Monthly Archives: February 2004

Denial of the Morning After Pill

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CNN.Com: Protest follows denial of morning-after pill

Maybe it’s just me, but isn’t that illegal? According to the pharmacy board, the rule is that the pharmacist can deny to fill the med if it will harm the patient. It *does not* say that the pharmacist can deny the prescription for moral/ethical reasons. In this case, it wasn’t an issue of harming the patient — the woman had been raped! Instead, the pharmacist chose not to give it to her because they didn’t believe in doing so. It’s not like we’re talking RU-486 here where it is given for the sole purpose of aborting the child — it’s preventitive medicine so that the fetus can’t form — in other words, BIRTH CONTROL.

And for those who want to tell me that I’m a moron and don’t know what the medication does, I’ll explain how it works in plain English. It’s basically a larger dose of birth control and causes the woman to have a brief menstrual cycle that flushes anything that could be fertilized out of the uterus. (If you want to know how I know this, feel free to email me and I might tell you.) It doesn’t operate on the premise that there is a child — it operates on the premise that we need to prevent the child from forming.

Added on, the woman was raped! It’s not like it was stupidity on the part of her or her partner or a birth control method failing — it was RAPE. Consider this prevention of a later abortion as she probably does not want to be carrying a child that is the product of the violation of her body around for 9 months.

(And yes, I know I’m going to catch lots of fire for this entry.)

More of Life As A Continuing Ed Widow

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Well.. it’s -11F here, so I think all my pressing errands can wait! (Not to mention the fact that Jon would get getting yelled at on Sunday for leaving his poor wife alone to trudge through the snow in subzero temperatures for her basic needs. Well… until they realized that I do it because I’m too stubborn and independent to call people.)

My thundering feline herd woke me up at 6:45 this morning, so I decided to get up and start my day. I did devotions (ohmigosh! Jen is actually *doing devotions* first thing in the morning! Someone call CNN!!!), prayed for some of the people in the church, and went back to bed to chill for awhile. A little ebony creature curled up on top of me and started purring, so I started getting warm and sleepy. Add on the two massive feline stallions who were curled up on Jon’s side of the bed (because of course, Jon is gone and they have my full attention — the way it should be!) and the gremlin snuggled up next to me purring (and she has a motor that is about 10 times as big as she is). Yeah… Jen went back to sleep and was awakened by the phone at 9:30. The caller apologized and said that she thought it was Jon’s office hours. I politely reminded her that Jon is away rolling with his homies at a CE retreat. The phone rang about 4 more times after that, making me think I should probably get out of bed.

I have two feline stallions begging for my affections. One wants his belly rubbed, the other wants the base of his tail scratched, and neither will let me work on the other at the same time. Finian is my kitty (I frequently remind him that he is the most important man in my life — Jon understands) and Cullen has realized that his daddy is not going to give him attention for a little while, so he’s going after me. *sighs* It’s so nice to be wooed by two different men…

Off I go to clean cat boxes, shower, unpack some more of the boxes cluttering my study, and deal with my lemurpusses!

Life as a Continuing Ed Widow

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Jon is off doing his continuing ed, so I’m basically baching it for a few days. 🙂

Today, I realized as my gremlin started circling me (with a mean and hungry look even though her food bowl was full) that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go get some cat food. Well… Jon is gone and has the car, so I could either attempt to tesseract myself to the store or walk the 7 blocks. I chose to walk. Well… along the way, several old men stopped to ask if I needed a ride (one of whose cars I actually approached — I’m feeling like an idiot because you NEVER are supposed to do that) and my glasses fell out of my pocket. As a result, I’m bat blind right now, but I have the funds to replace them and an appointment for Wednesday. (They were going to be replaced anyway once we got insurance.)

At the store, one of the stockers started talking to me and found out that I had walked to the store. His response: “You walked all the way from the parsonage?!?!?!?!” (I had to ask how he knew who I was. Turns out, he is the father of one of my confirmands and someone who I see every week at one of the churches. Uff da!) I got a lecture on how I should call people from the churches while Jon is gone so that I’m not stuck out in the cold getting pneumonia. (If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that, I could probably pay off the charges on my credit card from the antibiotics they prescribe for it.) He offered to deliver the cat food so that I wouldn’t have to carry it home (all 7 lbs of it) and I politely thanked him but declined his offer. After paying for the food, I walked to do some errands downtown and then headed home (where I found that my glasses had disappeared — stupid Jen!)

Tonight, I made dinner for one of our treasurers who read me the riot act when she found out that I had walked to the store. (Apparently, I could have called her at work and she would have come to get me. Oops.) It’s nice to know that I’m loved. I taught her about Excel and we also got some time to sit and talk. It was nice to get to talk to her and get to know her because she is one of the people who has really tried to make us feel welcome here. It’s also nice that my utter geekiness is a ministry tool!

I miss my fox…

What A Difference A Year Makes

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I was reading this entry tonight and getting teary-eyed. All I can say is this:

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. — Romans 8:37-39

A year ago, I never imagined that I would actually be happy again. Thank you Lord.

SuperBowl Commercial Observations

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Some observations about the commercials (separate from the list of good commercials):

  • Why are there so many Levitra commercials? Is the NFL really all that concerned with sexual performance? (Note that I’m being polite about this because it’s a family blog.)

  • Why do they show the Levitra commercials but refrain from showing commercials that matter? Do we really need to hear about erectile dysfunction more than how screwed up our country is? Granted, they showed an anti-smoking ad; but CBS also claimed that they couldn’t show ads for special interest groups. Perhaps Al Franken should include them in his sequel to Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.

    • SuperBowl Commercials

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    The good ones so far… (being continually updated)

  • The Pepsi one with the bears

  • The Dodge Hemi one

  • The Sierra Mist commercial with the bagpipers (which was wrong on so many levels but really funny)

  • The Budweiser commercial with the donkey wanting to be a Clydesdale (loved the hair extensions on the legs)

  • Pepsi commercial with the kids convicted of downloading music

  • The Linux commercial from IBM

  • The VISA beach volleyball commercial (Kerri Walsh is a friend of a friend)

  • The Chevy commerical with the kids with the soap in their mouths

  • The LAYS commercial

  • The BIG buffed NFL guys singing “Tomorrow” from “Annie”

  • The QuitPlan ad where the plane bombs the truck carrying cigarettes

  • The Budweiser designated driver commercial

  • Mastercard using the Simpsons

  • Nextel and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

  • Jimi Hendrix and Pepsi

  • Subway — duuuuuuuuude