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“Conflict is something that will always be. It is neither good nor bad, it simply is.” [cf. Sam Chand]

It’s been tough to keep up with my goal of daily blog posting lately. Clients, volunteer positions, and a child applying to college have taken a higher priority. As if that wasn’t enough, this past Friday night my son fractured his tibia and dislocated his kneecap in a high school football game. He had surgery the next day, and we spent two nights in the hospital. Since then, I’ve been his personal nurse, helping him move his whole-leg cast when he gets up or down from a sitting or sleeping position, refilling his water bottle, and making him caprese sandwiches.

Here are some of the lessons I’ve learned this week:

The following is an article by Daniel Scocco that I found on Daily Blog Tips.

Sooner or later most of us need to collect some Internet statistics. Maybe it is for your homework, maybe it is for a market research you are doing for a project, maybe it is just out of curiosity. Over the years I came across several websites that provide these stats, and I decided to list the best ones in this post.

• Disney Will Give Mickey Mouse a Makeover
  And all of North America stifled a big yawn
  (tags: Disney postmodernity media)
• Bush dispenses baseball wisdom in Japan
  Well he finally found a topic he knows… oh wait, he is the guy who traded Sammy

Every now and then I get that slap in the face reminder that sexism is alive and thriving in our world. Sometimes it can be easy to think otherwise. I attend a church that affirms my value as a woman, I have intelligent friends, I participate in emerging church forums, and I live in a progressive town. So in my day to day life I can pretend that most of the world actually thinks I’m human.  And many of the people I know are uncomfortable taking a stand for women mostly because they don’t see any apparent problems.  Then come the wake up calls.

For those of you who know if a family who may need some help this Christmas, the Salvation Army Community Centre is accepting online applications for Christmas Hampers starting today.  You can also register in person starting November 16th.

So when I was up in Minneapolis for Christianity21 I got to sit down with Spencer Burke for an interview about Everyday Justice for theoozeTV. It was really fun to chat with him about justice stuff (although we filmed this outside and it was FREEZING). Enjoy!

• Nintendo GameBoy Emulator
  Works great in Google Chrome
  (tags: games Nintendo)

Like many people, I have wanted the world to listen to me. I have wanted to prove I was smarter than everyone else. I have wanted to change things - but especially in a way where I would get the credit. I am still struggling to believe that Your gift is prior to my giving, that Your Word is beyond my understanding, that Your love is the measure of my worth. Keep on telling me to give up so that I can learn to rest in You. Convince me, Lord, that there is safety in the space between Your wings....

So the Calgary Flames jumped to the head of the line when it came to H1N1 vaccinations.  Are we surprised?  It’s long been a practice in Canada where professional and semi-pro athletes get preferential medical treatment.   They get a MRI within hours while the rest of us wait months.  Elective surgery comes within days while we wait forever.  Yes you can say that their job depends on it but a lot of people whose jobs depend on being able to work pain free get stuck on long waiting lists and have to go on disability.