Brace yourself josiah, I'm talking about music and probably know nothing of what i'm talking about in your opinion. I have to do that public service announcement as to not offend the gatekeeper of blogdom... Josiah This AP article was pretty...
The vet's office called tonight, as I was putting the kids to bed. Bailey died tonight. So I paid my bill over the phone and cried, and I feel very foolish.Lessons:1- don't drive 6 hours away for a puppy again2-...
Global Health Draft In 2006 Rejected for Not Being Political A Republican political appointee with close White House ties has blocked a 2006 report by the US surgeon general that called for action to tackle global health problems because the document...
The small, former coal mining town of Carbondale, Pennsylvania (where I lived till 1995) is dominated by two Roman Catholic Churches: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is attended by those of Italian descent and St. Rose of Lima (named for...
As I drove home this afternoon with NPR on the radio, I heard about the deaths of Ingmar Bergman, Bill Walsh and Tom Snyder, all lost either yesterday or this morning, the latter two of leukemia. What a rough beginning...
(NEW ORLEANS - 15 Jul 2006-- Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Tynya HarrisPhoto by Sean Gardner/Getty Images). Wow, whatever would disadvantaged blacks ever do if middle-class white people didn't try to save them? I wrote a few comments explaining why John Edwards'...
Well, here are some photos of the new house before we began fixing it up. Should have some new photos up soon for the before and after, but if you can't wait take a look: ...
Sorry, but I had to use that title.. Good article below about how Christians should be "having more — and hotter — sex." One preacher's message: Have hotter sex Minister Joe Beam says good Christian marriages walk on the wild side Who...
I did something crazy last Friday. I loaded the kids up at 4am on Friday morning and we drove to Bishopville, SC to get a labradoodle puppy at a shelter there. I don't even have the emotional energy to relay...
Happy Monday (although my iTunes shuffle just popped up Tori Amos' cover of "I Don't Like Mondays"). Here's some more flowers, these from Hatfield House's amazing gardens. We played in them for quite the afternoon despite a drizzling rain that...
" We have turned the freedom of ideas into an instrument of social change. We have become what all our ancestors have dreamed of becoming. People who can take what is and make it the method of liberation. We have...
1. You let your 14-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids. 2. The Blue Book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas is in it. Most rednecks probably can't even say...
Today is Emily's birthday!So, last night I hung some candles on our tree...(photo by Andy Montgomery)...and we threw her a spaghetti party in our back yard.Emily, I hope you have a great birthday!I love you!!P.S. Thanks to those who...
President Bush often insists he has to be the decider — ignoring Congress and the public when it comes to the tough matters on war, terrorism and torture, even deciding whether an ordinary man in Florida should be allowed to...
Brief introduction to global issues Peace, war & conflict: There have been over 250 major wars in the world since World War II, in which 23 million people have been killed., tens of millions made homeless, and countless millions injured and bereaved....
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