Big in WA state right now is the convo on physician-assisted suicide.
It’s kind of amazing that I live in a state now that is actually considering the legalized suicide thing; I believe OR is the only state to have approved this and no wonder; we share a border with them. Still; I know we’re progressive and all, but is WA ready for Initiative 1000? Read more…
It’s Time To Say “I Do” To Fireproof
Was surprised to see that Kirk Cameron made the Cascadia Weekly for his new feature: Fireproof @ the Regal Sunset. The brief synopsis: Kirk is a fireman. But his marriage is going up in flames. He takes a 40 days of purpose thingy. Probably saves his marriage in the end. There’s no hiding the subtle Christian overtones to this movie’s message, and the Cascadia was surprisingly tame in its review. The one star probably spoke enough damage to the movie. But it must definitely be a stirring challenge for many to fix our marriages in 40 days. I dunno. I don’t intend to watch it. Has anyone seen it? Intend to see it? Is it more star-worthy than the Cascadia gives it credit?
Today I participated in the systemic oppression of the balloon people.
It was thru a little exercise w/my cohort @ Leadership Whatcom – and it was quite an experience to be the most-privileged, richest, elitist class of society in the room – albeit through roleplay. It awakened me to my own privilege, in terms of class, economically, socially. And while I’ve taken the victims’ stance many times a past, and complained of the oppressiveness under the privileged, it was surreal to have the tables turned – and I realized that I was complicit as well. America is complicit today when it comes to privilege in a global sense. Not to say we ought to be ashamed, but to face the reality that when our market crashes, so does the rest of the world. How can anyone say anymore that we don’t hold economic power over others? At any rate,
what are your thoughts on privilege, beit economic, gender, sexual orientation, race?
I’m not a regular follower of the 700 Club nor Focus on the Family.
But it happened to be on the radio as I was flipping thru on the way back from the gym tonight and it was one of those things where in my mind I’m saying “change the station change the station” but I couldn’t. It was like there was a hypnotic draw to Robertson’s placating voice. He was interviewing a gal who was almost aborted and yet is alive today, alive and kicking to fight the evils of the Democratic platform and evangelize the message of McCain. It was interesting to say the least. Here’s a gal who literally owes her life to the pro-life cause. Certainly very convincing. And yet, I’m not convinced (yet?). Is there more to this story?
How do you respond to the charge that Obama supports infanticide?
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like ours, Western Washington University still feel the impact of this weeks’ events. At least we do. Tech was Ash’s home for 4 years from ’94 – ’98. Moving to Bellingham was all too similar to living in Blacksburg. For these reasons and still some indescribable ones, we’ve been profoundly affected, even tho we are 3K miles away. Just can’t shake this feeling of sadness and everything seems grey this whole week. We’re gonna have a little mini-vigil of our own with Catalyst. That’s the best we can do.
While I don’t want to be too quick to join the claim to fame, Ash and I watched The Apprentice last night for the first time in a while – we used to watch it religiously (remember James and Jae?) – well I know James Sun who is one of the contenders (although not very well, honestly we were more like acquaintances at the church we both attended in Seattle a few years back). It was a pleasure to see how well he is doing in the show but something intrigued me about his place in the cast as an Asian-American.
One night every week I have a hard time falling asleep and end up staying awake for several hours. This has become somewhat common on a weekly basis. The funny thing is, it’s not chronic in a daily sense; but it is in a weekly sense. It never happens on a weekend. It almost always happens mid-week, when I am most busy.
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