Griff's posted another page o' links for youse...

Because he rocks.

So, we visited Elliot today. Cute kid. We tried to get Ana to nap there, and it almost worked, but when she realized that she could play with neither her friend nor his toys, she announced she wanted to go home.

She was dropping, but she was awake enough to wake him up, and that's not being a good guest, so we left. I convinced her to walk, and was thrilled to note that she was sleepwalking - this, after all, was my goal. I wanted an excuse to tuck her in at Elliot's so she wouldn't fall asleep on the bus!

Eventually, I pick her up, she collapses against me. She's dead to the world. So I turn around... and she wakes up! "No, Connie, I wanna sleep on bus. That way." Grr. I walk "that way" a bit, since I don't want her to wake herself up with her complaining, then I turn around - and again she wakes up! Three times she does this, until we're actually at the bus stop.

And, like always, she fell asleep on the bus, slept while I trudged her home the 29 miles from the bus stop (in the snow! barefoot!), and woke up the *second* I put her on her bed. This, this, my friends, is why I hate it when she sleeps on the bus.

Bit of a commenting question...

[Poll #630043]

It's Christmastime again!

Did you know that there are honestly people in this world who cannot tell others what they believe, because that could lose them their jobs, their freedom, or their lives?

Yeah.

And there's people in this world who can't even own their own religious books because this could get them into some serious troubles.

Uh-huh.

And there's people in this very country who can't tell other important things about themselves because of the potential loss of jobs, lives, homes, whatever.

Yup.

So why, in this world of persecution and opression and pain, why are there stupid people claiming that they're being "oppressed" by losing their special rights, in favor of (say it with me) more equal rights?

Every year, it seems I'm asking the same question. WHY, LORD, WHY? Why don't you smack these people most righteously for using your name (and their religion) in vain and, incidentally, annoying the rest of us? WHY THE FUCK ARE PEOPLE SO STUPID?

It's not the religion talking - most of *my* religious friends are perfectly sane and reasonable. Those who aren't are still not suffering from delusions of persecution.

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Another article on the subject, from a viewpoint I agree with.