dream

I was on a pirate cruise ship (3 pools and all). I could fly, could turn invisible, and I was part of a mutiny, and I had a a modicum of telepathy, though it might have been more like The Call from Night Watch. The invisibility, as usual, only worked as long as I kept thinking about it. A couple of my allies had abilities where they could see me, but I didn't run into any pirates who could, though they were quite scary. I had to get into the pilot's room, but I couldn't open the door and the windows had screens over them, and I ended up trapped in a large hold around the pilot's room. We had a pseudo-ally that we'd left in the city below us - he was mostly neutral, so he wouldn't fight with us, but he also wouldn't hinder us. He and his new boyfriend came back aboard the ship when we started the mutiny. They were willing to do non-violent things to help us, and the boyfriend saw me flying invisibly around the ship's hold and when I thought/whispered/Called at him to open a window so I could get out, he did it for me.

...aaaaand, my alarm rang. Dang, it was interesting. Never seen these sets either.

Eminem

I'm sure that people who don't know me well would expect me to listen to Sarah McLachlan exclusively, but just like I'm not vegan, I do like pop, but I need healthy doses of "alternative" - metal, occasional punk/ska, and Eminem. I don't like any other rappers, just him. And that's because besides having good rhythm and an actual tune, he's clever.

I just listened to the lyrics of "Till I Collapse" for the first time, and caught "Adrenaline shots of penicillin could not get the illing to stop / Amoxicilin's just not real enough." Hee, I like that. :)

Catholic adptions in MA to cease

The Boston Archdiocese's Catholic Charities said Friday it would stop providing adoption services because state law allows gays and lesbians to adopt children.

The social services arm of the Roman Catholic archdiocese has provided adoption services for the state for about two decades, but said it would discontinue once it completes its current state contract. It said that the state law allowing gays to adopt runs counter to church teachings on homosexuality.
--Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press/Boston Globe

I don't get it. The Catholic church refuses to adopt babies to homosexuals because the Church is against the sin of homosexuality. But they're also against other sins, so they shouldn't adopt babies out to people who covet their neighbor's posessions, or have had premarital sex, or who've taken the Lord's name in vain or spoken back to their parents. Do they question potential parential candidates about all their other sins? Why don't they make a big deal about those in the press?

Within an hour of Catholic Charities' announcement, Gov. Mitt Romney said he planned to file a bill that would allow religious organizations to seek an exemption from the state's anti-discrimination laws to provide adoption services.

So does that mean that any organization that wants to start discriminatory practices only has to become a recognized religion? Well then, let's make Wal-Mart a religion, and they can ignore the MA law requiring them to stock emergency contraception!