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Hi everyone. I really have nothing to say. I decided since I am at home and awake maybe I should let everyone know that I am doing nothing and doing great at it. Maybe I will leave the house today to find food and coffee. Sweet, I love this song. (Kelly is now jamming in her office to the white stripes). Awesome. Hungry and grounded I am prisoner of my own home. Why? Oh, well, I have a slight problem with spending money. So I can’t look at a store or any catalogs. The internet at this point is dangerous too. This grounding is self-inflicted. Okay, I’m done rambling now. I’ll go sew something.

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Jon Gruber over at “Daring Fireball”:http://www.daringfireball.com/ has posted a “nice little translation of Adobe’s FAQ”:http://daringfireball.net/2005/04/adobe_translation on their “recent acquisition of Macromedia”:http://news.com.com/2102-1014_3-5674501.html?tag=st.util.print. I’d be laughin’ if I weren’t already cryin’…

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This is a real HTML page; names have been redacted to protect the innocent. For those counting, there’s at least eight nested tables there. It’s like a horribly twisted “Matryoshka doll”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matryoshka_doll!

!/scribbles/images/1999html.jpg!

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The National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) has been _persona non grata_ in conservative circles for awhile now, due in part to their sponsorship of some controversial art projects.

Some of the more passionate critics have called for the abolition of the NEA, believing it to be a poor way of spending the nation’s money.

With that background, I found this “graphical comparison of the NEA’s budget vs. the National Science Foundation”:http://www.maedastudio.com/2005/moneycounter/index.php very interesting. Draw your own conclusions and discuss below.

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I do not want to add to the caucaphony of coverage surrouding Terry Schiavo’s life and death, so I will keep this short. I have talked with a number of medical professionals and they have all agreed on one point–in many cases involving a feeding tube, the patient is on the verge of death. In this case, the starvation is part of the natural shutdown of the body leading up to death. Consequently it is a very different process from starving an otherwise healthy person; the body does not experience pain in the same way that a healthy person would.

I do not believe in human will triumphing over God’s will, whether it be in determining when a life ends, or _how long a life is prolonged_. I am equally disgusted with advocates on both sides of the issue, whether they be pro-abortion liberals or the vocal conservatives who were front and center in this recent case.

This is the key point on which I differ from many fellow conservatives: I do not believe that extending life is _always_ in accordance with God’s will. When God’s time comes for me to die, I hope my family has the strength and faith to say good-bye and just let me die. I am relieved that Terry has passed on and hope that her death is the beginning of healing for both families.

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