Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

Ah yes, the Casey Anthony trial.  I didn't follow the trial closely whatsoever, so I won't try to say I know without a doubt what the verdict should have been.  (Although, from what I do know, I'd have to say "guilty".)  Casey Anthony was rumored to be offered $750,000+ for a book deal.  I'm sure there are offers for movies.  I've also heard from an insider that she was offered ONE MILLION DOLLARS to do a porn movie.  Really, America?  This is the image we want to portray to the impressionable?  This is what we want other countries to see?  If you kill your child (or are at least accused of it), you could become a famous multimillionaire?  I keep trying to fool myself into thinking this cannot be real life.  But it is.  We are a soulless, money grubbing country.  We suck.

In other news.  I just got back from a mini tour with Black Church Service.  We went to Nebraska and back.  Omaha was a bit of a letdown, except the zoo was more than amazing, especially for the price!  I loved it.  Lincoln was a lot of fun.  Sioux Falls was great, as usual.  I don't think I could live that lifestyle for more than a few days.  I wasn't getting completely drunk every night, so it's not really the drinking I'm talking about.  It's the countless hours riding around in a van and eating terrible gas station food the whole time.  Yuck.  I'd feel like hell if that were my life all of the time.  But, for a short period of time, it was quite the good time.

Here's a cool shot I took at the zoo: