I'm sorry...

I'm sorry if my sudden disappearance yesterday concerned anyone. I was watching some very nasty mudslinging going on, and it got to be too much. Part of the problem is that I have a very tough time being disciplined enough to let things alone. I find myself ruminating over them, and the LJ drama was taking over my life. Deleting my journal was a spur-of-the-moment, desperate decision to try and distance myself from a situation that was causing me pain and was injurious to my already fragile mental health. I hope that it won't be interpreted as "attention-seeking"; that was certainly not my intention.

But I found myself getting on LJ and checking brian1789's friends list (there is a lot of overlap) to see what was up with people. So I decided since I was doing that, I might as well be honest and undelete my journal.

I am still uncertain how to let go of things..... But deleting my journal, I now realize, is a classic case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Food for thought

I really like this piece from a former Marine Navy veteran and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy on the current political climate. Thanks to wcg for the link.

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From the Shakespeare Random Insult Generator comes this zinger: "Thy sin's not accidental, but a trade." (from Measure for Measure)

I can't stop giggling.

In other news....

D & K, my two younger sons, went off the high dive at the pool yesterday. (Repeatedly, in fact.) This was especially impressive in K's case, since the high dive is over three times his height.

About the Gene Robinson smear campaign....

I realize I have only been a member of the Episcopal Church for ten years, and have only taken three years (and taught another three years) of Scripture classes, but somehow I missed the passages in the Bible and in the Book Of Common Prayer which state "the ends justify the means."

In case anyone's interested.....

The text of the report exonerating V. Gene Robinson of the charges against him.