George Tiller murdered in his own church

As most of you no doubt know, Dr. George Tiller was murdered yesterdaywhile attending his church.

Now, I don't usually care what people's politics are. As I've said before, I'm anti-abortion, but pro-choice. I don't like the fact that abortions are necessary, but I firmly believe that it's every woman's choice to make.

This killing? This was murder. This was the murder of a good man, who not only stood up for his convictions, but lived by them, every single day. He went out of his way to perform a service for women that many others could not, and would not perform. Calling him a mass-murderer is, as lightcastle put it, a particular flavour of viciousness. It's not subtle to encourage people to invade people's sanctuaries, no matter how you try to couch your threats in terms of "peaceful" protest.

I don't know if it makes it somehow more heinous that someone violated holy ground in order to perpetrate the murder. The act itself was so heinous that I am hard-put to see how it could be made more so, but whoever the suspect is, he certainly gave it the good old college try.

Every time I think we might be going forward, something like this happens.

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Here are a few posts by friends of mine, both of which offer particular insight into the matter:

Meallanmouse's perspective, as the daughter of an ob-gyn, with useful links too.

Lisa Small's entry, complete with links.

w00t! *happy dance*

My Québec Government tax refund just arrived! Woohoohoo!

Now I don't have to worry about how much I'm going to spend on groceries today. One down, one to go! :D

Not quite how I expected my day to turn out...

So I didn't get the Mystery Deciduous Tree from grrscary, because it turned out to be a much, much bigger sapling than I thought it was. There was just no way for me to dig it up and transplant it properly.

I helped with the move, and even though there were only five of us in total (and three with shoulder/back/leg injuries, myself not included) we actually got the whole truck packed up in less than two hours, and the apartment swept and organized. It was very efficient.

I popped over to Atwater Market and got some replacement tomatoes and lettuce, and snagged a few more herbs. I will be planting them later on if all goes well. I have errands and such that I'd like to run, but I'm not sure if I want to do that today or not. What I'd really like to do now is take a nap, actually. I've been up since 07:00, and given that I'm starting a night shift tonight, I should do that rather than try to stay up for 24 hours at a stretch.

I have a lot of things I want to try to get done this week, in spite of the night shift. Here's hoping I can manage it.

Is it your birthday?

Hey flist!

Is it your birthday this month? If so, email me with your birthday and your address, and I shall send you a card. :)

I know of two people whose birthday it is this month: luvenditti and sultrysong. Anyone else?

In fact, send me your birth date and address anyway, and I shall compile a list for future use.