What I've been reading

"Dry" - a funny memoir about getting sober by Augusten Burroughs. Reads very much like a novel; it was a great deal of fun but also made me cry.

and

"A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole. J. listened to this first as a book on CD and told me I'd love it, and I did. It's utterly ridiculous and I laughed all the way through it. I find myself wanting to talk like the main character. "Do I believe what is before my eyes?! That's not art- that's an abortion!

My full comments on both books here.

Go hide in a closet!

I'm not 100 percent in favor of *tactics* that organization's like Freedom From Religion Foundation and Americans United use to get nativity scenes out of public parks and prayer out of city council meetings and high school graduations. However, I also think that the Christians (and it's almost 100 percent Christians who want 100 percent Christian prayer) who are pushing back on the issues are being a little hypocritical. Nobody is keeping them from praying - they just can't necessarily use public venues to pray.

It makes me wonder if any of them have read the 6th chapter of the book of Matthew, especially verse 6...

Activity update: Long overdue edition

I kind of fell off the wagon on vacation- not that I haven't been exercising, but I haven't been tracking very closely. Even while on vacation, we walked quite a bit, and we went to the local YMCA to do weights and cardio  one day while in Virginia. I'm sure I got some kind of exercise at least 4 out of 7 days for the last few weeks, but I can't recreate every day, so I'm just going to start over as of mid-October.
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