Strange dream this morning

I was dreaming that I was on a bus somewhere in Massachusetts, near where my grandparents lived. My mate Ethel was on the bus doing some knitting or sewing, and I was in shorts even though it was snowing outside. All of a sudden as I was standing to get off the bus, I got a leg cramp. I stamped on the floor (as I would when awake) to stretch my leg and make the cramp go away, but it didn't go away. I stamped harder and harder, but it didn't help.

So I awoke to find I was having a leg cramp in bed, and sat up and stamped my foot on the floor; the cramp then duly went away.

Today's Auction URL

If you buy an item at auction, it's usually in "as is" condition. There was a bit more to this item than met the eye.

Standing at the foot of the Cross

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church has referred to "standing at the foot of the cross" after coming up with a weaselly statement on the place of lesbian and gay people in the church and especially in episcopal orders. This is, I suppose, meant to reflect the personal pain that each bishop feels at being "forced" to abandon our lesbian and gay brothers and sisters to the wolves of Lambeth Palace in exchange for an invitation to tea with the Queen and Bible Study with Peter Akinola.

My response, in another venue, was this:

This guff about "standing at the foot of the cross" needs to be countered forcefully. We are all crucified and raised with Christ; this I believe fervently. However, bishops suffering from cognitive dissonance are not "standing at the foot of the cross". These bishops have themselves selected the tree, sawed it into planks, required lesbian and gay people and their friends to carry the cross to Calvary, personally hammered the nails in, and raised the cross on which they've crucified us on high. They should not be allowed the luxury of standing beneath that cross wringing their hands and saying how upset they are. The honourable exception, of course, is +Gene, who has himself suffered in this entire sorry situation perhaps more than we know. He's up there with the rest of us.