Temporary Absence

I'm going to disappear for a while. Being a full time grandma of a very fussy baby and a full time employee as well has fried me, as cold sores in my nose and on my mouth will attest.  I'm too tired to be brilliant, or care.  So I'm going to go away for a couple weeks until the dust settles.  I'll probably still read and comment some, but I haven't got brain cells left to write with.

Levitate

Brought to you by someone who can barely walk without tripping over her own feet.

A Bit of a Marine Corps Joke

A Marine squad was marching north of Fallujah when they came upon an Iraqi
terrorist who was badly injured and unconscious. On the opposite side of the
road was an American Marine in a similar but less serious state.

The Marine was conscious and alert and as first aid was given to both men,
the squad leader asked the injured Marine what had happened.

The Marine reported, "I was heavily armed and moving north along the highway
here, and coming south was a heavily armed insurgent. We saw each other and
both took cover in the ditches along the road. I yelled to him that  Saddam
Hussein was a miserable, lowlife scum bag who got what he deserved.

He yelled back that Barack Obama is a lying, good-for-nothing, left wing
Commie who isn't even an American.

So I said that Osama Bin Laden dresses and acts like a frigid, mean-spirited
lesbian!

He retaliated by yelling, Oh yeah? Well, so does Nancy Pelosi!

And, there we were, in the middle of the road, shaking hands, when a truck
hit us."

A Brief Reflection on the HHS Mandate

h/t Creative Minority Report

Home Gym

Baby in the house, since Daddy is sanding and painting in the Baltimore house.  Miserable colic.  Hours of walking her to try to comfort her, listening to the gassy rumblings in her tummy.  If the carrying and walking and bouncing and rocking keep up long enough it will be better than a home gym for upper body development.

Appears to be a food allergy.  At least that's what green poop is supposed to mean.  Mommy is taking all the most probable culprits out of her diet:  milk and milk products, soy, beans, raw vegetables.  And all vegetables have to be what we consider overcooked.  Things like bread have to be carefully checked, because they, and many other things, use some component of milk in them.  Which really affects a huge part of our normal meals.  No pizza.  Bummer.

Odd thing is, considering that milk and soy are the top 2 in causing such problems, that baby formula is made with  either milk or soy, so not nursing isn't an option.

It's March 18 and this is the scene out the window this morning:

Truly Respected

Of course the media is horrified by our new Pope, Francis.  They can't call him a Nazi like they did Benedict, but the guy has the temerity to believe in moral absolutes and in a couple thousand years of Church doctrine and liberals can't stand that.  The Church needs to change according to how the wind blows.  Sorry, Jesus had something to say about that and it involved not building on shifting sand.  And the personal opinions of spoiled brats is shifting sands.

Of course, there already was the "how badly the Church treats women" American media crew out in a hurry.  Yada yada. 

Give me a break.  The same people think the likes of Bill Clinton and Teddy Kennedy are just ducky.  It wasn't until I started attending a Catholic church that I realized what it felt like to be treated as a full human being with an infinite worth just because I exist, discovered what it felt like to be truly respected.    I haven't encountered anything to change that in 23 years.  But then, I don't define respect as being treated like a bad tempered spoiled child who is indulged because they scream a fit otherwise.

Looks like... Update: Yep!

...white smoke to me!

Habemus Papum?

Update:  Our first pope from the New World, an Argentinian-Italian.  Our first Pope Francis.