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- Up early, off to Church.
- Gordon talking about election, Jacob & Esau and their
reconciliation - American mothers day - lots about Mothers.
Got to
Genesis 33:1-11. Interesting the similarities between the deceptions that
Jacob used, and those that happened to him - reaping what he sowed.
- After church ate in the park - was rather disgusted by the
Second Amendment Sisters -
'Armed Informed Mothers Rally' - a special Mothers day meeting. I read
their literature through carefuly. Amusingly reading the paper on how
stringent Massachusets gun ( and offensive 'mace' / 'pepper spray' ) laws
were, there was a 'Now do you feel safer ?' semi-rehtorical at the end -
and in fact I did. It's great to know that not just any whacko can buy
an assault weapon, or even mace spray.
- Went and talked to a 'Pink Pistols' guy - funny name, practiced
being civil and listening to someone I profoundly disagree with. Ultimately
I think the argument has to be that I think I personaly ( and the people
around me ) are less safe if I have a fire-arm, [ nevermind them
all carrying concealed weapons ], than if only the criminals have guns.
And since I have no paranoiac conspiriacy theories about the state trying
to enslave me, and am confidant in the Police' ability to protect me,
have a reasonable grasp of the probability of my own demise per unit
time, and am not afraid to die - I neither want nor need a gun.
- Talked to the policeman standing nearby, he has guns as
a private citizen, sigh. Seemingly there is no understanding that the
widespread availability and manufacture of legal firearms, might lead
to an increased availaility of criminaly held firearms. Also, the
assumption that it is quite good and proper to kill someone in your
home whom you don't know is quite horrifying.
- Some provocative images though
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NB. You're clearly not a good mother unless you keep a snub nose revolver
under the pillow.
- Looked through Simon's photos and discovered some horror
pics of
Imaginator I look rather younger.
- Decided to run-in my new running shorts - simply go
slow for the first 1000 miles. Got further than before without dying.
- Sat around discussing how to break the Realtor inefficiencies
in Boston - realized eventualy that while we had lots of good ideas, none
of us could get too excited about running the business.
- Cleaned the Cave - what a mess, incredible. Hands went extremely
wrinkly with the soap - thought I was going to loose them for a bit.
- Lovely Mexican meal with lots of courses with names I
couldn't remember - cooked by Miguel and his friend Daniel. Excellent food,
good company.
- Watched the latest Friends - then 'Heavy Metal' - an extraordinary
film / cartoon which I didn't really understand.
- Bed - realized I hadn't written to J. must get central heating
in the dog house.
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Michael Meeks (michael.meeks@collabora.com)
