Life, death and the gooey parts in the middle.

I was listening to the radio today and heard that not only did Terry Schivo die, but the Pope wasn't too far behind. My ex-g/f's mom is a devout Roman Catholic. Personally, I feel he should have stepped down a few years ago. He has been too frail to do anything in quite some time. But I can't really blame him. How do you retirer from being the leader of the Roman Catholic Church? Also, he might not even be able to step down. A king is king for life. I bet it's hard to get fired when you're that high up.I am interested in what kind of person will fill those shoes. I'm sure behind closed doors, a successor is being being mulled over even as we speak. They will most likely pick a person who will get more people on the bandwagon. A dynamic leader that will pull in those gone astray as well. Even though I'm not particularlly a religeous person, this is an historic time.
The whole Terry Schivo thing was interesting and sad. We have a severly brain damaged woman in hospice care for years, denied any type of rehab and finally starved to death after a very heated legal war with battles fought in many courtrooms. My whole thought is this.....If her parents wanted her alive, I think it should have been so. If her husband stands to profit from this whole gruesome incident. I think it should be all put towards her medical expenses and funeral, with the rest compensating the parents. In the end, she was in horrible shape, and I think I would rather die, but that is my personal choice, and we really don't know know what she might have wanted. In cases of life and death, always, always, always err on the the side of life. We would do this for a convicted felon, why not the innocent?
Paul went to the Devil's Tramping ground this past week, those not familiar can do a google search. In a nutshell, the DTG is an area in Siler City, NC where there is a ring of barren land that, although the rest be relatively fertile, nothing has grown there for as far back as anyone can document. Legend has it, anything left on the barren path overnight will be pushed out. Yeah, I'm not too big on superstition, but Paul scooped up dirt from the site and is going to perform a few tests and sell the rest on Ebay. I wanted to go, he wants to plan another trek after spring when the area is grown over. I assume to see a more dramatic effect.
On MLK day this year my house burned down due to a freak electrical fire. I'm fine and I didn't lose anything, but I've been staying with my parents. I should be back to my rebuilt, remodeled home in two weeks and I'm really eager to start a new chapter in my life. Kind of like the phionix that rises from the ashes reborn. Well, I'm just going to throw away all the old shit and try to keep the place clean.