Who wrote this? "Although the Democrats are often called "liberals," they increasingly don't seem to have any political philosophy....I see them as having nothing to offer except accommodationism or feeble bleating about the injustice of it all." If you guessed...
For the young parent on your list: the Selubrion Chair (via boingboing) Shopping for the kids? Go to Baby Bush Toys where you can get a Circle of Liberty Puzzle or the Terror Alert Xylophone! (via AmericaBlog) If the holidays are here,...
Lately I have been really obsessed with Jandek. I've only heard snipets of his music, but anyone who knows anything about Jandek knows that the music is only the peak of the interest iceberg when it comes to this guy. For...
Dear Fellow Democrats,The Notre Dame Young Democrats are selling T-shirts to raise money for a trip to D.C. in the spring. We are taking orders via email and phone for these most excellent shirts. The front of the shirt has...
I'm really surprised at how the little things clue me in on his mental/emotional state. Like, the other night, he finally got in bed and he was actually shivering...but it wasn't cold-shivers. It was destressing-shivers. I can...
Mike Wallace is 87 years old and still going strong. Recently, he was interviewed by a Boston Newspaperboston.com He told the newspaper Bush will not give him an interview, but if the Sixty Minutes correspondant were to...
I got a great gift for my birthday a few weeks ago. Imagine having a radio station that only plays your favorite songs, commercial free, with no interruptions. I love my MP3 player. It's a Rio Carbon, 5 Gb. About 3/4...
Well, if you don't like that advice, then how about “Mud pies are much more important than the keeping clean of a pretty smock." found via Doppleganger...
Tonight at Lamar's, Disturbing Fish presents American Analog Set with Chris (no relation to Tom) Brokaw. Doors open at 9 and the cover is $8. I just finished the VCF record which means I will be completing work for the X-Mas EP entitled...
I got a couple of people asking me what I was up to. For any others who ever wish to contact me, I do still use the email associated with this account, so all comments reach me without any problem. Anyway,...
Some time ago I denigrated The Killers "Hot Fuss" in a convo with Choltie. I was misguided. "All These Things That I've Done" is IMO the best pop song of 2005. So earnest and unironically ironically cliche'd and "gloriously and...
Thanks to all of you in blogland who have been praying for us. We can really tell as things have been going so well, much better than expected. There are so many ways that God has answered our...
Sometimes I leave my scooter at the office if its more practical for April to pick me up on our way out and about to do something. In the mornings I either catch a ride with or a couple of...
All I want for Christmas is a puppy. Or either a $2k engagement setting so I can ditch my old setting but keep my diamond. If I was the fiance, I'd be cheap and go for the puppy. But he's...
Christianity Today has an Interview with a Penitent, vampire novelist Anne Rice. The first part of the interview provides some (to me) new biographical information. The last part is, if you've read her postscript to her novel (as I did...
This article by Reader Timothy Copple addresses the question: Does Orthodoxy Really Think It Is the True Church. Copple writes: When Peter Guilquest gave a talk at our church around the beginning of 1997, he commented that the question he...
For those of you wondering why I haven’t posted a picture of our Christmas tree or a picture of Fuller reflected in a Christmas ornament or a picture of the dogs dressed up in holiday lights, the answer is really...
It was a night - Oh yes! Oh yes! - it really was. Last night, my husband and I threw a house party for Terry Stulce for Congress, and it was one of the best parties I can recall....
Decemeber 31st. Mark the calenders and call your grandma. We'll be arriving back in the US sometime before 2005 bites the dust. We plan on staying in the US for about a month and then returning to Changsha. More later....
So, it has been said that a man's desire is fullfilled through images or what he sees, and a woman's superior in communication to us and fullfill their desires through by listening. Makes perfect sense...
Jake is my neighbors' dog, and is sometimes in my yard when I leave for work in the morning. On days I'm lucky enough to see him coming, this is how it looks as he jumps up and gets my...
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