It's a Good Thing...
First and foremost, the best good thing going on right now is the Israeli/Palestinian peace talks. Boo YAH! I have to say I am very surprised given Sharon’s history of militant Zionism that he has come this far. Very, very pleasantly surprised. Even more surprised by the offer to remove illegal Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip, *Bravo!* though he will not give up the illegal settlements on the West Bank *Boo!* Palestine will be regaining control of the region. *Yay!*
Right now the big risk is the extremists on both sides of the fence. Zionist graffiti is comparing Sharon to Hitler (they always do that to anyone who gets the silly idea that driving Palestinians for their homes and lots of killing is a bad thing, look what happened to Rabin) and Palestinian PM Abbas is meeting with Hamas to bring them on board.
Let’s all pray that both sets of militants/extremists can see the light of reason and peace an these people in charge can come to a settlement about the West Bank.
I started classes last night. History of Religion promises to be very interesting if approached with a truly open and objective mind. Even if the Professor is so obviously a leftover hippie, he started by breaking stuff down in to concepts that seem laughingly simple, yet by doing so he sort of wiped the slate clean(er) and gave us some very basic blocks to work with. (Either that or he thinks he’s teaching a room for full of chimps, I’ll give him and us the benefit of the doubt on that) And of the 6 religious books he wanted us to have, I already had all but the main textbook. *scheeeewt* But through convoluted academic weirdness, I will have to take three classes this semester at two different colleges. This is going to be fun (hopefully not in the Chinese curse kind of way). So on top of History of Religion and History of the Middle East, I will have History of Modern Civilization. Wheee! Shoot me now!
But the best good thing to happen today is the internet release of the trailer for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I was wondering where Zaphods other head was... They seem to some departures from the radio scripts/books but Gawd knows Douglas Adams wasn't above revising things as he saw fit. Hopefully they have caught the spirit of the thing. I'm looking forward to it.
Right now the big risk is the extremists on both sides of the fence. Zionist graffiti is comparing Sharon to Hitler (they always do that to anyone who gets the silly idea that driving Palestinians for their homes and lots of killing is a bad thing, look what happened to Rabin) and Palestinian PM Abbas is meeting with Hamas to bring them on board.
Let’s all pray that both sets of militants/extremists can see the light of reason and peace an these people in charge can come to a settlement about the West Bank.
I started classes last night. History of Religion promises to be very interesting if approached with a truly open and objective mind. Even if the Professor is so obviously a leftover hippie, he started by breaking stuff down in to concepts that seem laughingly simple, yet by doing so he sort of wiped the slate clean(er) and gave us some very basic blocks to work with. (Either that or he thinks he’s teaching a room for full of chimps, I’ll give him and us the benefit of the doubt on that) And of the 6 religious books he wanted us to have, I already had all but the main textbook. *scheeeewt* But through convoluted academic weirdness, I will have to take three classes this semester at two different colleges. This is going to be fun (hopefully not in the Chinese curse kind of way). So on top of History of Religion and History of the Middle East, I will have History of Modern Civilization. Wheee! Shoot me now!
But the best good thing to happen today is the internet release of the trailer for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I was wondering where Zaphods other head was... They seem to some departures from the radio scripts/books but Gawd knows Douglas Adams wasn't above revising things as he saw fit. Hopefully they have caught the spirit of the thing. I'm looking forward to it.
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