http://www.letterfromabroad.com Things Worth Writing Home About Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:46:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We should first consider that one of the founding principles of the United States of America was a church and state separation.  With such a principle applied in practice, we may then say that the government should have no say whatsoever in how a church chooses to recognize marriage, and the church should ... http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=565 "Cheney argued that the Bush administration "didn't invent" the authority exercised in the war against al Qaeda and others. He said it was clearly granted by the Constitution and legislation passed by Congress after the September 11 attacks." ~Dick Chaney Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions here, but didn't the Bush administration ... http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=564 I'm not even going to link to an article about the "tea parties".  Let's just say we all know what's going on. First, if you are going to protest, please come up with something original.  Throwing tea into a Boston harbor in a wig doesn't make the statement you think it ... http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=562 I've finished watching the Twin Peaks television series on DVD.  Guess it's time to find some new friends to hang out with.  Perhaps they'll be on my side of the television screen this time. http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=561 (The following photo comes from http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/i-lego-ny/) Does anybody know which building is represented all the way on the right, with the red "V"-ish-looking thing? http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=560 Finally.  Some of the recordings are a little fuzzy.  Sorry, but I'm done. The Broken Heart Set http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=559 Do you think that as we get older and start storing more information in our brains, useless or otherwise, our heads get heavier?  It would explain all of this neck pain I've been having. http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=557 Dear Baby Upstairs, I understand.  You don't like it here.  The womb was warm, protected, slightly muffled; everything seemed magical, perhaps even transcendental.  Now you're here in Queens and the heat doesn't work in the house.  At least, not down here.  I'm assuming it's pretty cold up there, too.  I understand, ... http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=556 I have nothing cryptic enough for this entry.  You'll just have to trust me.  It's all in this little book here.  Well, not all of it.  The rest is in my head.  Some of it is inside my guitar, but the only way to get it out is to play ... http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=555 The family of the guy who threw a shoe at President Bush is filing a lawsuit against the Iraqi Prime Minister and the exiting President, stating that his human rights have been violated in prison because he keeps getting beat up.  In addition, the family claims the man did "nothing ... http://www.letterfromabroad.com/?p=553