Bekah v. The Westboro Baptist Crazies

I'll admit I have my share of things that annoy me: failure to yield right of way, tardiness and general/unnecessary rudeness just to name a few things. But the Westboro Baptist Church -- they have worn out my patience and understanding and have skipped right past annoyance and straight to lividity.  The members of Westboro Baptist Church have made reputations for themselves by making un-welcomed appearances at funerals of fallen soldiers clad with picket signs that read "Thank God for dead soldiers" and "God hates fags."

Albert Snyder, of York, PA, filed a lawsuit and sued the aforementioned Westboro Baptist "crazies" from Kansas -- and won. Today Mr. Snyder was awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages, $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress to the family.

Do I think that award in the millions is a little outrageous? Absolutely.

Do I hope that Mr. Snyder will do something productive with that money, i.e. fund support groups for those in similar situations? Absolutely.

But do I think Westboro Baptist Church owes at least that for all the families who they have so wrecklessly kicked when they were already down? Absolutely.

It's one thing to be against the war. It's an entirely different thing to be tactless and asinine with zero respect for those who have given everything they had.

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Dear Baltimore Jury Members,

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Bekah

Bekah v. Flat Irons

So it was when I flat ironed my left ear this morning that I truly realized....I. need. to. go. home. I'm ready for a break, I really am. A real break. Which, I fear, I won't actually receive for another 6 weeks when the semester is actually over. But I suppose if that's how long I have to wait then I'll do it.

This semester has been especially taxing. I've just got a lot going on, admittedly maybe a bit too much. It's all about balance, I'll figure it out. In the mean time...I just want a nap. Someday, I'll actually write something interesting.

Bekah v. Searcy, AR

There are two things you can always count on in Searcy, Arkansas – 1) the burned out second “F” and the “H” in Waffle House sign and 2) a strike at the Kohler plant. I’ve been coming here for years to visit my grandparents and somehow those two things always manage to make themselves present, at least, if at no other time, for my visits to make it feel as though I never left.

Fall Break is here and I have retreated to the outskirts of the aforementioned town until Sunday morning. And do not be mistaken, the word “break” is nothing but a con. I will be catching up on homework, sleep, and oh yes, I’ve brought my actual job with me. Hurray for mobile offices, I suppose. Oh well, at least I get paid, right? So break doesn’t sound too exciting, but in all honesty, I think that’s what I need – boredom. I’ve had too much excitement thus far this semester, I need to spend an weekend unconnected to the world which may prove as a problem since I have to put in the research proposal for Bateman tomorrow. Hrrmmm…I guess I’ll have to find that mysterious coffee shop with the Wi-Fi in the morning. I am however, hoping to catch up on some LEISURE reading and there will probably be the obligatory, yet welcomed shopping trip with the grandparents.

Well I’m off. It’s leisure reading time. Cult of the Amateur here I come…