Confessions of a Liberal Puritan

My Mom e-mailed me late last night, to say that Dad's procedure to implant a pacemaker in his heart yesterday evening went fine. Yay! As of last night, Dad was supposed to be released from the hospital this noon and Mom was still planning to drive them both down here to visit me on Wednesday. ( Read more... )

So, for all those among my friends who may have similar memories of grief, as well as joy, attached to the Thanksgiving holiday or to the upcoming Winter-Holiday-of-Your-Choice/New Year's season, my sincerest sympathies. And my wish that this year you may know only joy and the blessings of gathering together in safety and health with your families and families-of-choice. May the good memories and current blessings continue to out-weigh the grief-filled memories or the fears of future losses to come.

And Now For Something Completely Different . . .

If you're a long-time "Star Trek" fan (as I am, and darn proud of it!) and you haven't been watching "Enterprise" lately, then I whole-heartedly urge you to give it another chance. The season-opening two-part episode may not have been as good as it could have been, but the series has been gathering more and more steam ever since (having finally, apparently, put to bed that temporal cold war motif). The recent three-episode arc guest-starring Brent Spiner was SOLID and CLASSIC "Trek" at its best, and the current three-episode arc (which started this past Friday) dealing with the question of the leadership and philosophical direction of the planet Vulcan is shaping up to be worthy of adding to my "permanent collection" of taped Trek episodes. ( Read more... )