Lazy Kitty
In the 93ยบ heat, what else is there for a cat to do in the day but lay around?
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Monday, June 27, 2005
I just rode in from Port Clinton, and boy is my butt sore...
On the road to Port Clinton: 2005 Bike to the Bay....that's my bike just to the left of me.
I spent last weekend participating in the Reeves Northrup Memorial MS Bike to the Bay. A friend of mine from church, Doug, and I rode together on Saturday. Baically it's a 75 mile tour from Maumee to Port Clinton, then 75 miles back on Sunday. Saturday started out fine. We made good time. We left at 7:10 AM, and arrived in Pemberville for lunch around 10:15. After that the heat started to set in. It was 98 degrees on the official record, but being on the blacktop was a different story. It had to be weel over 100. We stopped at all the rest stops for ice, water, and sugar-filled food, but the heat was starting to get to Doug. We both finished the tour to Port Clinton, but Doug was starting to show signs of heat prostration. Since Sunday was predicted to be just as hot, Doug decided not to press his luck or health and went home that night with some friends.
We had vouchers to ride the Jet Express to Put-In-Bay, but I declined since it was so late in the day that if I left I wouldn't get back until after midnight. And besides, the only thing left to do there that late is go to the bars. I was tired, and the last thing my body needed in it was alcohol, especially since I had to ride back the next day. So I stuck around the campsite on the grounds of Port Clinton High and watched a little-league game.
The next day I woke up around 5am, packed my gear, and went for breakfast. They had someone set up making pancakes. And, get this, you had to catch them. The line was about 5 feet away from the griddle and the woman cooking would fling the pancakes at you... just what I needed first thing in the morning. You know, when you're in that groggy early morning mood where you can't suffer any TomFoolery... I wanted to walk right up and say "just put 3 on my plate please", but I played along and caught them as they flew my way. I finished breakfast and got out on the road at 7am.
I was making pretty good time, stopping at each rest area for only 3-5 minutes, just enough for ice, gatorade, and a twinkie. While I was riding I would pass the same person, and then later she would pass me. We were keeping the same pace, so we got to talking on the ride (we were both on our own for the day), so we decided to ride together the rest of the way. I found out her name is Julie and this is her 6th year doing Bike to the Bay. We did a constant 16mph the entire way (my speedometer isn't set correctly so it said 17.5... (Doug called it the "optimistic bike computer" on Saturday). the tour went through some of the back-country lanes of NW Ohio. God awful flat land with a lot of bumpy roads, but a least they are all paved. We got to the halfway point for lunch at 10am, and back on the road at 10:30. Soon enough we were back in familiar territory just south of Perrysburg, then along the Maumee River into Waterville. We finished the tour back in the Rec Center by 1pm, and were treated to a chicken dinner.
I said bye to Julie and went home for a nice warm bath. Overall I did okay, my muscles never cramped and I wasn't sore at all... except for the road rash from sitting on a bike seat for too long. I ended up sleeping for about 12 hours though, which I needed very badly.
I had left Ditzy home over the weekend with lots of water & food, and he was happy to see me, though I wasn't in much of a mood to play with him.
Overall, the tour was a nice experience. The riders are nice and friendly, the volunteers are everywhere: along the road in vans to pick up or help out people, bike shops have trucks to help fix broke-down bikes, volunteers on motorcycles to provide help, and at the rest stops with tons of goodies and ICE!
Most of all I'd like to thank everyone who sponsored me for their support for me and for the fight to cure MS. The figures at the end of the ride show that they were able to raise over $257,000 this weekend. Thanks everyone!
I had never rode more than 30miles in one stretch, let alone two days of 75! But, if I'm still in Toledo next year, I'll have to do this again.
Friday, June 24, 2005
Bush's dog, CIA, shits on Italy's lawn, bites child.
With no respect for national sovreignty, CIA operatives acting at the command of the Bush Administration kidnapped Abu Omar off the streets of Milan on February 17, 2003. Abu Omar is a suspect believed to be tied to jihadist movements in Afghanistan. He was then shipped off to Egypt where he was tortured. An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 CIA Agents tied to this crime.
...so basically, the Bush Administration is showing absolutely no respect for their neighbors. As commander in chief, the CIA is Bush's charge. And just like an owner is responsible for his dog, so is Bush responsible for keeping the CIA on a leash.
Instead, Bush has let the CIA run free through the neighborhood. CIA, to follow through with the dog analogy, went into a neighbor's yard ,bit a child, and then shit on the lawn.
Italy, rightfully so, is outraged. They were even part of the coalition of the willing. Yet this is the treatment they get from a country ran by the 'blind rage' conservatives.
Would you want us for a neighbor?!
...so basically, the Bush Administration is showing absolutely no respect for their neighbors. As commander in chief, the CIA is Bush's charge. And just like an owner is responsible for his dog, so is Bush responsible for keeping the CIA on a leash.
Instead, Bush has let the CIA run free through the neighborhood. CIA, to follow through with the dog analogy, went into a neighbor's yard ,bit a child, and then shit on the lawn.
Italy, rightfully so, is outraged. They were even part of the coalition of the willing. Yet this is the treatment they get from a country ran by the 'blind rage' conservatives.
Would you want us for a neighbor?!
Karl Rove defends "Conservative Blind Rage"
By now most of you have heard Karl Rove's latest attack on the liberals from last Wednesday's gathering of the Conservative Party of New York state.
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war. Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers."
Indeed Conservatives & Liberals did see the savagery of 9/11 the same. Conservatives, in a blind rage for revenge, prepared for war, scoffed at the advice of our neighbors, spurned them of the help they were willing to offer, invaded the wrong country, let the mastermind of the attack get away, made our servicemen targets in a foreign land, and through their ineffectiveness to plan ahead and the carelessness of their fury have made the world more dangerous. We have also pissed off our neighbors, and they aren't going to help us out that much anymore.
Liberals know that these are not the actions of another country but a group of terrorists. You isolate them by removing their support; by changing the hearts and minds of those who would show them sympathy. These terrorists rally around causes and pull their new recruits from those seduced by their cause. You take away their cause, you eliminate the pool of terrorists. So, identify the causes, defuse them or resolve them (like the Israel-Palestinian one), and shrink the number of places in the world friendly to terrorists.
When the terrorists have no safe harbor to call home, and the world is against them (as the rest of the world was with us in solidarity right after 9-11), they can't hide for long. Now, not only our own government, but the government of other countries is looking for them too. And it is a lot easier on our part when cooperation rules the day.
This is a completely different war, and having the biggest tanks and fastest jets aren't the way to win it. Liberals know this, but conservatives won't listen when they get angry.
"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war. Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers."
Indeed Conservatives & Liberals did see the savagery of 9/11 the same. Conservatives, in a blind rage for revenge, prepared for war, scoffed at the advice of our neighbors, spurned them of the help they were willing to offer, invaded the wrong country, let the mastermind of the attack get away, made our servicemen targets in a foreign land, and through their ineffectiveness to plan ahead and the carelessness of their fury have made the world more dangerous. We have also pissed off our neighbors, and they aren't going to help us out that much anymore.
Liberals know that these are not the actions of another country but a group of terrorists. You isolate them by removing their support; by changing the hearts and minds of those who would show them sympathy. These terrorists rally around causes and pull their new recruits from those seduced by their cause. You take away their cause, you eliminate the pool of terrorists. So, identify the causes, defuse them or resolve them (like the Israel-Palestinian one), and shrink the number of places in the world friendly to terrorists.
When the terrorists have no safe harbor to call home, and the world is against them (as the rest of the world was with us in solidarity right after 9-11), they can't hide for long. Now, not only our own government, but the government of other countries is looking for them too. And it is a lot easier on our part when cooperation rules the day.
This is a completely different war, and having the biggest tanks and fastest jets aren't the way to win it. Liberals know this, but conservatives won't listen when they get angry.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Wednesday Ditzy Cam
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
False Prophets in America
Here is an excerpt from the New York Christian Coalition's press release, written by Rev. Banuchi. Basically, what I get from this is that he is suggesting that homosexuals, like cigarettes, should have warning labels?!
June 12, 2005.
"The New York Christian Coalition expresses a deep sense of sorrow concerning the first Gay Pride Day being observed in New Paltz today. When a society has degenerated to the point of celebrating an immoral lifestyle that results in sickness and premature death it’s questionable whether that society can long survive. We put warning labels on cigarette packs because we know that smoking takes 1 to 2 years off the average life span, yet we “celebrate” a lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease and takes at least 20 years off the average lifespan according to the 2005 issue of the refereed scientific journal Psychological Reports. Something is wrong with this picture.
No society can continue to expect the peace and prosperity we have known in this nation if we neglect God’s eternal rules of order. I’m not the first to suggest this idea. It was first iterated by George Washington in his once famous farewell speech. No, we don’t see this as an occasion to celebrate, but rather as an occasion to pray for those who are deceived by the lies of popular culture, who are caught up in a destructive lifestyle, and for the children who are being zealously evangelized by radical homosexuals. Engraved in granite in the ceiling of the Missouri Senate Chamber are the words, “Nothing is politically correct that is morally wrong.” Those words could never be more appropriate. No, we cannot join in the celebration, rather we join in the sentiments of Thomas Jefferson who said, “…I tremble when I reflect that God is just; that his justice will not sleep forever.” May God’s grace continue to be shed on America."
...it occurs to me that at one time in history homosexuals were given labels... along with Jews and Poles...
How can such venomous hate-speech be tied to the message of Christianity anyway... one of compassion, forgiveness, and love? God's grace for man knows no bounds... yet it is commonplace to find those who claim to be professing His message professing a very different message altogether. Like false prophets, these people are experts at leading people astray, for muddying the waters and clouding God's message to us.
..And isn't it about time for Christians who see this as a slap in the face to their ideals to take a stand and expose these people for the false prophets they are?!?
Here is the report from the NY Christian Coalition...
and here is the amount of press this is getting, a la google news...
And for those wondering where Banuchi has come up with this crap, let me point you over to the Family Research Institute, specializing in PseudoScience since 1986.
June 12, 2005.
"The New York Christian Coalition expresses a deep sense of sorrow concerning the first Gay Pride Day being observed in New Paltz today. When a society has degenerated to the point of celebrating an immoral lifestyle that results in sickness and premature death it’s questionable whether that society can long survive. We put warning labels on cigarette packs because we know that smoking takes 1 to 2 years off the average life span, yet we “celebrate” a lifestyle that we know spreads every kind of sexually transmitted disease and takes at least 20 years off the average lifespan according to the 2005 issue of the refereed scientific journal Psychological Reports. Something is wrong with this picture.
No society can continue to expect the peace and prosperity we have known in this nation if we neglect God’s eternal rules of order. I’m not the first to suggest this idea. It was first iterated by George Washington in his once famous farewell speech. No, we don’t see this as an occasion to celebrate, but rather as an occasion to pray for those who are deceived by the lies of popular culture, who are caught up in a destructive lifestyle, and for the children who are being zealously evangelized by radical homosexuals. Engraved in granite in the ceiling of the Missouri Senate Chamber are the words, “Nothing is politically correct that is morally wrong.” Those words could never be more appropriate. No, we cannot join in the celebration, rather we join in the sentiments of Thomas Jefferson who said, “…I tremble when I reflect that God is just; that his justice will not sleep forever.” May God’s grace continue to be shed on America."
...it occurs to me that at one time in history homosexuals were given labels... along with Jews and Poles...
How can such venomous hate-speech be tied to the message of Christianity anyway... one of compassion, forgiveness, and love? God's grace for man knows no bounds... yet it is commonplace to find those who claim to be professing His message professing a very different message altogether. Like false prophets, these people are experts at leading people astray, for muddying the waters and clouding God's message to us.
..And isn't it about time for Christians who see this as a slap in the face to their ideals to take a stand and expose these people for the false prophets they are?!?
Here is the report from the NY Christian Coalition...
and here is the amount of press this is getting, a la google news...
And for those wondering where Banuchi has come up with this crap, let me point you over to the Family Research Institute, specializing in PseudoScience since 1986.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Moi Aussi....
So Marie had her results to this Theological Worldview quiz over on her Blog Site: Telling Truth.... and so I thought I'd take it too.
My results are nearly the same... and, despite growing up around Fundamentalist types, none of it rubbed off on me!
My results are nearly the same... and, despite growing up around Fundamentalist types, none of it rubbed off on me!
You scored as Emergent/Postmodern. You are Emergent/Postmodern in your theology. You feel alienated from older forms of church, you don't think they connect to modern culture very well. No one knows the whole truth about God, and we have much to learn from each other, and so learning takes place in dialogue. Evangelism should take place in relationships rather than through crusades and altar-calls. People are interested in spirituality and want to ask questions, so the church should help them to do this.
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