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I was teaching an undergraduate course at UF and walked into my department early morning and noticed that it was empty. Students, faculty, and administrative staff were all crammed in a room with a small TV watching in silence. I asked, “What’s going on?”, and someone quietly said that we were at war and was being attacked all over the country. I remember being confused and feeling that life as we know it has changed forever. It was a quick, and deep sinking feeling.

I never taught my class. I walked in and announced the news to a class of students who had not heard. They all went home and so did I.

Andrew and I hired a babysitter last night so we can attend the PetS Shop Boys concert with our good friends Mark and Jarred. The concert was at the Tampa Performing Arts Center. It was great, a lot of fun.

Before Lucia was born I was against the idea of her wearing the color pink. I thought it was such a tiresome cliché. But now…I think she looks so pretty in pink…it’s her best color.

She had a great day. The teacher told us that she was very pleasant, alert, and takative. That’s my girl. I think there is only one boy in the class with other little girls so Lucia has a little competition…not really, she outshines them all.

Lucia starts daycare today. I’m a little nervous for her, but I have a certain feeling that she is going to do well.

Andrew bought me a new dSLR camera and I’m learning how to use it. I love taking pictures of Lucia.

Michael Jackson’s doctor is screeeeewed.

Check out Papi and Lucia. Who’s idea was this?

The caption on a recent CNN report read, “Christians Lie About Healthcare.” Of course this was about the current universal healthcare debate which, by the way, has gotten out of hand. There was a politician on to dispel some of the claims made by conservative Christians that the reform on healthcare will change our rights as Americans forever, such as doctors being forced to conduct abortions. Totally not true. Once again lies are being spread through our bloodstream and scaring people into believing the reform as harmful to our way of being. And these lies keep coming from Christians! Why am I not seeing lies spread by the supposed “non-Christians?” Someone said to me the other day that liberals lie too. Really? What are they? He couldn’t give me examples. And if and when liberals lie they are nowhere near the echelon of lies from the right. They can’t even come close to being compared.

It was Christian right that spread lies during the Bush campaign that scared people into voting for him. It was Christians that spread lies during the proposition 8 campaigns in California that caused people to vote for it. And now they have spread lies to convince people that healthcare reform is equivalent to Nazism (what’s up with the comparison? People are ridiculous).

Why aren’t they ashamed of themselves? C’mom, I know that Christians are only human and make the same mistakes as mere mortals but they are held to a higher standard, not because they have faith but because of the standards they place for others in our society. It’s embarrassing for them.