ok, so mm is so very tired.........you have no idea how it feels to be this old.........lots in the news today....the gunman at case western reserve, who shot up the frank gehry building (the one built for $62 million.........) eminem won't let weird al parody his 8-mile song into couch potato, at least on a video.......i guess em has to maintain his serious persona....weird al has been allowed to parady avril...my, i bet that one will be quite special.........the judge has ruled that the disabled girl who sued to be lone validictorian could be so.....even though her disability allowed her to skip gym, study with tutors at home, and otherwise enjoy advantages that able-bodied students were not privy to.......the politicla cartoon in today lexheraldleader is amusing.......an aide is holding the mccarthy hearing transcripts, and says...maybe we should learn a lesson from these.....while john ashcroft standing close scoffs.......mccarthy was an amateur........the southern baptists have kicked out and/or accepted resignations from scores of missionaries.....because they refused to sign an oath stating that women are not fit to be ministers and women must obey their husbands...........this is scary stuff.....the text of my sunday school lesson actually includes references to this issue in 1 and 2 timothy...but the commentary literally does not go there, focuses instead on more positive lessons that can be gleaned from the bible.....as long as there are voices of reason in my own church, i can remain a baptist........a girl who waitressed for us last summer is leaving for the near east next month to be a missionary in a muslim country....she stopped by yesterday....and she was so excited about going that i didn't have the heart to ask her why she thought that trying to convert muslims from their doctrine to her doctrine made any sense.......at least they have a doctrine.....why not try to inspire those who have no spiritual life.......if one must do mission work at all.......

enough of this rant.......my roses are blooming, and the day is lovely, and i am going to pick herbs to put in my omelet before i go to work.........