You Raise Me Up

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

Josh Groban

What would John say?

I often wonder what John Lennon would say, or sing about, if he were still alive today. Of course we know he would not condone the war, but what else might he pass on in his reflections. Perhaps one of the most poetic of all songwriters, he was a special man. I don't get the drugs, but he was of a different time and place. I feel that my world would be a better place if he were still here.

So, what I am listening to... again...

Imagine

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

History of Computers

Too kewl:

http://blogs.pcworld.com/techlog/archives/002950.html

mur92000274

mur92000274: "Crapsey, one of the most famous and influential clerics in the Episcopal Chruch, a writer on religion, and an African American,"

Ok, not so fast Kimberly, a descendant of a black man? Don't think the Crapsey clan in Ohio would appreciate the irony in that one! ;-) So this settles the question of whether Adelaid Crapsey was black, and also if all Crapseys are descended from the same...

Health or heresy appendix two

Health or heresy appendix two: "Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Episcopalian, USA – 1906

Crapsey’s troubles began around 1895 regarding his preference for moral and social issues, and church unity, over doctrine. In 1905, as part of a series of lectures on the relationship between the Church and the State, Crapsey made statements which were understood to challenge the doctrines of the virgin birth, the bodily resurrection and the divinity of Jesus. A committee appointed to review his case declined to recommend a trial, but condemned his teaching. Considerable controversy was raised, and the Bishop initiated a presentment in 1906 on two counts of heresy and appointed a court to hear the case. Witnesses called to support the orthodoxy of Crapsey’s views were not allowed to testify, and Crapsey was convicted. On appeal the conviction was upheld. Crapsey resigned and never took another church position. Later in life he described himself as a Pantheistic Humanist."

Well, doesn't that sound like something someone we know would do??? I wondered if this man was an anscestor of mine, and I am going to make a wild leap of faith that he is. :-) (Yes, I know I ended that in a preposition, too bad.)

A Little Government Lesson

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

"Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star", 149
May 7, 1918

***Impeach George W Bush***

CNN.com - Video is said to show bin Laden prepping for 9/11 attacks - Sep 7, 2006

CNN.com - Video is said to show bin Laden prepping for 9/11 attacks - Sep 7, 2006

How convenient for this to show up days before the 5 year anniversary. Pretty convienent that important elections come November which could change the face of the senate. Is this yet another scare tactic by gw to remind Americans of his successful war on terror? Yet, I reiterate, he can find Saddam holed up in a cave, but not find bin laden who is attached to daily dialysis? Please!

I just can't stop thinking about that day and those 8 minutes that he sat in that classroom, with the knowledge that we are being attacked, and he did nothing. Should he not have been giving military directives? Why wouldn't he assume that the planes hitting the towers weren't just a distraction to something worse to come? Shouldn't our president be smart enough to think and act on such assumptions???

Inspirational - 03 September 2006

Do you ever have those moments when you feel that the person up above is talking to you? (If you believe in a supreme being that is.)

Well, I think I am having one of those days. Today, I watched a dvd I rented, Akeelah and the Bee. The movie was "ok" but nothing wonderful. Although, the little girl was a great actress. I had thought it was based on a true story, but apparently not. Anyway, she read this poem that her coach had on the wall, and I swear it was the first time I had heard it, but I thought, WOW. What a great poem.

SO I came to the net to search for it, but couldn't find it referenced anywhere.

SO, here I am at 9:30, nothing else to watch, started watching Coach Carter. It had already been on 30 minutes, so that is something I usually don't do, but it involved me and there was nothing else on.

So, here I sit and it comes to a scene, won't describe it in case you haven't seen it, but where one of the players quotes a poem. You guessed it! This same poem. So, I searched yet again for the poem and finally found it.

Ironically, it turns out that this poem was used in part during Nelson Mandela's inaugural speech. So, I guess many think that he was the author, but he is not. It was actually a woman. Marianne Williamson. I was so captivated by this poem, and that what are the odds of hearing it twice in one day, that I felt compelled to share it.

Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles (See note below about Nelson Mandela)

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”