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i have been asked to return to a list i joined briefly a month or so ago. i left because it was turning into an irc chat room type of thing. i rejoined last night, but as yet haven't posted an re-introduction. i'm going to read a bit to see if the tone of the list has changed. From what i have read so far, it might be an interesting place to go.

Mother and daughter are back online. Had a nice long yak with my baby girl last night. Seems they are loving the new home more and more everyday. And they are busily working to get everything unpacked before i get home. My bedroom was designated as the storage area for the upstairs. But Daught says they are clearing it out bit by bit.


This morning i am watching the news about Jessica Lynch's homecoming. i've been getting the British view point as we watched the British Cable News station. i have always had my own opinion about why the press latched on to her. There was another woman captured and wounded, but she is black and does not have as much camera appeal. i am not taking anything away from what Lynch went through, i just wonder why the other woman has not been mentioned once, since she returned home. She served her country to the best of her ability too.

One rationale offered by a Sky News journalist was that the rescue of Lynch came on a day when the U.S. needed a lot of good P.R. It was one of the worst days of the war for the Allied Forces and the opportunity to put on a show of force presented itself. Now i am certain that Pvt. Lynch would have been rescued in any event, when the circumstances were right. There has been speculation that the special forces and members of her unit who completed the rescue knew full well they were in very little danger, because there were no iraqi soldiers in the hospital before they even went in. One Brit even suggested that the weapons carried in were filled with blanks. That the whole thing was a big show for the media.

She was severely injured, the other woman not so badly hurt. The other woman is black, Lynch is white. Lynch is a petite, pretty little girl, the other woman not so pretty, not so petite. Makes me wonder.

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July 23, 2003

After work today i asked Master if He had an agenda for tomorrow. i meant that if He did, i would like to add a couple of items to it. He said He planned a training day for me tomorrow, and now i'm all nervous. And i can't understand why. Most of the time He gives me advance notice but today was different. i wonder if it's because He answered me so quickly that i realized He was actually planning it, that it was not a spur of the moment thing. We shall see what tomorrow shall bring.

Things seem to be moving ahead for Daughter to get help looking for a job. The counselor called her yesterday to tell her the info from the neurologist came but that it is very dated. He has to talk with his supervisor about her situation. She can go be examined by any doc they want, she is still going to be visually impaired. i want her to be able to get a job, i think it will do wonders for her self-esteem. i just hope she doesn't get one before i get home. i'm really looking forward to taking a trip with her. She's been away from me for so long, this will be the first time in more years than i can remember that i will get to spend as much time with her as i want.

Of course if she does get a job right away, i won't make any stink about it. Her life is turning around, and she deserves all the
breaks she can get.

A bit of happiness and joy in my evening. By accident i found The Music Man on one of the cable movie channels. i love that movie. i was sitting in the front room all by myself singing along with every song. It is my mother's favorite movie, i think she had a crush on Robert Preston. For Christmas one year my father bought her the original cast album. She played it every day while she was preparing dinner. A wonderful movie.