Julia loses a tooth
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February 28, 2008
February 19, 2008
Podcast Episode1
The Impromptu Daddy Stories episode 1 is up. It is by far not my best work. Kids did laugh though at the end.
February 13, 2008
Dangerously close to podcasting
I am dangerously close to starting a Podcast.
My children like me to tell them bedtime stories. I make them up on the spot, and my brain spills some very strange ideas. I think it might be fun to preserve some of the stories to be played back later.
Often the stories contain various levels of bizarre cravings or mutant behavior. Here is a sample from yesterday:
Once there was a little boy named Ernesto. Ernesto worked really hard around the house, and his mom gave him a dollar to take to the store and buy himself a treat. Ernesto really wanted a chocolate covered pickle. He went to the store and ordered one from Mr. Miller at the deli counter. "I am sorry Ernesto, but I don't have any chocolate covered pickles" Mr Miller said. "I will see if I can order some for you" Ernesto got some Chocolate chip ice cream, but he was pretty sad.
A few days later Ernesto's mommy gave him another dollar to take to the store. Ernesto asked Mr. Miller for a chocolate covered pickle. "I looked through all of my catalogs and I can't find anyone who sells chocolate covered pickles" Ernesto ordered some lemon Mousse instead, but he was very sad.
A few days later, Ernesto's mommy gave him a dollar to take to the store. Ernesto rode his bicycle to the store and went to order a tapioca dipped cone from Mr. Miller. "Ernesto! I figured out how to get you a chocolate covered pickle!" Mr Miller shoved a popsicle stick into a pickle, and dipped it into the the chocolate sauce. Ernesto gave him the dollar and rode his bicycle home as fast as he could. He was very happy. He jumped and danced into the house and showed his mommy the fancy treat Mr. Miller made for him.
Then he took a bite.
YUCK!!!
Anyway, most of the stories would be that bad. If not much much worse.. The other story I told last night had to do with a boy who was trying to gather enough cat hair to weave himself a warm blanket.
February 11, 2008
The Fat lady ain't singin'
Huckabee can still win the nomination.. And he is on a roll. In Kansas, he took 60% of the vote. In more liberal Washinton and Louisiana he was neck and neck with McCain. If you want a conservative in the white house, Vote Huckabee! It isn't over yet. I agree that Huckabee is the best communicator to come out of the GOP since Ronald Reagan. In many his communication resume is superior to Reagans in that his communications skills came out of providing care and comfort to people, not by acting. He is the most authentic politician to come along in a very long time.
February 3, 2008
Bread, Bread and More Bread
Here is my latest batch.
This is my third sourdough batch. Sourdough is pretty strange stuff, It never seems to rise much until I cook it, but then it practically explodes. It is tasty stuff.
February 2, 2008
A vote for Mitt is a vote for McCain
Romney is contending that a vote for Huckabee is a vote for McCain. I think the got it backwards. A vote for himself is a vote for McCain.
Huckabee's primary support has come from Evangelical Christians. In the past, we have voted for candidates based on one or two issues. Knowing this, the Republican party has outright pandered to us on these two issues, and earned a lot of support. We care about a lot more issues, and the Republican party largely ignores them.
There is a biblical mandate to protect life. The GOP attempts to do this, but they tend to do it in a cold and heartless way, causing the country to look at the proponents of life as theocratic tyrants.
There is also a biblical mandate to protect the poor. There is a biblical mandate to be good stewards of the environment. There is a biblical mandate to fight greed and corruption. These are part of the true evangelical heart.
Romney is very obviously pandering to us. Romney has also convieniently changed his position on gay marriage and gun control. He is a plastic canidate, saying whatever he has to to get elected, but truely beholden only to the corporate interests that fund his campaign. If evangelicals have to go with the lesser of two evils, we are going to go with the one who is not blatantly and outright pandering. They are going to break for McCain.
We don't have to choose from the lesser of two evils. We have a very articulate, warm hearted evangelical who cares about the same things that we care about and doesn't have to pander to anybody. He cares about the environment. He cares about the poor. He is not beholden to corporate interests or to political interests. He knows the struggles of the everyday American family, and he wants to make their life better.
Beyond that, Huckabee is a fiscal conservative. He lowered taxes in a very Democratic state. Opponents distort his record by saying that tax burdens went up during his 10 1/2 years in office. What they fail to tell you is that they went up at 50% of the rate of the other 49 states. State budgets are largely used by schools and entitlement programs. There is not a lot of fat to trim. Huckabee passed a balanced budget every year.
The GOP is not going to be able to win this election unless it finds a way to reach voters who didn't vote for us in 2006. Huckabee's message can reach new voters. Romney and McCain are fighting to retain the already inadequate base.
Sorry, Romney voters, but if you want a conservative in the White House, Huckabee is your best hope.
So, to answer your question Dan, I believe Ruffini's analysis is right on the money.
February 1, 2008
A bit disappointed in Pastor Mark.
Not Ashamed...: Driscoll Uses Dell
Driscoll, the co-founder of Acts 29 and lead pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA, was reportedly seen using a Dell laptop at the A29 Boot Camp recently held at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. During the fifth session, led by Mark Dever, Driscoll sat in the back of the A. T. Olson Chapel working on a Dell laptop.Long assumed that someone of Driscoll's "cool" factor-- which goes up to eleven-- would be a Mac user, many of the Boot Camp participants were floored.
Hopefully he will repent soon.