Saturday

[nightdog_barks]

Warm and sunny -- 89 degrees (31.7 Celsius) and a bit humid. Temps have been above normal for the season the past few days. Need to run a couple of errands today.

In national news, I see that loon Christine O'Donnell has cancelled her scheduled appearances on Face the Nation and Fox News Sunday. Color me shocked, but not very. I imagine they had to cancel the latter to make it look good, because on the former they might have asked her about the mice with human brains and why it would have been wrong to lie to the Nazis, even if you were hiding Jews. No, for real. Of course, she said that way back in 1998, so maybe she's gotten smarter since then. But I doubt it.

Otherwise ... here's a pic of a cute kid on the back of a giant ox. Honestly, it looks like this should be on a postcard. *g*

Comments

[taiga13]

In Jose Saramago's book 'The Gospel According to Jesus Christ' (which caused such a furor that he was forced to leave to emigrate) there's an interpretation of scripture that I've always found fascinating. Joseph overhears soldiers talking about how Herod has ordered them to kill all the first-born sons that night, and in a panic he flees home to his family and they go into hiding. Afterwards a mysterious figure who appears to Mary from time to time - confirmed later to be Satan - tells Mary that "Herod will be forgiven for his sin, but Joseph won't be forgiven for his." Mary doesn't understand, of course, so he explains. It was God's will that Joseph warn his neighbours about the impending massacre and so they could save their children, and he didn't do it. Therefore he is just as guilty of their deaths as Herod is.

[nightdog_barks]

Wow! That is one awesome story. I've heard of Saramago but never read any of his books -- sounds like I may have to give him a try.