What I did on my 45th birthday

I ate cake today.

I also had a donut. Yes. Cake AND a donut.

I also had a piece of apple pie made by my lovely wife, which was preceded by a carb fest of stuffed chicken breasts and mashed potatoes and gravy. (Oh, yeah, and lima beans just to add color.)

Cake, donut, pie. The triconfecta. (That's trifecta and confection combined.) The pie was the best treat of all. Sugar and love, love and sugar. Hooooorah!

I am 45 today and food makes me happy. I will have a beer in a few minutes. And tomorrow I will run.

I didn't just eat all day, though. I also signed a petition on the Sojourner's Web site. It starts out "God is Not a Republican or a Democrat." Just go to www.sojo.net/petition. We need to let Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and the guy who owns the Harbor Coffeehouse and other right wing political Christians know that they do not automatically speak for all followers of Jesus Christ.

I worry about Christianity when its adherents confuse their religion with their politics. Count me as one of the guilty. Just because I'm a Christian and I believe John Kerry is the better candidate does not mean that John Kerry is the choice of Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Nuff said. Go to www.sojo.net/petition and sign the petition.