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Thursday, June 27, 2002
The Republic For Which It Stands
Y'all had to have known this was coming. Every politician out there is scrambling to take a stand on this one, so why not me? :) In case you're not in the US or you're in the US but living under a very large rock (and if so, how are you reading my website anyways?), here are some links:
White House, Congress condemn decision on pledge
Pledge ruled unconstitutional
Leave "The Pledge" alone (Salon Premium Subscribers Only)
The Pledge of Allegiance - A Short History
First off, I couldn't be happier about the decision. I know it won't hold up. I know it won't last (especially not with Bush in the White House), but I'm happy. Ecstatic, even. There's a part of me that is substantially pissed at our Judeo-Christian government focus, and here's one tiny way for us to move away from it...by removing two words from the pledge of allegiance...two words that were added in 1954 as part of Cold War "All Russians are Atheists" propaganda. Do we really need to be a nation under God? Can't we just be a nation united? A nation of people working toward a common goal? A nation under freedom, under truth, under exploration, and under the pursuit of happiness? Many people would say that God embodies all of those things to them, and that God itself is inclusive...that monotheistic religions all have a god, and that polytheistic religions have at least one god, and that atheistic religions are the only loners. I've heard the argument that atheism is such a minority that it *should* be excluded...well, hell, atheists are all just crazed heathens anyways, right? ;-) What if you worship a goddess? Are you not being excluded by the male term God? Or is this something us feminazis have to accept along with chairman, mailman, etc.?
And perhaps you've also heard the argument that it's just something you say, and that it doesn't really matter...just a tradition to uphold that shouldn't be touched. Well, (and here my conservative side is going to show) it shouldn't just be something you say. It's a Pledge of Allegiance. It is what we say because we have decided to support this country for all its goodness, despite its flaws. We should say it in schools and at work, and whenever we feel like affirming ourselves as Americans. But it should also be something that unites us...not something that divides us. Perhaps it's just me, but if we are to be a nation united, we cannot divide ourselves over religion. We are indivisible. Isn't that the point? Isn't that why so many Americans died back in 1860-1865?
I pledge allegiance to my Flag, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with equality, liberty and justice for all.
Wednesday, June 26, 2002
Spam, spam, spam, spam...
Found this nifty link today: http://www.cluelessmailers.org/spamdemic/index.html. It goes to a map of spam...from the original source to the host to the consumer to the abuse channels...
Today is turning out to be fairly dull and brain-numbing. I'm working on a clerical MR, which is always a little dull, and until the platform is reloaded, I'm not working on testing. My car is in the shop, too, so I can't just run away.
Friday, June 21, 2002
Fun with the NSA
Okay, I know it's supposed to be for kids, but darn it, this is fun: Cryptology puzzles at the NSA site. I already solved the 1863 headlines puzzle...working on finding the key and the hat for it. I didn't even know puzzles wore hats. They seemed like the bareheaded type in general.
Seriously considering selling out of LotR, so if any of you are interested in bits and pieces from the collection, let me know what you want. Ideally, I'd want to sell them as racial sets, but I can do it individually if need be.
From a fortune cookie last night:
Smile
when you are ready.
An undying truth: There is only one way to console a widow but remember the risk. (bonus points to those who know the source of this one)
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
Trading blows
Good thing: R2 finally got around to asking Madhu to marry him. :) Very very cool. Congratulations to them! :) They rule. :)
Bad thing: I haven't been able to get a stupid test to run all day. Grr.
Good thing: I have a new pager. It is tiny and it rules.
Bad thing: I've spent far too much of my time playing RollerCoaster Tycoon. I am very good at making coasters that make people get sick. :)
Good thing: I have all of invader zim on my hard drive now, and I started downloading The Tick and South Park.
Bad thing: My back hurts. Right in the center between my shoulder blades. And no amount of stretching seems to help it.
Good thing: I'm getting bookcases this weekend from the guy who lives across the hall from me; he's moving out.
Bad thing: I'm paying for them, which will make me slightly less spendy than normal for awhile.
Good thing: I bought new shoes yesterday anyways.
Bad thing: I put them on credit because I accidentally left my bank card at home.
Good thing: I found the palm pilot I want: a Handspring Treo 90.
Bad thing: I'm still behind on my e-mail. There are so many people who have written to me expressing condolences and such...and I really want to get around to writing back to them, but that requires me sitting down and thinking about stuff. Ugh.
Good thing: My apartment is clean.
Bad thing: Well, it's mostly clean. It's still not up to my exacting standards. But I blame Rollercoaster Tycoon for that.
Good thing: My Buffy season 2 DVDs should arrive today.
Bad thing: actually, they should have arrived yesterday, but my guess is that they're sitting at my apt complex's office just waiting for them to get off their lazy butts and call and tell me they're there.
Good thing: I read the new chapter of Draco Veritas over on fictionalley.org.
Bad thing: I am now craving the evil. I miss the evil! :)
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
Memories...
http://www.rage3d.com. Look at the news for June 11th. Seems like I'm not the only one missing him. :(
Damn it, WHY?????????????????????????? I hate this! He shouldn't be gone! Damn it!!!!!!! There are so many useless and worthless people in the world...why does someone like him die instead of one of them?
Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Oh sweet internet!
Internet is mine! Mine!!!!
Still no cable modem.
Damn it, why didn't I just go with DSL when I had the opportunity. Phone lines never go down. Apparently the whole cable line for my complex is down, and they're theoretically fixing it today. We will see. I'm still at work.
Monday, June 10, 2002
There is no spoon.
And thus, there is no mega infinity either.
There is also no net access. In other words, wanted to let y'all know that my cable at home is down so I have no good way of checking or sending mail from here as I've never gotten around to installing a dialup modem in Aylee. In fact, I currently don't even own a working dialup modem. Isn't that wild? :) It's been down since Wednesday, but I only just now had the sense to remember that I could post a note on here and most people who send mail to me@tsukata.org would see this and realize that I'm not ignoring them. 'Cause I'm not. I've just been accessing the net from my work computer, and I haven't configured web-based e-mail for tsukata.org yet. Working on it, or rather, I will be once I have functioning net access at home again. Cable guy is coming sometime between 4-6pm today. Keep your fingers crossed.
Friday, June 07, 2002
South Park Me :)
You can make your own south park person here. :)
Oh and by the way...::poke:: Heh. heh. :)
Tuesday, June 04, 2002
Hey, look...it's an update!
Back in town again. Currently downloading massive amount of Invader Zim episodes and Mp3s and stuff. Fully blame Andrew (and rightly so) for newfound Invader Zim addiction.
I'm sure you're curious about how things went and how I'm doing. All I can really say is that I had a good week, and I am better. There are lots and lots of details...and it was so very good to see everyone again...and I actually got on a roller coaster (albeit a somewhat tiny one)...and I'm slightly warmer to the idea of going on a larger one now...but the one at Jazzland was too big too soon I think...although...I don't know...I was pretty darned closed to ready to try it by the end of the week...but then there's one at six flags that I think would be a better first coaster...and the secret sale at best buy that ended up causing me to have to buy a bigger suitcase...and the Risk game where I took asia which always rules...granted, I didn't hold it for long enough to enjoy it, but still... :)
I think my main crisis right now besides missing Ryan immensely and really really wishing I could call him up and tell him everything like I always used to do is just feeling bad for being okay, and I know I shouldn't but I still do. But then I'm also hormonally induced toward depressiveness right now and have been for a couple of days so it's not surprising. Oh well. I'm going to be heading to work soon. I stayed home this morning so I could get things kinda back in shape before work...my flight got in a good bit later last night than originally planned due to delays and such. We had a HUGE thunderstorm here. Would have loved to be watching it had I not been so tired. Maggie was/is thrilled to see me. I don't think she has left my side since I got home.
