Images of War

Damning US military abuse file never made it to the top
The report, filed two months ago, included evidence of rape, beatings, and possibly murder.

One victim said his humiliating treatment was worse than Saddam's torture.

Seven troops have been reprimanded. Poor dears.

Pacific Internet

Remember how I left my old ISP, Pacific Internet (aka zip.com.au) because they stopped hosting katesfeminist.info and ignored my pleas to fix the problem?

Just got my final bill. They billed me for another month of domain hosting. I specifically asked them not to.

Surprise surprise.

Not having much luck with customer service at the moment.

Squashed FLYLady biscuits

Well, I'm off FLYLady. I was either deleting or saving up heaps of emails each day. I'd pretty much extracted what I needed to - "establish a minimum routine and stick to it". Besides, I'd had enough of being patronised rigid by FLYLady on the one hand, and lectured by Jon on how Orwellian / Prisoneresque the whole thing is on the other. Enough of this.

Genesis 14

Good evening, and welcome to Babylonian Bible Study. :-) Tonight's reading is Genesis 14. We've exploded into an action movie! Armies! Kings! Loot! Slaves! Fabulous names! Slimepits!

- Ooo - who's Amraphel? (*Googling noises* Hammurabi, apparently.)

- Could the place name "Ashteroth Karnaim" be our second mention of foreign gods?

- Which side of Damascus would be its "left hand"? (For the Aztecs, it'd be the south.)