offensive signage, backpacking, Food Not Bombs

Today we saw some offensive signage on the way to Trader Joe's, a guy by himself on a street corner with fluorescent GOD HATES FAGS and TURN OR BURN. How do you even react to something like that? Would flipping him off just add fuel to the flame? What does he want? To hurt people? To cause discussion? He did cause discussion between me and Erik, discussion about how to react. After we bought our groceries, he was gone. Erik says the guy's so angry because he knows he's losing.

Erik's going backpacking! The friend he's backpacking with has given him a list of things to bring, and we need to find a few items, like a windbreaker. It's very exciting that this friend is willing to take him backpacking.

This morning we volunteered with Food Not Bombs. Mostly it consisted of chopping veggies, lots of tomatoes especially. We also shredded zucchini. It was fun.