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http://taggalaxy.de/ fun search engine!

and, just for laughs:

from the bbc, ”Court overrules Texas sect raid”:

An appeal court has ruled that US officials had no right to seize 463 children from a polygamist sect in western Texas last month.

The court said that the reasons given for the children’s removal were “legally and factually insufficient”.

But it did not immediately order the return of the children to the ranch.

the court’s actual ruling is here: 3rd Court.pdf

personally, i think it’s a shame that a cult, whose beliefs are such that “there is no age at which a girl is too young to be married”, can exist.  colour this a victory for pedophiles everywhere. :( if you want to be a pedophile, just start a church.... or join the flds.

a telling “cartoon” straight off the flds site, http://www.truthwillprevail.org.  (blech)

from stupidevilbastard:

man, i wish they’d taught us science like that!

so the work to level my condo has been going on since may 8th.  i now have 9 holes in the floor downstairs.  3 feet x 3 feet x 6 feet deep.  :| they’re covered with the loveliest pieces of plywood labeled “hole” in neon orange… as if i might forget :| there’s 3 in my computer room, 1 in my storage room, 1 in my craft area, 1 in the hallway, 1 under the refrigerator, 1 in front of the pantry door, and 1 under my washer and dryer.  they came friday to adjust the piers and now my doors upstairs don’t close.  but on the bright side, the back door wouldn’t shut either, so they fixed it!  by tearing up the indoor/outdoor carpeting that was on my patio and drilling 3 more holes!

in the meantime, all my ~furniture~ downstairs has been shoved into my living room and covered in plastic.  everything breakable downstairs has been boxed up and stored in the upstairs bedroom.  it’s full.  the catbox had to be moved up here.  i’ve set up a “desk” in the middle of girlie’s room which has my computer on it.  the microwave is up here, so at least i can ~cook~.  haha :| i’ve just a minimum of walk space in either room up here.  and everything both downstairs and upstairs is covered in a fine dust from the jackhammering they’ve done.  the tile floor downstairs is absolutely disgusting.  covered in a layer of… grime :s no sense cleaning it, because they still have to come back to do more work :| hopefully, tomorrow, they’ll finish adjustments to the piers and backfill the holes.  then i just have to get all the tiles replaced.  whee.

i put alot of time and effort into making my home into my “little oasis” of peace in an otherwise chaotic world… and now it looks as though i live in a war zone.  i’ve websites i need to work on, which is becoming increasingly difficult as i feel like i’m confined/caged/trapped.  it’d be the perfect time for a daytrip, but i really need to get some work done :(

i want my house back :(

update 05/21/08:  workmen were at my neighbour’s all day yesterday and apparently won’t be back to ~my~ unit now until friday :| the woman who was to give me an estimate on replacing my tiles DID show up, tho.  forgetting that i’d given her a copy of the receipt from when i had my flooring installed, so that she could check on the availability of the tile.  she made a list of where and how many holes are in the house, though, and promises to have me an estimate by the end of the week.  hopefully, my tiles are still available.  otherwise, i’m going to have to go hunting for something that’s a close match, as i don’t intend to completely redo my floor.  i’m beginning to believe that this will never ever ever be finished.  ever.