Chocolate covered strawberries injected with buttercream icing... Any takers?

Twelve is now... 14! For me at least... for a few days

Oy... those tens I mentioned earlier are now twelves. Ouch. $$ but ouch.

I usually don't dabble in politics - my personal opinion being that politics should be an avocation, not a vocation. However, the disaster in Myanmar prompts me to ponder this... When does an established government loose their right to rule their populace? The ruling class in France lost their right when the populace rose up and threw the bums out - or under the guillotine, as the case may be.

The Junta, military government, of the Myanmar has demonstrated time and time again that they don't care about their people. They only care how the world perceives them. They don't seem to realize that their standing in the world would be assisted by actually giving a rip about their population.

Buddhist monks in Myanmar are trying to assist the populace by providing food and shelter. Yet the Junta seems to want the populace out of the temple - it goes against their own 'relief' stations. Tents, cooking supplies and water. Too bad the regular populace isn't allowed in.

"Meditiation cannot remove this disaster" Sitagu Sayadaw, a senior Buddhist Monk, said "Material support is very important now. Now in our country, spiritual and material support are unbalanced."

Why is the junta stopping those who are trying to help? They've clearly lost their right to rule their country.