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T Minus 22 days and counting
Jan. 12th, 2010 10:36 amVacation in 22 days. Have I mentioned lately how ready I am? The digital camera came last week and I'm (slowly) learning how to use it. I think I have all the clothes/shoes I want to take. Maybe one more trip to WalMart to get new socks and I should be ready. Nearly two weeks off work, cruising the Pacific coast of Mexico, playing in the sun & surf - who wouldn't be ready to leave now?
I'll post the pictures of the trip to my Flickr set a week or so after we get back. Dad and I usually post all the pics on my Flickr account but locked to friends and family so if you are interested let me know in comments so I can get you a guest pass to the set. (The same goes for the Alaska and Mayan adventure sets already out there).
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jaylake did a follow-up post to his Atheism and cancer post. Today's post deals mostly with how your faith is your own and no problems there until you try to force it on others. (read it here). Be sure to read the comments as some of the best discussions take place there. As something of a pagan-agnostic-Unitarian-Universalist I can understand and accept the way many people want/need Faith in their lives. And I don't necessarily find belief in God to be incompatible with scientific inquiry even though I am very much a believer in the scientific method and empirical evidence. My only real beef with religion - and in the US this is primarily Christianity - is when people try to force their beliefs on others through legislation. Our founding fathers came up with the separation between church and state for a reason and it constantly pisses me off when our representatives pass laws (or defeat them) based on religious principles.
I could go on but I don't have time for a rant today (work to do) so go read Jay's post and you'll have a pretty good idea how I feel too.
I'll post the pictures of the trip to my Flickr set a week or so after we get back. Dad and I usually post all the pics on my Flickr account but locked to friends and family so if you are interested let me know in comments so I can get you a guest pass to the set. (The same goes for the Alaska and Mayan adventure sets already out there).
jaylake did a follow-up post to his Atheism and cancer post. Today's post deals mostly with how your faith is your own and no problems there until you try to force it on others. (read it here). Be sure to read the comments as some of the best discussions take place there. As something of a pagan-agnostic-Unitarian-Universalist I can understand and accept the way many people want/need Faith in their lives. And I don't necessarily find belief in God to be incompatible with scientific inquiry even though I am very much a believer in the scientific method and empirical evidence. My only real beef with religion - and in the US this is primarily Christianity - is when people try to force their beliefs on others through legislation. Our founding fathers came up with the separation between church and state for a reason and it constantly pisses me off when our representatives pass laws (or defeat them) based on religious principles. I could go on but I don't have time for a rant today (work to do) so go read Jay's post and you'll have a pretty good idea how I feel too.
