A Life Without Compunction Blog

It’s a proverb we have heard growing up and one that I think I’ve often forgotten about “Don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes”. It’s one I want to keep in the forefront of my mind. I’m often quick to judge people, situations and a myriad of things.

When I see the load and burdens that others carry and realize what certain decisions and actions cost them, I believe I must force myself to not be quick to judge. For if I had walked a mile in their shoes I most certainly wouldn’t have so quickly placed an unflattering and incorrect label.

So I’m getting rolling with Twitter and discover that Gnome Do has a great twitter plugin or so it seems. So I go through the hoops and upgrade to 0.5 of Gnome Do, but for some reason I can’t get the twitter plugin to authenticate me. My twitter account name has a “_” in it, has anyone experienced this problem? Or have a suggestion of what I can use to twitter from Ubuntu. TIA.

Chevron CEO: Market, not greed, driving gas prices up

This guy knows how to side step a nuclear bomb. The interview makes me sick!

If you missed the game tonight — you missed a great game. Was awesome! Go Celtics!

You may not agree with all their beliefs, I may not either. However the premise of law is “innocent until proven guilty”. Yet the media has painted FLDS members of the YFZ ranch has heinous criminals hell bent on abusing their children. Every story has 2 sides and following is a powerful and compelling read from a Mother who has been assumed guilty until proven innocent:

Hello America by an FLDS mother

Update: They put up an online petition. Some of the comments of those who signed it are pretty good.

Update 2: Court of Appeals in Austin declares that Texas authorities acted inappropriately and Judge Walthers now has 10 days to act on their ruling.