Odds and Ends

[cactuswatcher]

Ever have those moments when life seems great? I was at a Mexican restaurant yesterday for lunch and really felt good for no particular reason. I started thinking about the good things about living where I do, and getting into the canned mariachi music. It was a local chain restaurant, Macayo's. The food isn't super, but it is consistently quite good; not spicy hot, which I do also like, but very flavorful. I got to thinking how sad it would be to not like fresh or blanched tomatoes (one of my cousin's didn't when he was a kid). You wouldn't like salsa or pico de gallo. Then I was thinking about being lucky to have so many good restaurants to choose from in my little area, something that wasn't true back where I used to live when I was working. So there I was, like a little kid, smiling for no apparent reason, bobbing along to the music, shoveling it in and having a great time.

I did have a minor problem yesterday. I strained a calf muscle in bed yesterday morning. Back when I was young, the rage was isometric exercise. It is good if you do it gently. But I sometimes stretch too hard without trying while I'm sleepy and end up with a cramp. Yesterday I stopped quickly enough to avoid the cramp, but I my calf was really sore yesterday afternoon and evening. Those of you who remember the early days of Gunsmoke can imagine me limping around calling out, "Mr Dillon! Mr Dillon!"

With Mitt Romney looking more like the Republican candidate for President this year, it will not be surprising if there is at least some focus on his LDS religion. This morning there is this headline on my local newspaper's website - Survey: Momorns say (their) religion misunderstood. - Misspelled too, apparently. Seriously, I do expect the Mormon religion to come under scrutiny during the fall campaign. I don't think Romney has much chance against Obama anyway , but the Christian conservatives may have problems voting for him if it becomes much of an issue.

Comments

[auroramama]

The Mormon religion makes me nervous, though there's a good bit of overlap between their help-each-other work ethic and the one familiar to my parents as children of Jewish immigrants. But I have to sympathize with the misunderstood and misspelled headline; I'd be disturbed if I saw a headline like, "New Prayer Book Goal of Feminist Joos".

As for those moments when it all works right and you brim over with happiness: oh, yes. "Catch joy as it flies, for who would seek life without it? Not even the immortal gods."

[armygeezer.livejournal.com]

I personally don't think the Republicans have a true agenda except to "pass" all Obama's proposals if they manage to oust him (which I hopefully doubt). I now hate hearing the word "bipartisan" coming out of Republican mouths (there is an election going on here). They don't know what "bipartisan" means unless it means "do it our way or else". And I hate the way they say he has failed his agenda when it is them that obstructed him.
That said, I do believe that religion should never be an issue when it comes to politics (which means I agree with France's stance on the division between secular and state). Why are we limited to Christian politicians. Can't we ever have a Jewish president? .... a Wiccan President?