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[pshaw_raven]

Conservative Christian Group Takes Aim at Mindfulness Programs in Public Schools - Speaking from the perspective of someone who grew up in the Southern Baptist Church this isn't surprising. I also understand that it won't help to point out that mindfulness meditation is basically the same across faiths and disciplines, and that Christian meditation shares a lot of the same techniques. But OTOH, when I read this the first time I honestly wondered if I was reading something from The Onion. The quotes are mind-boggling. I'm confused and saddened. Maybe I need to go meditate. :/

It's finally stopped raining here - We've gotten well over two inches of rain in the last day, but I won't know the final total until eight, when I read my rain gauge. We had some power fluctuations last night after ten or eleven, I'm not sure exactly, I just remember hearing the Google Home in my room make its "booting up" tone and the battery backups all chirping at once. We haven't had any major flooding here, but I haven't been up the road yet to check things out. Neighbor's stupid fucking dog knocked over the trash can, so now I get to pick up soggy scattered garbage. I really need to get that shed built.

On today's agenda - 13 mile run plus easy yoga session this afternoon. Since the holiday is fast approaching I need to schedule out my errands more carefully, because there will be a couple of days when I can't just run out and get something, and several more where I won't want to because of the crowds. I need to find out if I should take anything to Fox's parents' when we go visit because I have a recipe for chai-flavored sweet potato scones and just need the flimsiest of excuses to make it.

And in the Department of Minor Annoyances, the lighting effects on my keyboard stopped working after a WinBlows update so I'll be troubleshooting that. I know, "My keyboard won't light up when I type" is the very definition of a first-world problem, but I like it when it makes the little pulsing light effect.

Comments

[lchigo]

Can't let anyone be happy without the church being involved. The right-wing Jesus cult is really something.

My favorite part of my old laptop was the backlit keyboard, I know exactly what you mean.

[pshaw_raven]

The companies providing the training have even said these are secular mindfulness programs. But from my experience growing up in this milieu, they do not like the idea of "basic goodness" or anyone believing they have the ability to make good and healthy decisions for themselves, and anything involving quiet introspection is deeply suspect. It undermines the dominant model of surveillance and control they rely on.

LOL mine is "only" red LEDS but I enjoy having the waves and pulses of light. And oddly, the side lights work, just not the key lights. I think the software's just messed up.

[cdayzee]

The caps lock light on my newish keyboard quit working recently. Must be a memo that circulated :P

Those scones sound yummy!

Ugh, picking up soggy, scattered trash is definitely not fun.

[pshaw_raven]

This is the time when the keyboards rise up against their human overlords! Well, mine would rise up but there's a cat sleeping on it.

Oh and I wasn't the only one visited by the Ursine Trash Bandit - a couple of other houses down the road got hit, too. We're putting some chain-link fence up to deter Mr. (Or Ms.) Bear from visiting for snacks.

I'll post the scone recipe if it comes out good! :D

[expandranon]

Southern Baptists and Evangelicals (six of one, half dozen of the other) are basically a wannabe Taliban. The only difference between them and their Muslim counterparts is what they call the God in whose name they want to destroy America.

I read an article just yesterday about how M$ is using its home users as beta testers for unstable Windows installations. They push unfinished garbage onto our hard drives and watch how it breaks, then fix it before sending it to their business clients.