Mugged Man: “You Might As Well take My Coat”
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Society | No Comments »A teenager steals a man's wallet by knife-point in the subway. The man offers the thief his jacket as well. Next thing you know the victim is taking the mugger out to eat and eventually gets his wallet back. Then ...
89.3 The Current Playing More Repeats
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in Media, Music, Twin Cities | 3 Comments »OK, enough politics. Apparently my favorite radio station, 89.3 FM The Current—which extols listeners to "expand their playlist"—is shrinking their playlist according to City Pages. With falling ratings songs are getting played more often. In March 2007 one song was played ...
Barack Obama & Jeremiah Wright: Weirder & Weirder
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »Presidential candidate Barack Obama said if his pastor Jeremiah Wright wasn't retiring and didn't acknowledge that his comments were offensive, Obama would have left Trinity United Church of Christ: "Had the reverend not retired and had he not acknowledged that what ...
More Secret Service Protection for a Black President?
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Politics | 1 Comment »My Twitter friend Anjuan Simmons posted an interesting blog entry wondering if more Secret Service protection would be needed should Barack Obama become the first black president. The answer seems like a resounding 'yes' to me, which is basically ...
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Internet | 2 Comments »It's time for a little education. Just because you see something on the news, hear it in a politician's speech, find it on the Internet or even read it on my blog—that does not mean it's true. NPR messed it up, ...
Jeremiah Wright is Not Anti-Gay
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Politics, Society | 5 Comments »This Jeremiah Wright thing just gets weirder and weirder. Today I was listening to NPR and heard a story about Barack Obama trying to raise support in Pennsylvania. Reporter Joel Rose interviewed one person who said they wouldn't be voting ...
A White Easter & A Sad Snowman
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun | No Comments »This is my sad, melty snowman. I made him a few days ago with Lexi's help (sort of help). Then he melted to the point that his head shrunk. Then we got about five inches of snow. So it's a ...
Mmm… Felt Food
Friday, March 21st, 2008 Posted in Art | No Comments »Ninja Eema, my sister-in-law's Etsy site I mentioned a few weeks ago, is now stocking produce. Well, felt produce. Looks tasty.
Five Years in Iraq
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Politics, War | 13 Comments »So five years ago we invaded Iraq. Nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers have died, more than 29,000 have been injured and the war has cost us roughly $500 billion. And the stat often left out of the news is Iraqi casualties. ...
What Kind of Blog Are You?
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Blogging | 5 Comments »I've been blogging for nearly 10 years and read a lot of blogs. Over those years I've been and read a lot of different types of blogs. Many of those types have been explained before, like the political blog or ...
