McCain vs. Obama: Getting Answers on the Adoption Tax Credit
Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Adoption, Internet, Politics | No Comments »About a week ago I was talking to a friend about the adoption tax credit that offers a $10,000 credit when you adopt. This friend claimed the credit was George W. Bush's idea and lamented that if Barack Obama gets ...
2 Weeks After Shaving the Head
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Style & Fashion | 1 Comment »Two weeks ago I shaved my head. I just let everything grow back, but after a week I had to shave my neck and face for a wedding. So the mustache, goatee and the rest of my head are two ...
Demolition of the High Bridge Power Plant Smokestack
Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Twin Cities | 2 Comments »Earlier this week I talked about the demolition of the High Bridge Power Plant smokestack. Well, today was the day. Smokestack go boom. You can check out my before and after pictures, but the real excitement is the video. I missed ...
Famine in Ethiopia. Again.
Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Society, World News | No Comments »It breaks my heart to hear the stories of starving children in Ethiopia. Thanks to drought, failed crops and rising food prices, Ethiopia faces a return to the 1984-85 famine that killed more than one million people. The Big Picture ...
Barack Obama vs. James Dobson
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Politics | 1 Comment »During the Tuesday, June 24, 2008 broadcast of Focus on the Family, James Dobson talks about a speech presidential candidate Barack Obama gave about religion in June 2006 (CNN story). I’ve never been a fan of Dobson (being blacklisted doesn’t ...
Day of Prayer and Fasting for the Global Food Crisis
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Society | No Comments »Today Compassion International is holding a Day of Prayer and Fasting to combat the global food crisis. If you want to help, aside from prayer and fasting, you can donate to their Global Food Crisis Fund. It's hard for me to ...
The Top 100 Movies/TV Shows/Music/Books I Don’t Enjoy
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Books, Movies, Music, TV | 5 Comments »Entertainment Weekly released lists of the top 100 movies, TV shows, albums and books of the last 25 years. It's kind of interesting to check out the lists and see how many of the top picks I've seen/listened to/read: Movies: 42/100 TV ...
High Bridge Power Plant Smokestack Coming Down
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Twin Cities | No Comments »On Saturday, June 28 Xcel Energy is going to blow up the tallest thing in St. Paul's skyline. The 570-foot tall smokestack at the High Bridge Power Plant is scheduled to be imploded on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. The ...
Twitter Recap
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Internet | No Comments »A friend commented the other day that I don't blog anymore, I just twit. He's right, the blogging has dropped off lately. Partially it's from being busy, partially it's from having Twitter as a release valve. But I haven't forgotten ...
Bald Video
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Just for Fun, Style & Fashion | 3 Comments »You can now watch me be bald: The Bald & The Beautiful (short version) from kevinhendricks on Vimeo. Video by Josh Lewis! The long version offers the mullet, the biology teacher and the mustache: The Bald & The Beautiful (long version) from kevinhendricks ...
