Gore's MLK Day Speech

Click the link above to read it.

I'll say I concur.


Anyone know any good statesmen?

D2 Pops Out a Little Girl!

Birthday News

At 12:25 am this morning, I got a call from an unknown number. I answered the call with the most awake-sounding voice I have at such times. Being mid-dream, this ruse could not succeed, and one day I hope Gerard (our mystery caller and dear husband of D2) will fill me in on what he said to me before my brain caught up with our conversation.

It didn't take him long, though, to wake me up with his fantastic news, in answer to my groggily inane "How are you?"

Gerard excitedly informs me that he is more than excellent, he is beyond perfect, because he just became a father of a beautiful baby girl 20 minutes ago. :)

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And then I spoke with Ms D2, mother extraordinnaire, who seemed insanely full of energy considering what I hear goes into childbirth. I guess this is conclusive evidence of endorphins.

We hung up so that Gerard could continue to share the news of their new daughter with other friends and family. I'm just over the moon excited. I can't wait to see them. AND the baby girl. :) AND their gorgeous little boy, who's grown so much since I last visited.

Eating Healthy Burns Calories

One-and-a-half hours later, endorphins of my own kicking into me, and the lack of dinner finally gnawing away at my resolve to not eat until breakfast, I meandered into the kitchen, bleary-eyed and committed to finding something healthy despite knowing I was out of food. I perused the fridge. The only fruit in sight was a suspicious-looking kiwi, hiding in the shadow of a lemon. Nope. Well, I knew that grains and legumes would do the trick. Reaching up in the pantry, I pulled on a visible bag of red lentils.

Which I had apparently opened before.

And which spilt cascading streams of red lentils all over the floor Erin had mopped and swept earlier that day. And so at 2:30am I turned on the music and swept the floor and went to bed. Still blearily happy to hear I have a new baby to love, and a trip to the old stomping grounds and dear friends in sight.

And On the 15th day, God Was Too Tired to Work. Although He Worked Best Under Pressure.

I'm sitting here wondering why I feel so braindead when I've been in the office fewer hours than on an ordinary day. And then it strikes me. It's my 15th day in a row. If you don't count the stomach virus that took me for a loop on Tuesday.

Okay. Now I don't feel so sick and weepy.

Just hungry. Sushi's on the way. Hallelujah.

The Wise Ole Internet Tells Me:

Job Burnout Quiz: 60

35-64: Warning Zone. You have are having some of the classic signs of job burnout, and if you do not take steps to evaluate and change your situation, you could face serious mental and physical challenges ahead. You need to make some changes soon.

Amazing how I bothered taking this test. As if I don't know that I'm facing "classic signs of job burnout," such as fatigue, irritation, increased susceptibility to colds, and lower productivity. Gah! Now I'm tired AND irritated with myself AND not working!!! :)

Life, the Universe and Everything...

When facing an avalanche of work and no spade strong enough to dig myself out of impending doom, I wimperingly turn to surfing the web for psychological escape. And in doing so today, I came across Belief o'Matic. A site which informs me of what religion's beliefs most closely align to mine. Its disclaimer: Belief-O-Matic™ assumes no legal liability for the ultimate fate of your soul.

Now, in years of yore, in the midst of a religious argument with someone I admire very much, I was "accused" of being a Pantheist. I was thrilled. "Yes," I cried out, to his incredulity, "I am! I am! I'm a Pantheist!" Oh, the euphoria. He was not impressed.

I was expecting to discover yet again that I am a seditious pantheist, with a strong Jewish ethical grain.

Imagine my surprise:

1.
Liberal Quakers (100%)
2.
Unitarian Universalism (99%)
3.
Neo-Pagan (95%)
4.
Secular Humanism (87%)
5.
New Age (86%)
6.
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (80%)
7.
Bahá'í Faith (80%)
8.
Mahayana Buddhism (79%)
9.
Reform Judaism (78%)
10.
Sikhism (73%)
11.
Jainism (69%)
12.
Theravada Buddhism (69%)
13.
Scientology (63%)
14.
Taoism (62%)
15.
New Thought (61%)
16.
Nontheist (59%)
17.
Orthodox Quaker (57%)
18.
Hinduism (56%)
19.
Islam (52%)
20.
Orthodox Judaism (52%)
21.
Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (48%)
22.
Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (33%)
23.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (32%)
24.
Seventh Day Adventist (28%)
25.
Eastern Orthodox (25%)
26.
Roman Catholic (25%)
27.
Jehovah's Witness (17%)

I can only imagine that Pantheism is not an option as it's a philosophy. But to be more of a Jehovah's Witness (???) than a Pantheist... Ain't no way.

But I guess I'd best be getting back to work. Reports don't get written without a Creator. :)