Mommy Brain

I have a ton of links to share today, and I was going to put them all in neat little categories, but I don’t have time. So here they are, all hodge podge and pell mell:

~Karen Edmisten has a great post about enjoying our children and appreciating the ages they are right now.

~When I first heard that John Mark Karr was being extradited to the US in spite of the fact that his confession and his whereabouts during the murder were being called into question, my first thought was: if he’s not quilty of JonBenet’s murder, we will have brought a known pedophile to the US and then he will go free. Well, they now know that he did not kill JonBenet Ramsey. Karr will be charged with possession of child p*rnography in California, which carries a maximum sentence of 1 year. One year. And then he will be free. Do you think Thailand will take him back? I don’t.

~Angie Hunt linked to a great hurricane animation that demonstrates the wind speeds and damages incurred by hurricanes, showing the increase in intensity as they progress from a category 1 to a category 5. Makes me glad I live inland.

~How would you like to be baptised in the name of the Mother, the Child, and the Womb? Or maybe the Rock, the Redeemer, and the Friend? Well, if some Persbyterian churches have their way, you’ll be able to. Have they forgotten this: “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” – Exodus 20:7. Saw the article linked at Mark Driscoll’s blog.

~Christianity Today posted an interview with Mike Rich, the screenwriter for The Nativity Story. He’s the same guy who wrote the screenplays for The Rookie, Radio, and Miracle. I’ve never seen Miracle, but we really enjoyed The Rookie and Radio. I am very excited to see The Nativity Story when it comes out in December.

~When you search Books at Google, you can now view the full text of any books that are in the public domain. Just click “Full View Books” before you hit “Search.”

~Carolyn at Guilt Free Homeschooling has a great post on Redeeming a Disaster Day. I haven’t needed it so far this year (we only started on Monday), but I’ll be saving it for later.

~I assume this cartoon is supposed to be slamming homeschooling, but I think it backfires. What do you think?

Whew! That’s it for today’s links. I have two reviews to write and Laney tagged me for the 50 things meme, which I haven’t forgotten, but some of those questions are hard! Have a great weekend.