More deep thoughts be Jack Handy

It's funny that pirates were always going around searching for treasure, and they never realized that the real treasure was the fond memories they were creating.

I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people.

by the way, this is a sarcastic article-i don't believe abortion is EVER ok-never ever.
I just think it so funny in an awful terrible way that they try to deny the wrongness of it, but affirm the guilt and grief in so many ways. why would you need consolation if it's a right?

Greeting cards for abortion and other rights
By Jon Sanders

We Americans can certainly learn a lot from a nonprofit organization's idea for "abortion greeting cards." No, really.

The Associated Press reported this week that an Oakland, Calif., nonprofit called "Exhale" is offering "a series of electronic greeting cards that concerned friends and relatives can send to a woman after she chooses to have an abortion." For example, one card tells the woman she "did the right thing." Another "expresses sympathy, offering the gentle reminder that, 'As you grieve, remember you are loved.'" (For some reason — probably just an oversight — there's no sympathy card for the father.)


The Supreme Court and all our self-appointed elite agree: abortion is a woman's right. So you might ask how on earth could someone just exercising her right be cause for grief. But that's the wrong way to look at it, or else next thing you know, you might start wondering if there's not some other reason for women having an abortion to grieve. You might start to suspect there's a different cause for the guilt.

One of the cards even offers a chipper "God will never leave you or forsake you." You don't want to be caught thinking why just exercising a God-given right would make someone need that card.

Because if you start thinking along those lines, then pretty soon you'll start noticing that there are more crisis pregnancy centers than abortion clinics. And then you might see that those centers work to help pregnant women find prenatal care, housing, clothing, charity, an uplifting vision of themselves as a mother and giver of life, friendship, hope, and maybe even God. And then you might be tempted (Earth-Mother forbid!) to compare that vision with the cynical vision of a pregnancy being likened to a tumor … a tumor that, hm, kicks and responds to ambient noise and grows and … well, the analogy tends to break down over a period of nine months.

So you don't want to pursue those lines of thought. If you were Al Gore, of course, you could wow feminists and eco-looneys by having your bogus company award every women having an abortion a free, "life"-time supply of "carbon credits" – for all the "carbon footprints" not left by her children.

But given the inconvenient probability that you're not Gore, try this idea instead. Obviously this California nonprofit has stumbled upon a new, potentially lucrative field of greeting cards for people acting within their inalienable rights. Because people doing what society and our Constitution agree is A-OK must be grieving and in dire need of encouragement.

People are hurting – for nothing. It must be an untapped market, and some greeting-card entrepreneurs could really rack up. As a classic liberal, lover of freedom, and humanitarian, I don't mind sharing these suggestions for the greater good:

For people who take the First Amendment step of bravely talking, there could be a range of cards. Feel guilty for speaking up? You could be told, "As you speak, remember that you are loved." Need encouragement? How about a silly rhyme: "Roses are red; you say they're blue. We have free speech; I'm proud of you." There could be a "Thanks for Talking!" line if you just want to send a "friendship" card to a vocal friend. Oh, and for the religious yap, a John 1:1 "Inspirations" card would remind him that "In the beginning was the Word."

Speaking of religious yaps, no doubt there'd be a huge demand for "Holiday Encouragement" cards, perfect for the loved one on your list who wigged out the local ACLU snitch with a hearty "Merry Christmas!" You could even have special "Beat Hell Soon" cards for Bible-believing invalids. Remember, people taking advantage of their mundane, God-given rights need all the encouragement they can get, the poor souls.

There could be a special line of "Not Missing You" cards for people practicing free assembly. Heartfelt "Good Luck (You'll Need It)!" cards for someone petitioning the government for redress of grievances. Friend buy a new gun? Why not a "Give It Your Best Shot" card? (Enemy buy a gun? It's not too late for "I'm Sorry.")

And who hasn't secretly wished just once to receive an "Atta Boy" for not housing a soldier? Are you seeking due process after your local government threatened to seize your land under eminent domain? If so, what could make you feel better than a musical greeting card serenading you to the strains of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land"?

Those are just a few of the cards possible in this new, promising line of "I Exercised My Rights and Now I Feel Bad" greeting cards. Look for them soon in the card aisle in your favorite grocery store. You're sure to find them right next to the new "Unbirthday" section.

To me, it's always a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, 'Hey, can you give me a hand?,' you can say, 'Sorry, got these sacks.'
by Jack Handey

Super Granmie fix

excerpt from Chuck Smith's book, "a family together"

"In creating woman God created her different from man in physical structure - the man being the stronger and larger, the woman being the smaller and more frail."

this does seem to be the case generally, but i know some strong women!

"Along with the physical differences, certain emotional differences were created. In the emotional realm He created the woman with a higher sensitivity than the man. Emotionally, man is usually very coarse. His emotions move in a narrower spectrum. A woman's emotional spectrum is quite wide. She's capable of great highs; she's capable of great lows. Yes, a man can get excited and a man can get depressed. But, as a general rule, he cannot appreciate as much as a woman or enjoy as much as a woman. Men don't have the extreme highs that women can attain."

This is why i posted this. What planet do i live on? This one paragraph has shocked me more than anything has shocked me in years. Men are coarse?????!!!!!!!


"As far as intelligence is concerned, I don't believe that there's any difference at all between male or female. I believe that women are capable of as great understanding and thinking process as men, they may even have a slight advantage over man in the area we call intuition. Spiritually, of course, men and women are one in the eyes of God (Galatians 3:28)."
But having created us with different physical characteristics and a different emotional spectrum, God then set forth the rules of the relationship between husband and wife. By obeying these rules, man and woman can find the fulfillment, joy, and happiness from life, that God desires them to have."

ok, now is it just me, or is there traits that are common to manKIND, and people have them in differing amounts? Some of the most dreamy, sensitive people I know are men.
Kyle, if you're reading this, yes, i'm talking about you! I was reading this thing today that said women aren't logical at all-they have to learn from men how to be logical. Sheesh. They probably never met Cate or Amy Mooney. Or my mother in law!
This whole weird notion that men are unemotional cold hard beings and women are melting emotionally driven i don't know what has been messing with my head for so long now. Where did it come from? Not my reality or experience, thats for sure.
Please give me feedback on this

Fat Tuesday

oh sweet Paczki.

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things i've learned

Bitterness and resentment are not good friends.
People that hurt you, break your heart and give you a headache are much better.
Especailly if in the end all they really want is to see you smile.

I just watched a friendship i thought was bled dry resurrect and it is so precious and sweeter to me now, that it had strength i thought it lacked, to live and keep fighting,

God can melt the stoniest heart. I thought i was numb,and He has such a knack of unfreezing the frozen.

Pain is good, in that it is an indication of something that needs fixing.


if you want a fun Birthday party, buy 100 ballons and hang them all from the ceiling at different lengths.
And leave a few on the floor for the babies to chase after.

Walking 40 minutes a night through the most beautiful city in the world is awesome.

I am blessed beyond belief. I have everything I ever dreamed of.
And i am starting to walk out the being thankful part more and more each day.


Praise God from Whom all blessings flow

Bella and Hannah sat us down today and told us it was time for them to be moving on.
"mom" Bella said "We just need our own space. We're outta here,man"


we reluctantly agreed (they are a little young, after all) and we told them goodbye, and to not be strangers.


it's not often you find real estate like this on the market. They were right to snatch it up when they had the opportunity

they neighborhood is great, and they ended up REAL close

their happily settled in,and are planning on having us for dinner soon

At what age should I start feeding coffee to my children?


Recent studies have suggested that by the time a child reaches the age of 18 months, the parents should have him or her on a healthy routine of about 1/2 cup of coffee per day. Of course, the child will not have adapted a taste for black coffee at this point in life, so Dr. Lugar Rolfstein of Germany suggests watering the coffee down with hot water and lots of sugar. You might ask, "but isn't coffee addictive?" Nonsense says Ralph Morgan, a finely dressed man on a very important street. "I can quit anytime I want." Well, what about the sugar? Sugar is good for children. It gets their heart rate up, especially when mixed with coffee, and they tend to get plenty of exercise when they are hyper. "But my child is hyper a lot and I don't know what to do." Well, TV or video games will tend to mellow them out quite a bit and they won't be such a bother. In fact, many parents find that they can leave home for hours at a time with the safe assurance that their child won't even notice they are gone.

But what about espresso? "I've been feeding my child espresso shots since she was five," says Susan Logan. "Is that OK?" According to science, you should have started earlier. By the time your child is three years old they should be drinking lattes and mochas and we highly recommend using your own breast milk. It is a lot easier to train them over to espresso by giving them a French Press for a couple of months. This would make a great gift for their birthday or Christmas. Then start giving them Americanos, gradually reducing the amount of hot water used. By the time your child reaches First grade, they should have adapted a taste for straight espresso shots and should be drinking four to six shots a day to help them stay awake and alert with their busy schedules and work loads.

by Dave Mullis

A Simple Blood Test

I was reading through some pregnancy/labor books the other day (I'm on call again to be a doula) and I came across a very disturbing (to me) passage in one of the books.
It was talking about medical procedure when newborns have fevers, and said that a simple blood test is all that is required now, in place of a full workup of blood test, spinal tap and urinalysis. I'm floored and I feel violated, once again. Bella had a fever when she was born and was given the full workup when she was 3 days old. With no anesthetic. The spinal tap alone took an hour. Now, barely 5 years later, they consider that unnecessary and outdated. It's weird how violated I feel when I feel that my child has been hurt. I felt bad enough when I thought it was necessary. Any trust I ever had in the medical community is pretty much fractured by now. What else are they going to look back on and realize was totally unnecessary? I know of so many already.

purple hair time

Abigail received 6 pairs of these socks at her baby shower.


They cost $50-so roughly $8 a pair. I was confused, irritated and surprised that baby socks could cost that much, and that anyone would pay that much for baby socks.
They were a fertile source of mockery.

I have had to revise that opinion this past week. These socks DON"T FALL OFF. Yeah, so they cost $50 dollars, but the money you save by not having to replace lost socks makes up for it. There wonder socks. And cute as can be, as well. I highly recommend them.

a new Crompton baby (aka my christmas present)



Nathan labored for this one though-for four months!
long live work trade

this is a 15 minute walk from my house. It looks like italy, doesn't it?
I love this area

Bored

I'm so bored. OK, Elena and Devon and Lisa and Renae E and Renae R, right now would be the perfect time for you to drop in-if you lived in Santa Cruz. By the way, why aren't you living in Santa Cruz? C'mon now. More expensive, yes, but oh so worth it. But it would be so much sweeter if you guys lived here.
Hey, i'll make you espresso! And cook you dinner!