I Think I Need A Stiff Drink

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An email from my Daddy-O:

I don’t know if everyone knows that Sauerkraut was abruptly named Liberty Cabbage when we entered WWI. German Toast became French Toast, yada, yada, yada. But that’s all past us, right?

Well Irish America is at it again, God love us. The Ancient Order Of Hibernians, the group that runs the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York, deserves the kudos for this one.

The New York Monaghan Association was forbidden by the AOH parade committee to carry their banner in the parade this year. Why, you might ask, is this commonly overlooked, landlocked Irish county, (sandwiched between, Armagh, Fermangh, Tyrone, Louth and Cavan) so scandalous?
Oh Jaysus, not priests and little boys again?
Not another IRA gun running scandal?
Rapacious Leprechauns?

Nope.

The parade committee thought that the county’s image on the banner looked
like Iraq.

I think I’m going to walk to my local liquor drive-through and ponder this one over some Guinness and a turkey sandwich from Subway.

Working My Nerves

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For those who have had the ummm… pleasure of working retail or tech support, you might want to check out Customers Suck.Com. They bleep most of the profanity and I could identify with much of it, having worked with the general populace.

My First Anniversary

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This morning, a couple with whom we sat last night at the wedding reception gave us roses. I seriously almost cried — they are such wonderful people. We were prayed for during the service and during the peace, people started congratulating us. I talked to both sets of parents who called to say “Happy Anniversary” and Jon and I stayed in and chilled this afternoon and evening. We are both exhausted from Saturday and this morning, so it’s been a really quiet evening.

We just watched the wedding video and I could see the points at which I was almost in tears while reciting my vows. I am such a sap! (Jon was in the same position, so I wasn’t the only one but still…) It’s amazing to me that it’s been a year!

Mean Dean offered to let me have the Sunday sermonette (well… after I begged politely) so you can read my reflections on this day here.

Bedtime for me! (My bengal tiger cub is rebuking me for still being up. CATS!!!!)

This Ain’t In My Pastor’s Wife Contract

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Last night, Jon and I attended the rehearsal dinner of a couple that is being married this afternoon at the church. I went basically to sit in on a meeting in Jon’s place but ended up staying for all of dinner. Then, as I was lurking around the rehearsal, the bride begged me to be the wedding coordinator and make sure the wedding party can get into the church at the right time. My response: “Ummmm… sure.”

This afternoon, I checked in with the bride and her mother and let them know where I was in case anybody needed anything. A few minutes later, the bride and her mother showed up at my door apologizing profusely because I had been left off the guest list for the reception… which I actually wasn’t even supposed to be on in the first place. (Jon was invited because he’s clergy but I don’t think he was planning to attend because he’d be coming home to me.) I told them not to worry and I’d check with Jon to see what his plans were and sent them off to finish getting ready.

The irony of all of this: my (1st) wedding anniversary is tomorrow. 🙂 A year ago, *I* was going through all of this. My mother is going to laugh when she hears this.

Friday Five

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1. If you had the chance to meet someone you’ve never met, from the past or present, who would it be?
Probably someone like St. Macrina or Emily Dickinson.

2. If you had to live in a different century, past or future, which would it be?
During the bringing of the Gospel to Ireland in the 5th-7th centuries

3. If you had to move anywhere else on Earth, where would it be?
Ireland or British Columbia or Washington State

4. If you had to be a fictional character, who would it be?
Either Anne of Green Gables or Hermione Granger

5. If you had to live with having someone else’s face as your own for the rest of your life, whose would it be?
I don’t know because the face wouldn’t be my own and I’m kind of fond of my face.

Jen’s Daily Fisking

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Some Thoughts on Democrats and Liberals and the War Protesting Going On

My response:
Re: your first paragraph: What we’re doing is also against the charter of the U.N., which governs disputes between nations. I see no reason why we shouldn’t be at war if all diplomatic efforts had been exhausted. However… they hadn’t. I have yet to see the Iraqis meet with *anyone* on this issue in talks. There’s also the fact that *none* of our tips to the weapons inspectors paid off, so unless Bush wants to argue human rights (which he really hasn’t mentioned in depth yet and this scares me because it *is* compelling — he just hasn’t looked at it yet), we have no legitimate reason for being over there.

Re: your comment that protestors are a bunch of psychos: Rush Limbaugh isn’t the best source to quote because he has an agenda. (Stick to news sites, not talking heads whose bark is bigger than their bite.) I’m protesting this war and I don’t support Saddam in the least. This ain’t a black and white issue.

Re; Rachel Corrie: Israel has committed quite a few human rights atrocities and it irritates me how people automatically assume that all Palestinians are Muslim fundamentalists when quite a few are Christians. (Tears down that “us” and “them” argument real fast, doesn’t it?) I applaud Rachel for standing up for what she believes in because she believed that the Israelis were wrong. *I* believe that the Israelis were wrong — I had classes on this conflict alone as a Religious Studies major in college. I’ve looked at both sides of the issue and both sides have made some big mistakes.

And for the record, I am a Democrat and a “liberal” (though back home I’m a “conservative” — interesting how labels shift depending on the company one keeps). I am morally certain, I don’t hate conservatism, I think capitalism has problems but we can work with them, I don’t hate people who have a clear idea of right and wrong, and I trust people who are confident in their faith and opinions… because I am one. I do, however, dislike those who generalize about others based on the rantings of people like Limbaugh, O’Reilly, Hannity, and their leftist equivalents.

So… I think I’ll echo Drina: quite a bit of unnecessary hostility going on here against Democrats and liberals. And you complain that I’m a little hostile toward Bush?

At least he didn’t say “they hate us because we’re free”.