Sunday morning waking up

1. No coffee or shower yet, just the cat slinking around my computer screen to remind me she loves me. (Either that or the food dish is empty).

2. There's an excellent analysis of the controversy surrounding "The Golden Compass" in today's Boston Globe.

I think this is a key paragraph:

The book's concept of God, in fact, is what makes Pullman's work so threatening. His trilogy is not filled with attacks on Christianity, but with attacks on authorities who claim access to one true interpretation of a religion. Pullman's work is filled with the feminist and liberation strands of Catholic theology that have sustained my own faith, and which threaten the power structure of the church. Pullman's work is not anti-Christian, but anti-orthodox.

3. The team I covered lost its hockey game yesterday, but the game went to a shootout. (For some reason the story's not posted on the newspaper's web site. It's a fairly average story anyway). I get to go see them play again today at 1 p.m.

Can you help on this one?

I got this on an SCA list, directly from the person making the request.

If anyone is in a position to help, please pass it along.

I think it's more a case of finding someone now, rather than passing it on to lists.

This is Seamus (Jim) and I have a request that I hope someone can help me with.  My unit and I are trying to find a doctor, hospital, organization, program that can assist us with a project.  There is a lovely young Iraqi woman, 17 y.o., who is suffering from the advanced stages of kidney failure.  We are looking to try to get her the procedure necessary to help her but there are no hospitals in Iraq (Iraqi or US) that are capable of helping her.  I am therefore turning to my incredible group of friends to help me find a doctor, hospital, organization, program that will be able to assist her, preferably a charitable one.  I would prefer that it be through either the US or Europe.  As group emails are too difficult to handle for my email, please contact me directly at this email address: marlztone@yahoo.com.  I thank you for any assistane that you are able to provide me.  Please send any info that you find to me at the same address.  Our Chief Medic is able to provide any interested medical professionals medical information that better details her condition.  Feel free to distribute this message to anyone or any lists that you think may help.  If you know any details about my unit, please do not disclose them.  Again, thank you,

 

Seamus (Jim)

Getting things done . . .

1. What have you done with Liam?

Sometimes, when I am a little down, I know that I will feel better if I get things accomplished.

The dishes are done.

The bathroom has been cleaned.

The newspapers have been sorted for recycling. (We need to separate slick ads from the papers thsemelves).

I have cleaned off and moved a table for alethea_eastrid.

Clothes have been put away.

Off to watch the hockey.


2. Oh, and here are some suggestions for your holiday shipping. (No, not for me, for other folks)

A. Osprey Publishing has a bunch of new titles out, including some that will appeal to some of my friend.

Thermopylae

Teutonic Knight

Pirates of the Far East (In period)

B. If there are folks on your holiday list who would appreciate items from the NYFD, NYPD, Central Park, the NYC Department of Sanitation, then you want to shop here!

C. Do you know any Arrogant Bastards?

3. And here's an interesting quote

"Genesis is an allergy of the human condition."

Sorta quoted from a comedy sketch from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, as heard on Midnight Special this morning.