{"id":4961,"date":"2013-02-28T21:58:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T05:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4961"},"modified":"2013-02-28T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T06:19:46","slug":"7-quick-takes-fundraising-english-folk-songs-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4961","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Fundraising, English Folk Songs, and Political Grumping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaia&#8217;s Kindergarten Fund.<\/strong>  We have a fundraiser starting today over at Saving Kaia called <a href=\"http:\/\/savingkaia.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/25\/kaias-kindergarten-fund\/\" title=\"Kaia's Kindergarten Fund\">Kaia&#8217;s Kindergarten Fund<\/a>.  Click on the link for more details.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>English folk music.<\/strong>  Daniel was banging his snack container in a certain rhythm today and the English folk song &#8220;Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron&#8221; came to mind so I looked up the words and sang it to him.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron - Christopher Wren Singers - 2011 Showcase\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rlRxg9u5YYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>He managed to keep banging in almost perfect rhythm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dancers.<\/strong>  For those of you who know <a href=\"http:\/\/elizabethesther.com\" title=\"Elizabeth Esther\">Elizabeth Esther<\/a>, her daughter Jewel and her ballet team made it to the finals for the Grand Prix in New York City.  The team has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/334777\" title=\"Help the CDC team go to NYC!\">to raise $15000<\/a> for the housing, fees, and transportation.  They&#8217;ve currently (as I&#8217;m typing this) raised $2640 and they have 22 more days to do this.  Can you spare a few bucks?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lent Madness.<\/strong>  I have to say that Lent Madness is amusing me greatly.  It&#8217;s been enjoyable to see who wins each day.  Granted, my bracket is screwed up because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lentmadness.org\/2013\/02\/ignatius-of-antioch-vs-ignatius-of-loyola\/\" title=\"Ignatius of Antioch vs. Ignatius of Loyola\">Ignatius of Antioch beat Ignatius of Loyola<\/a>; but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lionsofrome\" title=\"Lions of Rome parody account\">the parody account that it spawned<\/a> is amusing.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lentmadness.org\/2013\/02\/the-sec-answers-critics\/\" title=\"Responding to criticism of the SEC\">post answering criticisms of the SEC (Super Executive Committee)<\/a> is even well-done.  Episcopal Church for the win!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The end of a era.<\/strong>  I watched Pope (now Pope Emeritus) Benedict XVI leaving the Vatican today, getting on his helicopter, and saying &#8220;good night&#8221; to the people at Castel Gadolfo.  While I wasn&#8217;t amused when he was chosen as Pope (he has a history of calling people like me &#8220;heretics&#8221; in his pre-papal life), I respected him because of his office and I will admit that I was watching all of this happen this morning completely stunned.  <\/p>\n<p>Thank you to <a href=\"http:\/\/gooddaysacramento.cbslocal.com\/\" title=\"Good Day Sacramento\">Good Day Sacramento<\/a> for showing all of it without making any snarky remarks and getting a *real* Monsignor to do commentary.  Next time, however, please refrain from stalking the bishop while he&#8217;s celebrating Mass.  \ud83d\ude42  (They did refrain from actually bringing cameras in and interrupting.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fantasy Conclave.<\/strong>  I did enter in a guess for <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasyconclave.com\" title=\"Fantasy Conclave\">Fantasy Conclave<\/a> though I&#8217;ll be *incredibly* surprised if I&#8217;m right.  There&#8217;s also an opportunity for people to <a href=\"http:\/\/adoptacardinal.org\/\" title=\"Adopt A Cardinal\">adopt a cardinal<\/a> and pray for them throughout the conclave.  For my Protestant readers, it would be a nice thing to do, especially as the choosing of the new Pope affects us ecumenically.  I got <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cardinal_Scola\" title=\"Cardinal Angelo Scola\">Cardinal Angelo Scola<\/a>.  Truth be told, I&#8217;d rather be praying for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jason_Motte\" title=\"Jason Motte\">Jason Motte<\/a> (closing pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals) but <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cardinal_Scola\" title=\"Cardinal Angelo Scola\">Cardinal Scola<\/a> looks interesting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Politics.<\/strong>   If anyone needs suggestions for lay-offs for the sequester, I can think of 535 people to lay off first&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Seriously y&#8217;all in DC, I don&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;s behind who comes up with the best plan &#8212; pretend you actually meant all those promises you made about being bipartisan when you ran for election and COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT DOESN&#8217;T SCREW OVER THE COUNTRY!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>*steps off the soapbox*<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\">ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; 1 &#8212; Kaia&#8217;s Kindergarten Fund. 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