Gentle Readers,

I have to say it's a little disturbing to get an email that starts out: "To Whom it May Concern; I know about your involvement with orphans..." Really, if they knew about my involvement with orphans, wouldn't they also know my name? Or is it something more sinister.

I keep reading about the veil issue in Quebec. On one hand, I can't help but want more cultural assimilation. However, it's not these ladies fault that our society has evolved under the assumption that faces will always be visible. Really the government has no place telling me that I'm not allowed to cover up various parts of my body. The precedent would be there for them to force me to wear ass-less chaps.

My daughter is currently obsessed with her Skip-it. This morning she had a melt down because she had to wear rubber boots and she can't get it to work with rubber boots. She cried all the way to the bus stop and when a coincidence of timing had me meeting up with her bus at Carling as I walked to the bus station, she was still crying. Poor thing. I hope she feels better once she gets to school. April is being a rough month for her for stresses and mood swings.

This will be the last lazy weekend in a little while as the SCA summer season begins next weekend at coronation. Should be fun, but tiring. On a related note, I'm trading off some swords that I don't use for some new armour. Gauntlets and arms in particular. I'm really excited.

Oh, and equating left-wing nutjobs with right-wing nutjobs is not a fair comparison. Not because the lefties are any less crazy, but because unlike the right-wing wackos they have no power. The right wing nut-jobs are in charge.