Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, if you haven’t heard of her, is the Iranian mother who could possibly be put to death soon. The charge is adultery, though after much public outcry they claim she is also being punished for her alleged part in her late husband’s murder. There is a petition to be signed at the first site below and both are good for keeping up with the latest info.
http://freesakineh.org/
http://iransolidarity.blogspot.com/
…or so I thought.
We went to see Robin Hood (2010) over the weekend. It was fun, though I didn’t enjoy it as much as the Mom, Dad, Robyn, and Bill did. I guess I was expecting more than just a setup for a sequel, which is what it felt like to me. It did make me want to go watch Braveheart and Gladiator again though.
Dad, Robyn and I went to see How To Train Your Dragon tonight and loved it! It was Dad’s second time seeing it. It made great use of 3-D technology and was just an all around fun and heartwarming film!
From Wikipedia:
This is a modification of the Flammarion Woodcut is an enigmatic woodcut by an unknown artist. It is referred to as the Flammarion Woodcut because its first documented appearance is in page 163 of Camille Flammarion’s L’atmosphère: météorologie populaire (Paris, 1888), a work on meteorology for a general audience. The woodcut depicts a man peering through the Earth’s atmosphere as if it were a curtain to look at the inner workings of the universe.
I first saw this work when I read Brian’s post entitled Panentheism. Then, today Joe used it in his post today entitled Omniscience and Omnipresence: is God’s Nature Contradictory?. Finally, i saw it also today in GodlessGrrl’s post entitled Motivations of an Apostate: Truth vs. Reality.
When I first saw the picture I commented that I liked it and then tried to find a print of it, but all I can find is the Wikipedia image, there seem to be no larger reproductions. I’ve decided that the picture must be following me though since it keeps popping up. 
Well, not mine, but the video is gorgeous regardless of what ones theological views are.
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Sorry about the language for those it may offend, but this is necessary viewing for anyone who likes any pop music.
Last night Dad, Robyn and I went to see the movie Kick-Ass. First, this is not, I repeat, not a kids movie. In the vein of Sin City and Watchmen, it is bloody, vioelnt and action packed. 
A lot of the humor is dark in that it is based in violence. We all enjoyed it, though Robyn said she wasn’t prepared for some of the violence. Overall a fun flick that I would recommend. Mind you, I know absolutely nothing about the comic it’s based on.
Recently I’ve seen a few posts being passed around regarding some of the complaints that conservatives make about liberals. An Open Letter To Conservatives, and Tea Party Members, Are You Serious? If So Sign The Pledge! are two of the most recent that I’ve seen. Both make good points and have good information, but similar articles could be written directed at liberals by conservatives. It’s frustrating when other side plays politics and tries to distract voters instead of dealing directly with issues. When politicians choose to play politics instead of govern it only causes harm.
I struggle with this daily as it seems that much of the news media seem to cover only the most inflammatory things or perhaps that’s all some people latch onto, but instead of discussion we seem to get a lot of chaos and name calling, not unlike an elementary school playground.
I fear these combative elements will always be there, we will always have people shouting before thinking, and there are some people who just refuse to listen to reason. They’re pretty easy to ignore when they are strangers, but when they are friends or family it becomes necessary sometimes to just agree to disagree.
You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. — Anne Lamott
