onefixedstar | Aug. 5th, 2003

August 8th is "Sneak Some Zucchini onto your Neighbour's Porch Night" according to All Recipes. Although (because?) I've never grown zucchini, I found that highly amusing. For anyone whose neighbours actually honour the holiday, All Recipes promises hundreds of zucchini recipes.
TWoP has announced that it's going to stick around for at least another season, which makes me very happy. Alias and 24 just wouldn't be the same without it.
I've started watching the British show MI-5 as a summer replacement for my usual Tuesday night television. It's a little more low key than Alias--the plots and costumes aren't quite as elaborate--but I'm still finding it quite engrossing. It's the only thing I'm watching regularly this summer.
When I first stopped watching television at the end of the season, I suddenly found myself with all sorts of free time in the evening. Now the evenings slip away and I'm not quite sure where they go, but I rarely seem to get more work done.
Clergy in Ireland have been warned that the language in the 12-page booklet released by the Vatican concerning gay marriage is so strong that those distributing it could face prosecution under the incitement to hatred legislation. I'm still trying to decide how I feel about that. On the one hand, I think the ideas expressed in that booklet as reported by the media are unjust, inhumane, and generally horrible. On the other hand, I do generally support freedom of speech and I'm really not sure where we draw the line between speech as speech and speech as action. I should probably read the booklet for myself before deciding. In the meantime, anyone who's interested in regular updates on similar stories should check out the Internet Infidels News Wire.