I decided to skip the scale this morning after dinner last night. I think that was a good call for morales sake.

Wow I am speechless

Well my weight is the date. Hows that for coincedence.

Happy Anniversary!

I was only able to make it for a mile and a half today. Maybe tomorrow I'll be able to push it the whole 3

Jesus still loves me. No more suana!

Did 30 at level 5 again today worked up a good sweat and feel pretty good.

I had the senate hearings on the NSA "Terror Surveillance Program" on most of the day yesterday. Sadly I only feel a little bit more informed as to what the justification is for the program. They referenced the AUMF and something called Section 109; which I believe is part of the U.S. Code. I have not had much time to look into what 109 is. I have read some on line analyses that refers to this position as being "thoroughly debunked" yet can not find this debunking.

It did seem that an elephant entered the room during the day though. At one point the AG was asked if any entirely domestic conversations had been monitored. The response was (paraphrasing) "Not as part of THIS program(emphasis mine)" That was not seized on immediately. By the end of the day though that seemed to be the thrust of most of the questioning. Basically what that response infers is that there could be other programs currently running that in fact are concerned with purely domestic communications. The AG refused to answer but I think that cat is now out of the bag.

My overall concern now though is just what authority does the current administration feel it is operating under? Not only that but what precedent is being set for future administrations. Specifically, does the AUMF give the executive branch authority to act as it sees fit as long as it is connected, in any way, to the "War on Terror"(interestingly the AG did state that we are not at "War"). If this is the case as the AG seemed to be saying yesterday what type of oversight is there for these programs. Does this oversight allow for the raising of objections, or the introduction of legislation to limit any transgressions? The AG raised the point that the "Gang of Eight" was briefed in detail on the workings of this program and if it truly infringed the rights of the citizenry then why has nothing been done. I am unsure about whether or not that is possible. I believe one senator who was briefed on this did in fact release a sealed letter that expressed concerns on the constitutionality of the program but will need to research that more. My question is this: If these briefings are as highly classified as it seems what avenues exist for the outing of grievances/objections to the program. What penalties would the whistle blower in this case be subject to? How much of the information could be made public, and it what way? Scary stuff.

Did 30 Minutes on the climber at level 5. I need to get back on track with what I'm eating. 211 is ridiculous.

Owen is starting to take little steps. He will stand up all by himself and has been walking along the couch and other furniture for a while. This weekend he started taking steps. Well, one step. He is also pulling himself up onto his chair. There are pictures of this that will be out soon.

Went to bed a little earlier last night. Not feeling as tired today. Hopefully this will hold up.

I need to catch up on sleep I thought I slept well last night but I am still really tired.

Why is it that everytime Bloomington gets some sort of national attention it's for something that is just wrong like this. An "alternative night club"(read "gay bar") is rallying around the GOP? Someone should let the RNC know that Tim Johnson is having a "family friendly" gathering for the SOTU and encouraging bringing kids to not only a bar but an "alternative" bar. Logic is completely out the window.

Not sure why this makes me laugh but I thought I would share.

UPDATE Apparently this was a hoax. I should have known better

rabbit rabbit

spent the morning with Bean and Owen. Owen is very adamant about not wanting to sleep in his crib. It took a very long time for him to settle down and get to sleep. I think I will be a little sleepy again today.

The last time I looked it appeared that only about 9 votes were needed to shoot down Alito. Of course there is still a lot of wrangling that will be taking place between now and 10:00.

I'm TIRED can I go home now?