2007-03-07 Wednesday

All of yesterday and so far today when in my car I listen to Rufus Wainwright’s “Hallelujah” from the “Shrek” soundtrack.  Over and over and over and over and over again.  What’s with that?  Antidote to “The God Delusion”?

2007-03-06 Tuesday

I picked up the first batch of “new” dining room chairs and I’m thrilled!  The old dining room chairs were one of the few things left that irked me every time I passed the dining room.  I guess not so bad that I was willing to go shopping for new ones.  But, I always did like the chairs I had in Walker and the first Florida condo so I called Ethan Allen.  Turns out that line didn’t sell well and was discontinued many years ago.  Between eBay, Craig’s List and an Ethan Allen Owners’ website I was able to acquire 14 chairs from across the country.  I’m having the seats recovered in two batches, always leaving me a few to sit on. * Today I stumbled upon the concept for a house! 

2007-03-05 Monday

While snowed in this past weekend, I was determined to make a pair of knit and felted slippers.  I failed.  While I intend to wash the second pair a few more times, I give up and will not be knitting any more slippers.  Really.  Giving up is so very hard to do! * Rumor has it both lakeshore homes on my street sold over the weekend.  As did the house I went and looked at. What’s that mean?  Probably nothing.  I just can’t get excited about moving.  Perhaps that’s because I’ve not found the right property to move to.  Or perhaps that’s because I’m pretty happy and content just where I am.  I must admit, Mr.B makes it pretty easy to stay.  I think I would have painted a sign on cardboard and planted it in the front yard had I been the one to do all the shoveling this past weekend. 

Here’s a Thought

“People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and writer

Here’s a Thought

“People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, psychiatrist and writer

“The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward

Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes.  He critiques God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. In so doing, he makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just irrational, but potentially deadly.  Dawkins has fashioned an impassioned, rigorous rebuttal to religion, to be embraced by anyone who sputters at the inconsistencies and cruelties that riddle the Bible, bristles at the inanity of “intelligent design”, or agonizes over fundamentalism in the Middle East or Middle America.

“The God Delusion” by Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward

Dawkins turns his considerable intellect on religion, denouncing its faulty logic and the suffering it causes.  He critiques God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. In so doing, he makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just irrational, but potentially deadly.  Dawkins has fashioned an impassioned, rigorous rebuttal to religion, to be embraced by anyone who sputters at the inconsistencies and cruelties that riddle the Bible, bristles at the inanity of “intelligent design”, or agonizes over fundamentalism in the Middle East or Middle America.