So, three and a half weeks ago I adopted a 9 year old yellow lab from a local lab rescue group. There have been some ups and downs - in spite of having wanted a dog for several years now, I think I wasn't fully prepared for what it would actually be like - but really, she's been a joy. The day before I got her, Colin and I discovered a large park right down the street from my apartment, so I've been taking her there on most days after work. In addition to just enjoying her company, it's been a lot of fun to participate more in my community - just being out there, smiling at people, making small talk with parents when their kids approach me and want to pet her. Yesterday a little boy no taller than she is came up, very bravely, and wanted to pet her...he got covered in puppy kisses in short order. His mom and I just looked at each other and laughed.
In other news, if anyone wants a free tarot reading, you can send an e-mail to yoursongs1986@yahoo.com with a question, and I'll give a reading to the first 15 individuals I hear from. I recently picked up a deck and started playing with the cards - I've been told that I give pretty good readings, and I'm trying to see how well that translates online. If it seems viable, I might start up an online side business. I think giving useful advice might be a function of how well I can read people (no pun intended, actually) in person, though, so we'll see how this goes.
22 September 2009
13 September 2009
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
I was fairly appalled to see the outcry over President Obama's speech to schoolchildren last week.
I'm not really a supporter of some of his policies.
But I *am* a supporter of the values he spoke about during that speech. And just as much, I'm a supporter of the idea of maintaining respect for the office of President. I want my children, when I have them, to grow up seeing the President as an honorable person - one who has achieved the position through the same hard work and perseverance that he was talking about, and one that has the best intentions for the nation at heart. I want my children to debate the ideas, and not simply attack and mistrust the person.
I don't want politics to become so ugly that we can't at least maintain some sense of idealism about the person that is, at least in theory, leading us all.
I'm not really a supporter of some of his policies.
But I *am* a supporter of the values he spoke about during that speech. And just as much, I'm a supporter of the idea of maintaining respect for the office of President. I want my children, when I have them, to grow up seeing the President as an honorable person - one who has achieved the position through the same hard work and perseverance that he was talking about, and one that has the best intentions for the nation at heart. I want my children to debate the ideas, and not simply attack and mistrust the person.
I don't want politics to become so ugly that we can't at least maintain some sense of idealism about the person that is, at least in theory, leading us all.
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