wanting a change...looking at new WordPress templates...
Seriously - I want one that I can add my own photos in the header. The list of "must haves" for the side bar is pretty consistent so I'll just go poking around to see what's out there.
wanting a change...looking at new WordPress templates...
Seriously - I want one that I can add my own photos in the header. The list of "must haves" for the side bar is pretty consistent so I'll just go poking around to see what's out there.
Satire blog: "Barack Obama's Teleprompter's Blog" (there is no POTUS without TOTUS)
Specifically, we just break out into giggling fits over some of the things the Administration folks have him saying. Like this morning, Big Guy was expected to record this with a straight-voice about legislation that required the federal government to pay for what it appropriated: "We need to adhere to the basic principle that new tax or entitlement policies should be paid for, so that government acts the same way any responsible family does in setting its budget."
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I restarted and closed my open tabs, so this may be it...
A nice bike ride last Saturday and a couple of good walks since. The weather has not been cooperating.
I've signed up for a Tour de Cure ride on June 20 - it's a 40 mile ride so I've got to get out and train. I got as far as the trail head this morning, but high winds and the sound of thunder got me back into the car.
I will go out and walk Meijer Garden this afternoon (where I can get indoors fairly quickly if it pours on me) unless it's pouring already.
I've got two "challenges" going on mapmyride.com The first is 300 miles on the bike in 30 days, the other is walking a marathon (26 miles) in 30 days. I most likely will do one or the other, but not both - or maybe both. As the weather gets nice, our class walks more - that gives me the walking at work, with cycling after.
I wiped my hard drive and reloaded Vista.
I can't get my email to load from my external drive to my new Thunderbird.
I got my recipe files, but not my custom ingredients.
My planner software is toast.
Campaign for Liberty...(Ron Paul)
The U.S. Constitution is at the heart of what the Campaign for Liberty stands for, since the very least we can demand of our government is fidelity to its own governing document. Claims that our Constitution was meant to be a "living document" that judges may interpret as they please are fraudulent, incompatible with republican government, and without foundation in the constitutional text or the thinking of the Framers. Thomas Jefferson spoke of binding our rulers down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution, and we are proud to follow in his distinguished lineage.
It makes sense that I'd like this site...back in 2007 I posted a quiz that put Paul as my best match.
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5 ways that you'll know the recession is over...
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If you like fantasy books, but don't like the sex that goes along with a lot of them...
here's a Mormon mom who took up writing...
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"Theology" but Steve Timmis (Resurgence Blogs)
Theology Is for Life
We’ve compounded the problem by seeing theology as the articulation of abstract and often difficult intellectual concepts. But the only theology worthy of the name is applied theology: theology that is worked out at street level in the messiness of life. Election is not a doctrine to be discussed only by professionals in the comfort of a study, but by a group of believers so that they are humbled and thrilled by God’s choice. Total depravity isn’t just something to be argued over in a lecture room, but faced up to by a group of saved sinners as they cry out to the Holy Spirit to open blind eyes. Calvin was right in a number of things, not least when he said, “Doctrine is an affair, not of the tongue, but of life.”
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From Steve at Triablogue
It’s striking to observe that, by his very own reckoning, Dawkins’ religious doubts coincide with the exact time in life when he encountered a pedophile priest. Inside the body of an aging Oxford Don is an angry 9-year-old who’s still lashing out at Christianity in the person of a long-dead Latin teacher.
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Q. How does President Obama avoid the accusation of putting earmarks into the budget?
A. Have his name edited off the earmark.
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Factcheck.org on Obama's speech
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John Samson (Reformation Theology) visits Mars Hill Church (Seattle)
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MommyLife: Conservatives seeking divorce and settlement
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A review of "The Shack"
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Where religion meets politics
The Obama administration may rescind the "conscience rule"
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The Wall Street Journal on the Obama/Ayers connection (from 2008).
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Andrew Bolt on "the most sweeping ethics reform in history . . ."
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NYTimes finally acknowledges that anti-Prop. 8 mob is harassing traditional marriage supporters
(from Michele Malkin)
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John Kerry: You Know What's the Problem With Stimulus Tax Cuts? All That Freedom.
(From the Weekly Standard)
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$825 Billion, and Not One Job May Result
“Can you tell me Mr. Barthold, how many jobs will be created as a result of this legislation?” Camp asked. Barthold replied, “In short, Mr. Camp, I can’t.” Camp then pressed Barthold to clarify his position, “So we don’t have an estimate of the number of jobs this would create either private sector or public? We don’t have any estimate of the economic effect that this legislation would have on our economy, whether it would create any growth in our economy at all? We don’t have that data before the committee today?” Barthold then nodded his head and shrugged.
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Democrats Look to Muzzle Conservative Radio
Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow says she wants hearings on “accountability” in radio, suggesting Democrats are eying a return of the Fairness Doctrine.
Here in Michigan, we pronounce "Stabenow" ..."stab you now" - as in "in the back"
I've been in a bit of a "blogging doldrum"...so here I am...getting caught up...
I noticed a couple of incoming links that (for whatever reason) didn't go to my inbox...sorry it took so long to notice.
“These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”
So I pick...
Thank you Elena!