Ever since the Abu-Graib incident, I've been watching how our government is handling the whole issue of how we treat prisoners in this "war on terror." And I am starting to get very, very angry.

The last few days has seen a lot of activity about issues relating to Guantanimo. The Daily Kos, as usual, has some very nice coverage of it, particularly of the remarks by Senator Durbin, where he denounces the governments treatment of prisoners there. It's an important read.

Here is a great video about the Michael Jackson verdict with Jon Stewart at his best. (From BoingBoing)

I came across this quiz (Which Theologian are you?) from Progressive Protestant. First, I had to look up 'eschatology.' Anyway, I guessed and fuzzed my way through, it scores me as 80% in line with Paul Tillich: "Paul Tillich sought to express Christian truth in an existentialist way. Our primary problem is alienation from the ground of our being, so that our life is meaningless.

Clarence Thomas intrigues me. There are a variety of reasons he intrigues me, and I'm sure that there are all sorts of reasons I should just dislike him intensely (which, actually, I do.)

... a friend of mine died, three years ago. Her name was Sara Huestis, and she was someone I was fairly close to back in the late 80s when I lived in Fort Collins, Colorado. We'd lost touch around 1993 or so, although I thought of her now and again, and wondered how she was doing.

I imagine some of you reading this blog know me well, and know all about my previous lives. I also imagine some of you who read this blog have absolutely no idea (or not much) since I haven't talked really at all about them.

I was awakened this morning to a story on NPR about military contractors. You might have heard the brou-ha-ha about the contractors that were captured by the military. There has been quite a bit of blogging about it - see the Daily Kos for a good one.

Excuse the self-indulgent (as my ex described blogging in general) whining and complaining. A more substantial post is to follow.

I HATE MOVING. Not only is it an incredible amount of physical work, just to move stuff around, organize, pack, etc., but I am incredibly allergic to dust! And since I am kicking up loads and loads of dust (especially in the basement,) I am constantly sneezing, and my eyes are dripping and ... (never mind the rest.)

I've been doing lots of sorting, cleaning, and packing lately. It's been very hard to do (maybe that's why I've been spending so much time blogging.) Anyway, if you want to share my misery, check out my photo album, called "Chaos". I'll be updating it regularly with more photos of my presently completely chaotic life.

I've been discovering a whole host of new, and interesting online tools lately. I thought I'd do a bit of a round-up of the ones I'm using most.

Digg:

Dig is an interesting beast. It's basically a social editorial system. Someone submits a story, and if enough people 'digg' it, it gets promoted, and people see it. There is a feed for all stories, as well as a feed for individual categories. It's focus is technology, although non-technical stories get through all the time.

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