Things I’ve bought (or have been bought for me) for the new apartment : area rugs, sofa, love seat, entertainment unit, computer desk, mini-blinds, kitchen supplies, bathroom supplies. Next on the list to get is an armoire and living room tables. Anticipated move-in date : April 10 or 11. Two weeks!

You’ve got to feel bad for the Pope. One of his religion’s holiest days of the year and he’s physically unable to participate in the ceremonies. The pictures of his anguish at not being able to speak are sad.

The hypocrisy of the Right continues. Tom DeLay, who tried to fight the removal of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube, is now revealed to have instructed doctors not to take extraordinary measures to keep his own father alive. When his then-65 year old father became severely injured in an accident and his organs began failing, DeLay and his family decided not to connect him to life support. I wonder how DeLay would have felt if the government tried to interfere with that decision.

Has the Religious Right finally alienated mainstream America? Recent polls indicate that most Americans agree that Schiavo’s feeding tube should be removed and that most Americans do not want the government interfering in these kind of matters. Heck, even MEMBERS of the Religious Right aren’t buying into the "Terri is being murdered" story. A new Time magazine poll shows that 53% of evangelical Christians approve of the tube’s removal.

Finally, here’s a shitty way to die... (from Reuters) A Czech tractor driver died under eight tons of manure in a bizarre accident that has baffled his employers, local media reported.
The 34-year old man, identified only as Martin T, suffocated after the load fell on him while he was dumping it in a field near the western Czech city of Karlovy Vary, news Web Site www.novinky.cz reported Sunday. "It absolutely beats me how this could happen," said Vladimir Erps, chief of the company employing the victim. "The truck is operated from the tractor cabin, using hydraulics. There was nothing for him to do under the truck, but it's tough to blame him now that he is dead," the news site quoted him as saying.
Police are investigating the death as a work-related accident.