Hey everyone,
Dad, that is quite an article. Very provocative. Thanks for the opportunity to look at war from another point of view. I am so concerned about the war and lost lives, yet it is so distant to me right now. I keep wondering when (not if) it will be brought to my country and how.
Well, now to the everyday life stuff. Julie's birthday is today and she just got her license. So for the 4th and final time, I said a small prayer as my youngest child drove off without me. Weird! Not that I have ever stopped saying prayers as they leave but, this is one of those big stepping stones.
Jason has been home all week, and of course with him we gain about 15 other bodies occupying this house. Last night Bill and I went to a movie (Quiet American-really good!). We left an empty house and came home to about 8 cars outside and about 12 kids in the basement. We seriously love it, I have to concede.
Bill and I have a "king of the hospital" (this is a phrase the the kids in our youth room used when Bill first got his job and we have joked about it ever since) event to go to tonight. It'll be fine, I am sure, but I don't feel comfortable at these functions, just making small talk with alot of people, many I do not well. Ah, the life of a queen!!!! Yeah, right. Well, gotta go and get my nails done. No, seriously!!!!!! Love you all, Sue/Mom
Friday, March 21, 2003
Grandpa wanted me to post this letter (from the paper) on the blog. Dean
War has accomplished nothing--except for the birth of the United States and the abolition of slavery. War has stopped nothing--except for the spread of Nazism and Soviet-style communism. War has solved nothing--except for ending the state-sponsored genocide in Yugoslavia, and expelling the invaders of South Korea and Kuwait.
War is inevitable as long as state-sponsored evil is present. All that is required for this evil to prosper is for people to do nothing. Torture, oppression and terrorism are elements of state-sponsored evil. Don't be confused--peace is not the absence of war. Peace is the absence of state-sponsored evil. There is nothing immoral in fighting those who promote this evil and thereby prevent real peace.
Thankfully, our nation has a leader who understands the greater good is served by those who directly confront the true foes of real peace.
War has accomplished nothing--except for the birth of the United States and the abolition of slavery. War has stopped nothing--except for the spread of Nazism and Soviet-style communism. War has solved nothing--except for ending the state-sponsored genocide in Yugoslavia, and expelling the invaders of South Korea and Kuwait.
War is inevitable as long as state-sponsored evil is present. All that is required for this evil to prosper is for people to do nothing. Torture, oppression and terrorism are elements of state-sponsored evil. Don't be confused--peace is not the absence of war. Peace is the absence of state-sponsored evil. There is nothing immoral in fighting those who promote this evil and thereby prevent real peace.
Thankfully, our nation has a leader who understands the greater good is served by those who directly confront the true foes of real peace.
Wednesday, March 19, 2003
Wow, that's definitely some crazy stuff. You sure have an interesting job Jill! Breakfast baked in a roll huh? Sounds a lot like a hot pocket ;) Anywho, I'd say it must be rather nice to have a job that keeps surprising you, no matter the venue. I say this as I sit at work staring at a computer screen and filing hundreds of papers under different grant numbers. Not too interesting.
Well, let's see not much new here, I still don't know if I'm going to get that job at Amcore that I interviewed for. Some new information has come to light and I'm gonna have to make a dedicated effort to bring myself back into favor. Let's just say I took this "career" job as a paid internship and interview as if it was a paid internship. Since I talked about how much the job would help me do my own thing, and not about how it would give me a foothold into Amcore, I was deemed not as suitable for the position. Anywho, wish me luck as I call them back and try and explain that I do really want the job and would be very interested in a long-term career with Amcore.
Other than that, the relationship's going good. Medieval Times was a blast last Friday (Jill and I went) and so was the Shedd Aquarium. Lots-o-fun! That's about it. Hope everybody's doing well. Have a wonderful day!
much love,
-Jeff-
Well, let's see not much new here, I still don't know if I'm going to get that job at Amcore that I interviewed for. Some new information has come to light and I'm gonna have to make a dedicated effort to bring myself back into favor. Let's just say I took this "career" job as a paid internship and interview as if it was a paid internship. Since I talked about how much the job would help me do my own thing, and not about how it would give me a foothold into Amcore, I was deemed not as suitable for the position. Anywho, wish me luck as I call them back and try and explain that I do really want the job and would be very interested in a long-term career with Amcore.
Other than that, the relationship's going good. Medieval Times was a blast last Friday (Jill and I went) and so was the Shedd Aquarium. Lots-o-fun! That's about it. Hope everybody's doing well. Have a wonderful day!
much love,
-Jeff-
Sunday, March 16, 2003
Hi family, 'hope all is well with everybody.
Here is my latest "WHAT????" from prison life. I was talking with an officer (guard) about an inmate I was going to see. This inmate was in the most secure part of the prison and I would be interviewing her in one of those rooms you see on TV where I sit on one side of a window and she sits on the other side - very security minded. Anyway, the officer said "She's on loaf." and I said "What?" and the officer said "She's on loaf - you know, for meals" and I said "What?" and so forth. It turns out that this inmate was considered to be such a security risk that she was not allowed eating utensils of any kind, even plastic. So she was put "on loaf" meaning all her meals were baked into a loaf and put through a trap door into her cell. The officer said that they had tasted all the varieties of these loaves and that the breakfast one was actually quite tasty.
As I'm rereading this story, it sort of sound like I'm working in a really freaky place. The weird thing is that it is actually very friendly and safe. Since it is in the middle of Wisconsin, almost all the people who work there are down-to-earth and calm and helpful. And the inmates know they need to control themselves or they will be put in Segregation (the most secure area) which they don't like.
Love to all, Jill
Here is my latest "WHAT????" from prison life. I was talking with an officer (guard) about an inmate I was going to see. This inmate was in the most secure part of the prison and I would be interviewing her in one of those rooms you see on TV where I sit on one side of a window and she sits on the other side - very security minded. Anyway, the officer said "She's on loaf." and I said "What?" and the officer said "She's on loaf - you know, for meals" and I said "What?" and so forth. It turns out that this inmate was considered to be such a security risk that she was not allowed eating utensils of any kind, even plastic. So she was put "on loaf" meaning all her meals were baked into a loaf and put through a trap door into her cell. The officer said that they had tasted all the varieties of these loaves and that the breakfast one was actually quite tasty.
As I'm rereading this story, it sort of sound like I'm working in a really freaky place. The weird thing is that it is actually very friendly and safe. Since it is in the middle of Wisconsin, almost all the people who work there are down-to-earth and calm and helpful. And the inmates know they need to control themselves or they will be put in Segregation (the most secure area) which they don't like.
Love to all, Jill