Ethical Insights Photo Contest

Check out my photo on: http://ethicalinsights.ning.com/photo/holy-name-catholic-church-fri-march-5-2010
In Omaha fish fries are an institution during the Lenten Season. None more so than the fish fry held by Holy Name. I personally love fish fries and think they are wonderful fun. Everyone stands in line for hours drinking from coolers waiting to get inside to be served beer and fish by the church. At what point is the church condoning drinking and even driving. Especially during the height of Lenten season which is supposed to be about sacrifice and not indulgence.

Omaha Fashion Week

Pictures from the Finale show of Omaha Fashion Week. I was particularly inspired by Dan Richters' collection. It was a little 5th element/bondage Chic meets LED lights. It was very futuristic and forward thinking. I included pictures from all my favorite designers from this year's show. I think a factor in my enjoyment was also that the weather was amazing. Last year I was freezing to death while my hair was being flattened by the rain. It's enough to stand there for hours in four inch heels... Here is one tweet I sent at a particularly sensitive moment, "At omaha fashion wk finale. Yes my feet are bleeding already. Fortunately I haven't felt my feet in years."

Good News!

So I am definitely officially a minister. I can perform a marriage ceremony in all 50 states. Pretty excited about that so hit me up for all your marrying needs.

The Accidental Minister

So this is as weird for me as it is for you. Randomly I am now an ordained minister. Also, I at one point had a typo on minister (Minster) which apparently means Church or Parrish. I feel kind of bad about this as a devout Christian. Sort of negates the whole like $50k seminary thing..... But I suppose I am only technically allowed to perform marriage ceremonies. As a devout Christian where does that place me? It was literally a totally hilarious accident that I was ordained as a minister. By, "ordained," I mean I as a joke filled out this checklist and was immediately ordained on-line... At first I thought this was a scam or a joke. Then, however I discovered that it included a license number which is all too true.

What I find really interesting is that I have no idea how far my ordination extends. Wouldn't it be so awesome if I could actually perform same-sex marriages? I mean, am I only licensed in NE? Because in NE we apparently only allow men and women to get married. To clarify I mean a man can marry a woman w no deviation from that pattern. It's amusing to think what future generations will think of that fact!

So the whole joke about becoming a minister on-line in like 1/2 hour is totally true. Except that it took like 5 minutes. Only because my Internet is slow. I really did not think it would really happen. Especially as I am actually a devout Christian. So if you run into my Mom, please reassure her this legitimately was an accident....