G-Day
My gall bladder comes out shortly. A most abbreviated post this morning:
Polar bear cub (one of the cutest animals I've ever seen, and I'm not a big fan
of using the word "cute") will die unless humans take care of him. Animal
rights
Eric Scheske
Prosperity Theology
Prosperity theology continues: Detroit church buys multi-million dollar
parsonage for its pastor
[http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007703170416]. They also
bought him a Cadillac Escapade. "God's empowerment is to make you have an
abundant life," according to one of the church'
The Easter Swallows
Regular readers of this blog will realize this is a first: an endorsement/review
of a children's book. Goodness knows, I've read more children's books than Mr.
Rogers, but I typically find they're something to be endured, like a dirty
diaper or
Monday Monday
300 is getting people mad. Pretty funny stuff. From the NY Times:
[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/opinion/18stephenson.html?ex=1331870400&en=8868294e84b071d9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss]
> All of the good guys are white people and many of the bad
Something for Sunday Morning
"Who can be poor if he does not desire, if he does not crave for the possessions
of others, if he is rich towards God?"
Minucius Felix
The Weekend Eudemon
NCAA Tournament and beer. That was Friday afternoon, sitting around at the
drinking club, watching my alma mater, Notre Dame, take a beating from a
Winthrop team that should've been seeded much higher. ND came back from a
20-point deficit, but they did it at the price of
The Busied Eudemon
Time-strapped days seem to come in waves. Last night: High school orientation
with my son. Today: Pre-op (gall bladder comes out next week), oil change, trip
to the cell phone provider to get a new phone (my son's was stolen last week),
and then maybe I'll
Late Night
Not much blogging this morning. I was up late with friends and family,
auctioning off NCAA tournament teams. Each guy buys teams and earns back money
for each win (all for charity, of course). We've been doing it for fifteen years
and it's one of my
The Wednesday Eudemon
It was 2:00 p.m, sunny and 70. Work was a little slow (one of the only lulls
I've had in the past four years). And it was my birthday. So I blew out of the
office yesterday and drove home, heading down Walker Avenue with Sammy
Leno
Man, Leno was apparently on fire last night:
> Did you see all those people protesting while President Bush was in Latin
America? Bush hasn't had that many people shouting "Gringo go home!” since his
last trip to L.A.
> Thirty towns in Vermont have voted