At True Majority you can type in your zip code, and see how much your state senators and representative have received from the big 3 oil companies, and how much of the time they have voted for big oil interest instead of their own constituency. Follow me after the flip to see how the Illinois senators and one representative are doing:

In last night's Tea Time, some of you expressed interest in my thesis. I have also received an occasional email from people interested in it as well. So I decided to learn how to do something new today...

The ACLU is preparing to take the FISA amendment to court once it is signed into law. They are going to be taking out a full page ad in "a major national newspaper." They want to include the names of tens of thousands Americans.

The Hubby is back from D.C., and the liver infection is gone again. He is now on oral antibiotics that are as close to the IV antibiotics as the doctors can get him. We are hoping that this time the infection will stay gone. I have fillet mignon to celebrate tonight and tomorrow we are going to see WALL-E. But I thought I would start the celebrating a little early. I know coffee hour will be up soon, but how about a cocktail before?

Yes, I finally went sightseeing today. I went to the National Cathedral. It was gorgeous. I really enjoyed it. Although I was a little bummed: I didn't find the Dark Vadar gargoyle.

We are in D. C., and things are going very well. The infection, which is an abcess has been found and measured. It is a common thing in people who have the genetic disease he has to have recurring infections in the liver. The course of action right now is to do another course of antibiotics for 3-4 months and get the abcess as small as possible, and then go in and remove it. I really was hoping we would get away from surgery. But at least there night doing it now. If there were the abcess is quiet large, and would involve taking a section of liver next to it as well. We want to get it down to small wedge that doesn't effect the rest of the liver. So that is where we're at. The Hubby is back in the IV antibiotic and back on the pills he had also been on. He's feeling better. The pain is being managed, and he had a pretty good day today. It looks like we could go home Thursday or Friday.

I did a Kundalini Yoga Sa-Ta-Na-Ma meditation after praying. I felt like different people were saying different parts. I know I was saying the chant antiphonally. Bowed in Child's Pose thanking God for the time of prayer and meditation, I realized all the parts of who I am are here. Those voices were mine, and all of me is here. Nothing lost.

Edit: Poli has Happy Hour up. Go forth and party.

I came over and noticed coffee hour wasn't up yet, and I could use a cup. Of course this time of the day it needs to be decaf, but I might be slipping a little Carolinas into it. It is Friday after all.

Anybody else out there wide awake? I haven't been sleeping well for a month now. I saw my psychiatrist last week, and we increased my Clonzeapan, but it doesn't seem to be working. He told me to call him by the end of this week if it wasn't working, and we'd try something else.

I don't have cookies but I do have pumpkin molasses cake with chocolate chips, hot chocolate, or Carolina's Irish Creme and milk, if that is your preference. And tell me: what do you do in the wee hours when Mr. Sandman misses your bed.

I just received an email from Democrats.com. Not only is the Congress not thinking about impeaching Bush, they are talking about giving him immunity for his illegal wiretaps. More after the fold:

The Feminist Peace Network has a great piece on actually letting mothers do what they're supposed to do: feed their children. I'm sure most of you know that breastfeeding is far healthier for infants than formula. But is the Department of Health and Human Services standing by this?

If you had the option to feed your baby a substance that is, "associated with fewer ear and gastrointestinal infections, as well as lower rates of diabetes, leukemia, obesity, asthma and sudden infant death syndrome", chances are you’d immediately start feeding it to your child. Well such a substance exists, always has. It’s called breastmilk. Why then did the Department of Health and Human Services bow to the formula industry and water down ads that promote breastfeeding. Oh wait, I know, it’s because donors to the Republican Party are much more important than infant health!

More on the flip.

As some of you know I have been working on getting my series "Career Women of the Bible" into book proposal form. Here is the rough draft of the introduction. Please let me know what you think. The potential outline for the book is here, so you can get an overall view. The intro begins after the jump!