, and if you want to carp about that, I suppose you have a point, but even that's not new...it's Che' not Fidel on the T-Shirts, right? But my influence on the democratic part is, like, -5, right? I answer phones and get hung up on, and, sadly, still enjoy that more than my real life. You. Must. Chill.

My minion at my old job, who is Jewish, was church married after having to go through several months of pre Cana and all that. But it was a church way out in the burbs that was the only one they could find in the area who would do it. So I really think it's 90% the character of the specific church/priest that dictates the result.

Skippy skimming to end to ask for roommate~me. I'm moving next week and need a third roommate; meeting with a French guy tonight. So fingers crossed he wants it and isn't an asshole!! It would be fun to get to speak some French, too.

maybe he can be enlisted as an ally? Tim's dad might possibly listen better to "It's not going to happen and it is entirely appropriate for it to not-happen and you need to deal with that" if it comes from both Tim and from an actual priest.

That's...not a bad idea. I don't know what the priest is like, since we've never gone to church there (although it's a lazy 10-minute walk away), but I would think a reasonable priest would understand that it's just not happening for us. His dad might indeed take the news better if it came from an official priest, rather than his heathen son.

I hear ya, Erika.

roommate-ma, smonster!

Scrappy, yeah, I love guilt with my Sad Desk Lunch. But I have to admit, I'd have been messed-up inside for a while if something happened to Richard Engel in Syria, even though he is totes insane.

Waiting on my full iron panel because my hematologist was not impressed with the bloodwork my PCP did. The good news is if I do need iron infusions again, they're safe during pregnancy so I wouldn't hav to delay anything. Now I'm only worried that my iron isn't low enough for infusion because I'm freakin exhausted.

OTOH, if you *do* for some unfathomable reason get church-married, I will PAY YOU to liveblog the wedding prep retreat, because that would be golden (also because if you actually go through that horrible thing you deserve combat pay).

Hahahah--as an engagement "present" my dad gave my sister (not practicing) and her Muslim fiancée (who were shacked up) pre-Cana retreat. Apparently it was awful.