Wandering Back In On Wednesday............

Who knew that being offline for a few weeks could get one sooo behind? Ahhh this world of technology we live in now. Tsk Tsk Tsk
Speaking of which, while I whined and wallowed in the self pity of "What is wrong with this dumb machine this time?!", I burned up my Kindle for the pc reading freebie books I'd already downloaded. That was fun. Desktop worked great. It was the internet function that was missing.
Now with a new modem and coax, I am back in business.

Friend of mine in Cali informed me folks don't use coax out there anymore, and showed me some different looking type of cord or cable with a different looking end or plug. When I showed him the cord I am using, he said (obviously astonished) "That is coax!" So what? Did he think I made it up? Why would I?...Other than the obvious prestige associated with using the evidently obsolete coax.  Ahem! **Insert Big Sigh**
This is Mississippi, folks. Give us another ten years. We'll catch up.
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Be all that as it may, it is really good to be back online, back in touch with my online peeps, and slogging along trying to catch up. One would think I had been gone for months!
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Has anyone here ever heard of "Slut Walk"? It is a legit term, and you can google it if ya don't believe me. Couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.
Reading another blog, I learned that this is a term and activity which originated in Toronto a few months ago.
Seems a policeman there was speaking to some students regarding safety and mentioned that if women would not dress like sluts they would not be in as much risk for being "victimized". Gotta love our more civilized neighbors to the north; too polite to say rape, but they can say slut. lol
It was not long after his little speech that some women organized the first Slut Walk in protest of the allegation that women (through attire or otherwise) were to blame for their being raped. Word spread and now it seems to be catching on all over the place.
Interestingly enough, the women in these marches do not dress provacatively (or so I am told), but do often wear tee shirts or other garments with slogans, as well as carrying signs.
One tee shirt mentioned had the word "MINE" and an arrow pointing down. Another one read: "Rape is caused by (a) provacative clothing (b) global warming (c) rapists. The (c) was checked.
Obviously the term is an attention getter, and as one of the organizers so aptly put it, "If we called it a march to protest rape, who would notice?" Sadly true. They are being noticed now, though! WTG!
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Three really good books that I read while I was "off" are:
1. Perfect by Harry Kraus (Fiction, but great story of God's grace)

2. Walking On Broken Glass by Christa Alan ( Fictional story of a woman's struggle for sobriety)

3. Blackbird Fly by Lise McClendon (More Fiction in the form of romance, intrigue, mystery, and betrayal. Powerful lessons in forgiveness.)

Plus: If you have yet to read The Help by Kathryn Stockett, I most highly recommend it. The movie is out now, and I haven't seen it, but plan to asap.

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Gotta run. Family issues intruding. Hope to be back soon to catch up with everyone else's blogs, whether I write more anytime soon or not.