This is just a Photobucket video test for my blogger friend, Sue. (Ok, yes that’s me, 2nd in line by the yellow partition, and you can stop laughing at my fluffy ponytail “big hair” anytime now.)

Ok… we’re all done with fluffy retro woman now. Thanks for sharing my big spotlight moment with me.

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Where should I start when it comes to the recent uproar with Pope Benedict and his so-called verbal offenses against the Muslim world? FOUR TIMES Benedict attempted to clarify remarks made about the Prophet Muhammed at Regensburg University. Benedict, well known as a theology scholar, continues to seek dialogue and peace with the angry community, and yet such attempts have been met with violence and hate crimes. (The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, now does it?)

How ironic is it that at the hands of brutal attackers in Somalia, Sister Leonella Agorbati FORGAVE her assailants moments before her death? (Now there’s a perfect example of a Christian responding to physical assault with forgiveness.) Perhaps the attackers were demonstrating how we should go through life eliminating whatever goes against our personal belief system? Talk about spreading the faith by sword. Looks to me like Pope Benedict’s comments weren’t too far off the mark.

Following is an email request that I received from a fellow blogger:

“On September 17, Sister Leonella Agorbati was brutally murdered on the streets of Mogadishu by Islamo-facist thugs.
Isn’t she a martyr of the faith? Shouldn’t she become a Saint?
If you agree, please help me get the ball rolling.
~Mike (Bloggermouth dot typepad dot com)”

Consider the ball in motion, Mike. Let’s get Sister Leonella’s martyrdom underway. (Oh, and as we experienced with Pope John Paul II, sainthood is a little harder to come by. But martyrdom? Undeniable.)

The Tune Feed contains 10 songs. Click the >| play button to play the next song in the feed. I’ll be finding more favorites soon, so please bear with me while I dig around.

I remember this feeling all too well…

Only my belly was @10 lbs heavier. Lucky him.