| It is Thanksgiving here in the United States, but this morning, I had really little to be thankful for, until I read two posts on two different electronic forums, and I realized that I do have a lot to be thankful for.
It is snowing this late afternoon in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as I digest both of the posts that I have read, and the dinner that my wife and I prepared with care for our guests and ourselves, and I am very thankful for those posts.
It was Savita Halappanavar that led me to my thanklessness, and a personal crisis of faith, and to Comment is Free in the Guardian, and to FionaKabuki, and one particular bifurcated post, and thus, here.
I do not know where my crisis of faith will lead me, but I am very thankful that Fiona did write what she did. Combined with the other post that I read today, from a very wonderful woman whom I have only met electronically, who has opened her heart to me, and opened mine to her, and thus, to others (where I would not have done so before), it has warmed my heart.
I doubt anyone here has seen me on any other forum that I have ever been on. I am an accountant by education, but I have no idea where I would fit in a political spectrum, given what I actually believe.
I have nearly twice as many years as ChairmanTony1638, and try to follow cricket, rugby league, some gridiron, and ice hockey (the lockout in the NHL is another possible discussion topic).
My handle, of course, should also indicate a love for animated films; my love for the films of Chuck Jones, and his fanatic coyote, should come at once to your mind seeing my handle. I cried near the end of A Grand Day Out - one of the best films ever made, in my opinion. And there is a short series of animations by a Korean artist that truly fill me with awe.
My online vocation is a Facebook game called Mafia Wars; I am in a wonderful family there, and the woman who posted the second post that I read, I work with her closely in running this family. She is quite perceptive, intelligent, and patient - in many ways, like Fiona. I am honoured that she considers me her friend, and I have learned much from her, as I have learned from Fiona today on CiF.
I look forward to sharing myself even more than I have been able to before. Thank you for welcoming me here ~smiles~
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