I’ve actually gotten quite a bit accomplished. While I would have enjoyed a few more hours of sleep, the Ativan I took just before midnight gave me a pretty nice chunk. I went out on a walk with my neighbor Debbie, cleaned the pond filters and scooped out more string algae, then filled the pond, which was getting a bit low. Washed five loads of laundry and hung them out to dry. Traced the rest of the patterns for the Renaissance Faire, including grading Audrey’s from an adult 10 to a 6 because she didn’t like the girls’ size pattern.
And in the meantime, while popping around the internet (gotta do something while babysitting the hose and the spin cycle!) I found some interesting videos on youtube.com, which led me to Why Won’t God Heal Amputees?, a very interesting site that calmly, rationally, and systematically analyzes the Bible and shows why it is not the word of God, and poses the questions you’d have to answer in order to continue believing that it is. I often find myself getting caught in discussions with fundamentalist types who make arguments that I can contradict, but have some difficulty supporting because I don’t know the Bible chapter and verse. The author of this site does. And, as I said, it does so in such a way that it is not insulting to believers except in the fact that it very factually challenges their beliefs. I’ve gone through only about half the site – there are almost 30 chapters with biblical themes, and not quite a dozen more that explore specific questions.
We were supposed to go out and get glasses, because Lenscrafters’ computers were down all weekend and we couldn’t get them right after our exams, but I think that’ll end up happening tomorrow instead. Tomorrow, right after I get back from the cardiologist. Fun!
