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I need a cocktail

Not sure this could have been a more typical Monday… Anyone wanna meet me for a drink? 😉

Vote on Gay Bishop

This is irritating at best:

Episcopalian Vote on Gay Bishop Postponed

I was getting regular messages yesterday from a friend of mine who is an Episcopal priest about the state of the vote regarding the ordination of a Gay Bishop in the church. It was very exciting to hear that the vote not only passed (which wasn’t clear going in to the vote) but passed by a 2-1 margin.

That all makes it that much more discouraging to hear this news today and makes me question the integrity of the allegations. If the person making the allegations was truly trying to raise a concern about Rev. Robinson’s appropriateness as Bishop wouldn’t it have made sense to provide this information at a time when everyone involved in making the decision would have access (i.e. before the initial vote)? In addition, based on what I’ve read (and I’ll admit there may be more that hasn’t been published) the allegations seem like a flimsy attempt to demean Rev. Robinson’s integrity without substance to back it up.

Don’t get me wrong – I believe that in the church the clergy above all need to ensure that the church is a safe place for everyone in the congregation to be and there is no place for interactions of any sexual nature when dealing with parishioners. I’ve been appalled at what I’ve seen in the Catholic church and I definitely don’t want that in any other church. I just hope these allegations, however ill timed, are based on facts and a concern for individuals rather than a contempt for the sexual orientation of a good man and a respected member of the church.

It all just strikes me as slimy and underhanded.

iStumbler

i just ran across this in my morning news hopping and it makes me wonder what folks think about ‘sharing’ of wireless networks. In general my attitude toward my AirPort connection in my house is that, as long as people are respectful in their usage of my base station and don’t clog up my bandwidth to the point that I can’t use it I don’t mind sharing. However if I start seeing excessive traffic at times when i need to be using it I’ll start shutting it down.

I’m a fan of the whole ‘communal’ networking idea where people around the city help provide the infrastructure that would allow wireless access from wherever you choose to be. This would benefit me when I want to use my powerbook in a coffee shop in someone else’s neighborhood and it would benefit others when they’re in my ‘hood. New York City has started this in a public way in many of its parks already – the city is setting up access points in many parks so you can hang out in the fresh air and still get work done..

That said, I have seen a number of cars near our house lately with people sitting in them with notebook computers on their laps. I’m kind of assuming that they are ‘borrowing’ airtime from our block (which is particularly full of access points) and probably documenting this fact for others… I’m not sure if this should make me feel uncomfortable or not. I like the idea of sharing and if I wanted my airport locked down I would do it (and have before) but this kind of feels back handed to me. It does seem like many of these folks are perfectly OK with sneaking in the back door of someone’s connection without permission regardless of whether they’re wanted or not… Kind of like plugging an extension cord into an outlet on someone else’s house..

I’m kind of conflicted about this so for now I’m going to stick to sharing my airport without telling anyone how to find it and if I see the flashing light going nuts at times when I’m not using it locking it down…

LORD I’m a dork…

Got home from a party a little wile ago and started futzing with my blog and now its an hour later and I REALLY should be in bed…

BUT..

I got collapsable sections working so I could clean things up a bit.. Still need to look at the interface some to make how it works a little more obvious… but if you look at the right and left columns you’ll see a little plus (+) next to section headers – if you click on them you can expand them to see their content…

I’m just trying to clean things up so everything is much more crisp and clean… Was getting too busy and it was irritating..

Thanks to Scriptygoddess and Nunsense for the pointers I needed to get this stuff working! :):)

Such a Geek

So I’ve spent the day being a total geek… I’ve added MTMacros to my blog and used those to add smileys like 🙂 and :* to my blog ( thanks to Lisa )… I also added comment preview code… Seems silly i suppose but its a good way to learn how this stuff works! 😉

if anything looks crappy let me know..

On a lighter note

We’re goin to the Tonga Room at the Farimont Hotel on Nob Hill tonight with a friend of Kevin’s from College… Looks like it could very well be the cheesiest place on the planet… I don’t know if I should be scared or excited… 😉