Friday Quickie

It’s that time of year…time for toys and trees and lights and tacky blow up yard decorations. I feel bad not posting as often as I used too, but it always seems something has to be done first and by the time I actually sit down to type I forget the bulk of what I wanted to write. I remember kinda what I wanted to write, but most of the words have left my head and I have no substance left.

I either need a laptop or a dictation recorder or something. I want to write, I just can’t sit down WHEN I want to. sigh Doesn’t help at all that the WordPress Gods seemed to have done something with my theme code…it’s really weird that if I change my background colors and such the background of my posts are changed as well about halfway down my page…I don’t think it used to do that.

This sucks.

Maybe I can come up with something else later.

Back from the Country

We went last week to see my family once again, though the reason we went down so soon after the last was canceled. My uncle on my Dad’s side usually has a Halloween party for his daughter that drives in from Detroit (and the rest of the family), but it rained sooo much that they canceled it. It sucked because the weather was pretty shitty while we were there, it did get better about mid week, but still wet.

Babyhead loved it of course. We went to the pumpkin farm and since my dad drives the tractor over there the owner lets us in for free and also lets us in when no one else is there so we get the whole place to ourselves.

Podling was great and of course took to my dad right away like last time. It is funny how she is, she doesn’t like most strangers, men especially, but she loves my dad!

I had a lot of blogging ideas while I was down there, but no means to write them out. I guess I could have written them on paper, but they would never have gotten to the computer if I did that. I guess I should do that anyway. Maybe I just need a little dictation recorder…

Either way it wasn’t too bad. I was still able to see one of my sister’s and a friend I haven’t seen in a while. I will try to dredge my brain for the other ideas I had, but no guarantees. I am thinking I am going to change the blog a bit around New Year’s anyway. I have changed so much since I first started that I think it needs a new turn. I am not that same person I was back in 2007.

Anyway, hope everyone has a great week!

I Wonder…

• If people would still feel that Polanski should be left alone, that he had “suffered” enough if he had raped a boy.
• If people would still feel that Polanski should be left alone, that he had “suffered” enough if he had murdered the 13 year old girl.
• If people would still feel that Polanski should be left alone, that he had “suffered” enough if he wasn’t famous and made movies.
• Why people think is he above the law because he makes movies.

I think it is curious that people are willing to allow Polanski to go free and forget that he raped a 13 year old girl and yet if another pedophile and decided to move into their neighborhood, a pedophile that also raped a 13 year old girl, they would do everything in their power to run him out of town.

I think people are forgetting a few things:

• Roman Polanski is not above the law, regardless of what he did.
• Roman Polanski broke the law, not once, but twice.  He raped someone then left the country before he could be sentenced and pay for his crime.

I disagree that he “suffered enough”.  He was able to move about freely and do what and who he wanted, eat steaks and caviar, watch movies, make movies, and make  lots and lots of money that he never gave to his victim as a recompense.

He broke the law. He needs to be punished.  Case closed.

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