Atheists and agnostics know more about religion than religious people.

Did you know that the Catholic bishops in MN are sending out "same sex marriage is going to end civilization" dvds to all MN Catholics? I have got to find the local dioceses and get on that mailing list. Because.. seriously? What the hell do Catholics care if I get married to my partner? I am dying to hear their arguments against it. And how they could have enough to say about it to warrant an entire dvd.

In other news, Laura & I are getting hitched in Iowa in January. You are officially the first to know. The invites will eventually be in the mail. Maybe by Halloween...

When I looked at the calendar today and saw that it was September 11th, my first thought was, "Hey, it's Lisa's birthday!" Then, a split-second later, I thought, "9/11."

That's the first time since 2001 that I've reacted in that order, rather than conjuring the national tragedy first and Lisa second. And it's about damn time.

Is it because 9/11 has finally receded in my memory somewhat (even if it hasn't in the national memory)? Well, I'd like to think so. More likely, though, it's because I've been disgustingly disconnected from the outside world since school started. I've been really bad about reading news websites, watching the TV news...shoot, I haven't even seen the CNN headlines in a while (my laptop homepage, although I'm not sure why) because I've always got a browser open to Gmail or Facebook or something.

In any case, Happy Birthday to Lisa!!!