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Hey Kymberlie – Iron Chef is coming to America. Just in case you didn’t know already I had to post the link here.

How to Be Perceived as Cool Without Going through the Mucky Muck of Actually Being Cool Which We All Know Requires Much Too Much Effort to Possibly Be Worth the Trouble. (Be sure to visit the rest of alexmassie.com which is definately coolio.)

Vatican to Rule Out Online Confessions – Well, the Pope & I don’t always see eye-to-eye (I am Catholic) but I have to agree with the Vatican on this one. The whole point behind Confession, which is now more frequently referred to as Reconciliation in my politically-correct church, is to celebrate the fact that God forgives your sins. It is *nothing* like what you see in the movies. Now it is more like a session with a counselor, where the priest talks to you about your issues and how to over come them, and then reassures you that God still loves you. It really is a great experience. You just can’t get that online. (I have an issue with the concept of online therapy too.) I promise, Catholicism is not the mystic voodoo religion you were taught to believe that it was. *wink* I will stop now before I end up on a soapbox rant about it. Be thankful that I spared you. *grin*

I have done absolutely nothing today. I woke up about 10am, and laid in bed until 1:45pm while I finished reading “Bridget Jones’s Diary”. The cats joined me in bed, content to do nothing themselves. The book was good, very different then the movie. I figured it would be – but not as entirely different as it ended up being. Go read the book. Fast read, just as funny. Heck, you are reading this blog aren’t you? And it is essentially a journal. No different. All blog addicts (me included) will enjoy the book. Now I need to see if Kymberlie has found her copy of the second book, or else see if they have it at the local Half Price Books.

After the storm last night (Tropical Storm Allison) it is quite cool (mid 80s) outside today. I am trying to find some energy to motivate myself to go & put the plants that I bought over a week ago into pots. Need to take advantage of the cool weather while I can. That and the fact that there are only 2 and a half days left of “freedom” from working. Next Monday it is back to the 9 to 5 way of life. I miss it at times, but then again it was pretty nice in a way to get to do nothing this morning. Just read an interesting article on Coping with Job Loss. Guess I am not supposed to lounge around all day while unemployed. Well, does it count though since I already have a new job? I don’t think so. I hustled fast. I deserve a break.

The storm didn’t effect us too much on the Northwest side of Houston, we are far enough from Galveston (about an hour & a half) that by the time it reaches us it is just a strong thunderstorm. I did get to see a rather bizarre looking orange sunset last night which had quite an errie glow to it. Lightening added to the scene. Lots of heavy rain, but otherwise ok here.

The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site & click on “donating a mammogram” for free – their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate a mammogram in exchange for advertising. Take a moment to go to www.thebreastcancersite.com Pass it along!