A Vigil to Change the World State Senator Carole Migden (D-San Francisco), Actor Sean Penn, Senior Minister Rev. Gregory Stewart, Iraqi Veteran Specialist Joe Wheeler, Cindy Sheehan, and other peacemakers commemorate the 5th year of the war with a Peace Vigil 5 pm Sunday (March 16) at the Unitarian Universalist Church at Franklin and Geary. The public is invited to come and join the reflection and the call for action.“I imagine this gathering to be one of preparation for the dismantling of the war industrial complex that feeds the anti-Muslim frenzy that grips the USA's power elite and many of [...]

Why do we know of Cindy Sheehan? We have heard of her because her soldier son was killed in the Iraq War on April 4, 2004. That's her horrible claim to fame.  Since her son was killed, she had done a number of noisy things to capture attention. But, if her son was still alive, Cindy would be an unknown Central California woman. Mothers of servicemen (and women?) killed in service of the country have been called Gold Star Mothers since at least 1918. The name came from the custom of soldiers' families hanging a banner in their windows. The [...]

We've  been getting sales calls directly to Geoff's cell phone.  The automated voice says she's calling about our car warranty is about to expire. (That's unlikely, since one car is new and the other is 16 years old.) The calls have been from: 562 228-7160 502 894-0098. Today Geoff pushed "1" to speak to a representative. The guy immediately asked for the type of car and year we had.  Geoff parried with questions about who his company is. The guy said he was from Great Atlantic Warranty in Florida. Geoff doesn't give out his cell number, and nothing forwards to it.  [...]

I know that newspapers are having a tough time.  But, I am not sure that they have to be so obvious about it. Do they make it up in volume?!

Over the past month we've had a number of friends say that they have friends interested in buying our '92 Honda Accord... but they don't show up at our door! So, I've posted the For Sale notice on Craigslist and on Cars.Com.  If y'all know anyone who's interested, ... The  CarFAX report.

We all know that Barack Obama is a radical Muslim who will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Meanwhile, Hilary Clinton helped free two Black Panthers accused of murder and as Senator refused to meet with a delegation of Gold Star mothers. We know this because email and the Internet tell us so. I hunt Snopes, the Urban Legend site, for myths to debunk or confirm for my clients' electronic newsletters to their customers.  The legends make for good light reading, and the mention of scams can help people from becoming victims. This week when I was trolling Snopes for [...]

Jeremy, our 20/30-something intern minister, finally snagged some of Greg's time for a YouTube video with a few pithy sound bites about the church. I kinda like Greg's "We are a church where God is optional, but you are not", but I know I'm biased. Us older people want to make these videos a production, and I don't mean in a good way! Younger folks understand that people click, watch for a while, and often click away. So, we shouldn't sweat the production values and spend too much time editing out the passing pigeon. It took months for the stars [...]