Facebook is my new drug

I have become a Facebook addict--I guess it is better than the other possible addictions one can have.

The thing about Facebook is that, well, you can establish or reestablish connections with people all over the world.

I have already made two incredible contacts--two that I never, for the life of me, thought I'd make. Those two contacts are worth every second "wasted" online, and then some.

Plus, I'm getting some good karma to boot! (Through Facebook's "Send Good Karma" application.)

Does this woman look crazy to you?

Victoria Osteen, wife of superstar evangelist Joel Osteen, testifies ... - Yahoo! News Photos

Wow, I am afraid to ask who did her eyebrows--disturbing! I hope someone asks that question, posts it on a blog, then no one will ever ever have those eyebrows again.

Another pill

It seems that we're becoming a nation of pill poppers...or perhapswe already are pill poppers. Headache? Take a pill. Heartburn? Pill. Sad? Pill. Can't sleep? Pill, pill, pill. Now, there's a pill that might do for your body what exercise does for your body. How wonderful for us lazy self-absorbed overeating sloths.

But don't take my word for it. Read more here. You too can hope for a brighter, pillicious day ahead. And maybe the slender body you've always dreamed about.

One of my favorite tunes of all time

This is one of my favorite songs of all time, revisited by a young singer from Britain. I hope it revives the popularity of the song.

Miley-gate: One parent's perspective

This whole Miley Cyrus "controversy" is ridiculous. The same parents who buy their kids the slutty-looking Bratz dolls are most likely the ones outraged by photos that, in my opinion, are art. I think the photos are beautiful. Cyrus looks like a perfect porcelain doll.

I am the mother of two young girls, and they are fans of Miley Cyrus.

My oldest daughter (who is age 11) and I looked at the photos. She said she was worried that Cyrus might drop the cloth covering her breasts--but otherwise we agreed the photo looked like a painting you might see in a museum. That's how I see it. It's art, at its modern day finest.

Deadly, messy mistake

South Africa is recalling millions of condoms…

Umm, okay, can you send back your condom? Preferably…unused?

This is where a recall actually borders on the criminal. How do you apologize? Hopefully the brande name of these wasn't "Assure" because it would have to be changed to "Unsure"…all in a day's work.

God help(ed) them

Allen, who wandered away from his parents while hiking Sunday, was found lying in a clearing about a mile from where his hat was found Monday.--MSNBC article

How does an autistic child with "the mental capacity of a 3 or 4 year old" get separated from his family on a hiking trip? Umm, you mean maybe they weren't watching him? I think it's crazy that he got separated at all--if he really is at that level, then he should be "watched" like you would watch someone that size. And thus, he would never have been lost.

Apparently God helped the parents find their son. Maybe God was also trying to remind them to pay attention to their child…next time. This time they were lucky.

Hypocrisy! It's outrageous.

SAN DIEGO -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is asking parishioners to donate $25 million to help pay for its $198.1 million settlement with childhood sex abuse victims.

--Sacbee

Maybe the Church leaders should have thought about obligations when they didn't allow the priests to marry and live like normal men.

Is the priesthood the only place a Catholic male who happens to be a Pedophile can go? The people who knew about these horrible acts should be paying, not the parishioners. The parishioners have already paid in blood by living with the abuse and suffering from the effects.

To ask your parishioners to pony up money so you can pay your debts in this case is like Charles Manson asking the family of Sharon Tate to pay his defense fees. Immoral, irresponsible, and wrong.

I'm an idealist, and no church should be described in those words: immoral, irresponsible, and wrong. It's just plain outrageous, when you think about it. Praise God from one side of the mouth, and ask for money out of the other--and not money to help the poor or heal the sick. There's not enough money in the world to heal this sickness.