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If my (few) readers hadn’t noticed, I haven’t updated in a while.

The biggest thing to happen recently were the phd qualifying exams that Eldan mentioned. They were grueling. They were tough.

And now, I’m totally burned out. That’s not good, because I have stuff to do. Alas, all I want to do is sleep. One would think that a week of this would be enough to recover. It’s not, somehow. Maybe it’s that, combined with a semester that I can’t say I enjoyed at all.

Or, it’s both of those things plus what Will termed a quarterlife crisis (it’s a book? who knew?). I guess I’ll be 25 soon. I keep thinking, “my 10 year reunion is just around the corner (3 years. I’m a spaz. shutup). I haven’t done anything.” Or, I haven’t done anything that seems like “my life’s work.” What is my life’s work? I have no idea. Ideally, something that I’d do for the rest of my life because it seems… just that cool.

Or not.

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Computer World Article

Information sharing is great and all, but I’m waiting for spam that says “click here” and have it be a medical records release.

It simply doesn’t seem like enough thought has been put into this, and after the mess HIPAA made of things, I can’t see them being any better about this. It’ll either be too easy to get information from the database (especially for insurance companies – wait ’til their lobby gets involved), or harder than it was previously.

Thankfully, they’re not calling for a centralized database of medical records (running SQLServer! yeah!).

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The Vatican supports denying wayward politicians communion. Me saying, “I won’t attend church anymore” doesn’t mean much (I go to church rarely, and usually only when the mood strikes me).

What I will do is write two churches I’m likely to attend (one at home, and another by my parents) and inquire as to how they would respond. I will also (possibly depending on the response) refuse communion for the near (or long) term.

This does, quite possibly, make me not-so-much catholic – I’m not sure.

Clearly, what the church has done is within its rights. I even understand the angle (and general thrust of the document – which I have not read yet) – I just don’t agree with it. It’s also clear that not all diocese agree.

I’m not sure where I’ll go from here – I ran from the church, only to return years later, only to (seemingly) be driven away again. The Vatican is making it difficult to recall many of the good things the church has done.