More Hymns We Really Sing: Mere Comments is taking submissions for parodies of popular hymns and praise songs. Perhaps I should further develop some of these?
Update: Below is the heart-piercing satire that I chose to submit (note that I...
Yesterday it was as if we lived in a snowglobe. We enjoyed staying warm in the house and preparing for the New Year's Day dinner. Outside the flakes fell and the leaf-covered snow of New Year's day turned into snow-covered...
To one Iowan who favors Arizona Governor Bill Richardson, it looks like Barack Obama or John Edwards may be the lesser of three evils (Hillary Clinton being the third). The excerpt below comes from a piece on NPR this...
The kids were playing with their cousins, Hannah and Ester. Somehow Liliana was told that she was really heavy. When she reported the statement to us, she added, "but when I pick myself up, I don't feel heavy,...
We added one to our clan in 2007. So 2008 has been a productive year. LOL! We managed to take down the tree and all decorations on the 1st which I think is earlier than usual but I was so...
i have had a cold for exactly 8 days. according to WebMD, the common cold is supposed to last 3-7 days. so, obviously, my cold is not common. the absolute worst part of my cold is the very end when...
The Daily Show, without writers, will return on Monday, January 7th, according to its website. The show will have a different format than we're used to, consisting mostly of interviews. I expect Jon to explain on his first night back that...
Lila: “So did you see the snow last night? It was so pretty!”
Red: “You call that snow? I saw three flakes on my car. And no, not ones that we’ve dated.”
****silence****
Red: “Yeah, I know it was bad.”
Lila: “Eh… what’s bad...
2008 Presidential Election? That’s so 2007.
Yee-Haw! My Vote Cancels Out Ya’ll’s! - something to keep in mind when casting your vote later this year. Something tells me Duane Bickels would feel right at home on the Chattanoogan editorial page....
It has taken me a while to finally sit down and write about my youngest son, Jonah. I feel bad about not updating my faithful readers sooner about the birth and first days of Jonah, but honestly, I AIN'T...
I really like the Live Photo Gallery software, but currently there is a problem with their Quicktime integration. Whenever I click on an MP4 file from my new camera, there is a long delay while Live Photo Gallery does something...
No awesomely bad music today. W/ the iTunes gift card I received for Christmas I picked up the Daft Punk Alive 2007 cd of their Alive concert tour, which is a show I've been kicking myself for months for not...
It’s been a few weeks since I did one of these, so here’s where I think the D-I teams stand at this point:
NCAA Basketball Rankings
Rank
Team
Record
Last
Preseason
1
Memphis
11-0
1
2
2
North Carolina
13-0
2
1
3
Kansas
13-0
3
4
4
UCLA
12-1
4
3
5
Duke
10-1
5
9
6
Georgetown
10-1
6
5
7
Michigan State
12-1
8
8
8
Indiana
11-1
9
10
9
Washington State
12-0
10
15
10
Marquette
10-1
11
17
11
Texas
11-2
7
12
12
Tennessee
12-1
13
6
13
Xavier
10-3
17
UR
14
Butler
12-1
19
21
15
Wisconsin
10-2
22
UR
16
Pittsburgh
11-1
16
UR
17
Clemson
12-1
18
23
18
Arizona
9-3
21
11
19
Connecticut
9-2
15
16
19
Texas A&M;
13-1
25
UR
20
Oregon
9-3
14
13
21
BYU
10-3
20
UR
22
Oklahoma
10-3
UR
UR
23
Ole Miss
12-0
UR
UR
24
Stanford
11-1
UR
UR
25
West Virginia
10-2
UR
UR
Next 10 teams, in alphabetical order: Dayton, Drake, Gonzaga, Kansas...
Great (although short) article on what the next president should be like and a strong endorsement for Thompson.Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty: We Need a Lazy Politician In my humble opinion, we need more politicians to...
For Christmas we (as in Bob) made cinnamon sugared pecans for our siblings and parents. I found these cute little candy bags at no other than walmart. We stuffed them full of pecans and put them inside these cool tins...
In 2008 I would like to:Loose the 10 pounds that I found during the campaign...before St Patrick's Day.Create a fitness routine that pushes my body and respects its limitations.Take one day at a time.Be more organized, but not predictable.Create a...
Brilliant long essay by John Hockenberry, formerly of NBC news. Newscritters are less and less relevant, and if the major networks closed their newsrooms permanently, no one would care, even if anyone noticed. They no longer make a serious contribution...
I can't believe it's already time for the Iowa caucuses! Tomorrow evening, some of the most well-informed voters in the country will gather by precinct and pick their candidates. How much they will influence the rest of us has yet...
There's always been a little idealist in me who liked Dennis Kucinich, and even though I'm a fan of Obama, this has really put me off. Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich on Tuesday asked his supporters to make rival Sen. Barack...
I'm so angry today. If you have Direct TV, beware. I moved recently to a forested area and the Direct TV technician could not get a "line of site" to the satellite because of the trees in my yard. No...
Would it be child abuse if I put Mandy's head in a vise for feedings? I'd be willing to pad it. What about if I only used it when I was trying to wash her face afterwards? Anyone know? ...
My favorite memory of my papaw is Alice in Wonderland. He had a version of the movie recorded from television that he would let my siblings and I watch when we went over to his house. I've been reading Lewis...
Hope everybody had a great Christmas and New Year.
I can only hope that 2008 will be as good to me as 2007 was.
Thanks to the inspiration of Jay G and Ricky I wound up losing 61.6 pounds in 2007. I...
We here at Beelerspace are happy to announce what we hope will be a weekly feature: “Analyses of Dispatches from the Desk of D.Q. Stillman, Second Administrative Assistant to the Executive Vice President of Internal Affairs’ Production, Acquisitions, and Marketing...
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Tonight started off cloudy, but I can see the stars clearly now. The wind is blowing like crazy though. Weather.com says up to 35mph, but I’d bet we’re getting over 50 at times. The garage door has been creaking ominously...
Alternating Double Tabata (16 rounds total, 8 each exercise):
Push Jerk, 135#/95#
L-Pull Up
Post reps completed per round to comments. Score is the total number of reps completed.
Coach’s Notice: We’re free all week for anyone wanting to come in outside of normal...
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