You probably saw this or heard it already, but in case you didn't, here's Colin Powell on Meet the Press, laying out his thinking & reasoning for voting for Barack Obama in this election.

It's good news for the campaign, but the thing that really amazes me is how long Colin Powell was able to speak without interruption!  I don't ever get to watch ( Read more... )

Woohoo ( Read more... )

Iff'n you've ever wondered what it is I preach on a given Sunday (I know, you all can hardly contain your curiosity!), I have started a separate blog for my church peeps to access those sermons (at their request, very cool).  Figured I'd post a link here, so if you ever wanna read 'em, you can.  They never preach quite how they are written down, ( Read more... )

Let it be known that I am a fan of Heroes, and happy to say that Andy & I finished watching season 2 on DVD earlier today, just in time to start watching season 3 tonight ( Read more... )

Totally totally stealing from my friend Laura - but since our audiences don't entirely overlap, I'm taking the liberty of using the same basic post - taken from
Polit Tsk Tsk Tsk

Sarah Palin has picked out an All-American set of names for her children. There's Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow, and Piper.

Ever wonder, What would your name would be if ( Read more... )

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The good news is, Kosar knows his way home.

The bad news is that I discovered this when he got spooked out on a walk - by people + a stroller - slipped his collar, and tore off back across 4 lanes of traffic & down the road to our house.  I myself was unable to run across the road, b/c I fear cars hitting me, so by the time I caught up with him, he ( Read more... )

Ah, the way music can bring you back...

I bought a CD (for 1 penny, plus $3.50 shipping) on Ebay the other day, and it arrived in the mail today.  It is a CD from my late high school years - Michael Penn's March album.  He's kind of a one-hit wonder for most people - if you know of him at all, you might know his song, No Myth (which people always ( Read more... )

Okay, we're not really a party house, not normally, which is fine by me, although Andy would probably prefer to have people over more often than we do ( Read more... )

 I have been taken by some commercials lately - and not in a good way.  I'm kind of astounded and dismayed by the messages companies are sending to their desired targets, about their desired targets.  A sampling...

"We are a nation of consumers" - Discover Card
     "and there's nothing wrong with that...problem is, there's just so much cool stuff, ( Read more... )