Today, France took a big step forward for women.
“In our country, we cannot accept that women be prisoners behind a screen, cut off from all social life, deprived of all identity,” President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a presidential address to the French Parliament.
“The burqa is not a religious sign, it’s a sign of subservience, a sign of debasement – I want to say it solemnly,” he said. “It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic.”
I totally agree with him and yet it worries me that the French want to start a religious issue. Religious wars are the ones that drag on forever and no one seems to win them.
General Living, In the News, Opinion
Today is the longest day of the year – as far as sunlight goes. I love summer – its my favorite time of year. I love the long days, the beaches, the outdoor activites. I could easily be a snowbird and move every year to stay in a warm climate. Thankfully, the winters are pretty mild here, so I don’t have to move. If winter lasted more than the 3 or 4 weeks we have here, I’d be packing and heading south – that’s a guarantee.
Around Here, Environment, General Living
This is a great year for new movies for children. There are fun and exciting movies coming out just about every week, just for kids, as well as several good ones for adults. the biggest one that I want to see is the new Transformers movie that comes out next week. I hope to see that in the theater on a big screen for maximum enjoyment of all the special effects.
I have not seen a movie in 3D, but evidently there are several 3D movies out now, too. I think we might go watch one just so I can experience the 3D effects. Sounds like cool fun on a hot summer day.
Around Here, Just for Fun, Movies
This time of year gets really expensive for pet care. All the bugs have come out, so the dogs need a monthly heartworm pill, a monthly dose of Frontline for fleas and ticks, and my poor Buck and Buster both get grass and weed allergies so they need monthly allergy shots.
Buster has seizures and needs a daily dose of anti-convulsive pills – twice a day. So add the annual rabies and other pet tests and doses, and having a couple of dogs can run your monthly bills up quite a bit. But my dogs are well worth every penny – they are like my kids and deserve good medical care.
Around Here, Family, Health & Fitness
It might not be officially summer for another week, but let me tell you, it’s plenty hot around here. We have been taking cover from afternoon thunderstorms every day for more than a week. Last night the storms had heavy rain and hail, plus lots of lightning strikes. I was so concerned about the lightning that I unplugged the computer and the video games so that if we got hit by lightning that they would not get fried.
Around Here, Environment, General Living
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