Owen's been begging to see Planet 51 so we decided to go to a matinee. I paid $18 for three tickets and $16 for popcorn and drinks. As we walked towards the theatre, Owen saw something on a poster that caused him to refuse to go in. I pleaded with him for 10 minutes to go in and see the film. Liv started crying, begging to go IN to see the movie. Owen was crying begging to go back home and NOT see the movie. I dumped the popcorn and drinks in the garbage and dragged them both out of the theatre.

This day has sucked with a capital suck.

Gah, Cashmere, you so don't need that today. I'm sorry.

Saints game into overtime.

On the bright side, I've been spared from a mediocre, animated movie.

Ugh, Cashmere. Rotten day on multiple fronts. No idea what Owen saw that turned him off? I don't suppose it really matters.

No idea what Owen saw that turned him off? I don't suppose it really matters.

No clue. I tried asking him. His quirks are usually VERY small and strange. He's calmer now. We're eating grapes and watching Spongebob. Spongebob is very good for mindlessly relaxing.

Six years after the Episcopal Church exploded in dissension over the election of the nation's first actively gay bishop, The Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a second.

Is the word they want "openly" and not "actively" because those words? Do not mean the same thing.

I think there's been stuff (and I'm not sure specifically about the Episcopals) that you could be openly gay if you were celibate -- hating the sin, etc.

I found this really interesting - maybe a few people here will also....

Impotent futurism: the design of Allende's cyber-utopian boondoggle

Greg Borenstein sez, "This is a video version of a paper I delivered with Jem Axelrod at the 2009 PAMLA Conference about Project Cybersyn, an early 70s socialist pseudo-internet built by British cyberneticist Stafford Beer in Chile. The video explores how Beer's writing, infographics, and industrial design worked together to create a science fictional narrative of omniscience and ominpotence for Salvador Allende's socialist government."

Bigger video here: Free As In Beer: Cybernetic Science Fictions

Does cyborg Salvadore Allende get killed by a cyborg Henry Kissinger?

Oh, Cash, what a sucktastic day for you. All of last night's talk about patties made me wake up and make a dozen of beef patties of my own. But without the yummy flake of the crust (though mine is just pie crust) and with a sliver of cheese in each. OH LORD. All my food should be in pie form.

We went to the Aquarium. Noah's favorite animal on exhibit remains the scuba divers who feed or clean tanks.