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Thursday, February 12th, 2009On February 12, 1809, President Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky. 200 years is an awesome milestone.
How are we celebrating?
Our city, which is named after him, is holding a celebration, which started yesterday and will go on until Sunday. There are photo exhibits, lectures, PBS specials, music, theater, and other stuff.
Springfield, Illinois is [...]
Dean Rankine: HOLY COW! Christian Comics
Friday, February 6th, 2009Today there won’t be a comic, but I thought I’d take this time to talk about a creator who unknowingly inspired me to start “One of a Hundred”: Dean Rankine.
Take a little time and read through some of his stuff in the above link. There’s quite a lot there to peruse. Go ahead. I’ll wait [...]
Miracle on Hudson River: God Uses Pilot’s Gifts
Friday, January 16th, 2009I am still stunned after reading about the plane that landed yesterday on the Hudson River. What could have been a tragedy turned into a miracle. Putting the plane and passengers, on every major news venue, while dubbing the pilot a hero. Indeed he is!
Here is a news snippet from Yahoo News:
I Still Miss Freddie
Monday, January 12th, 2009A while ago, I slapped together some quickly worded appreciation of Freddie Mercury and Queen. They’re back in the front of my mind now in a time when I need to write.
Yesterday, working in the basement, I wanted to listen to some music, so I grabbed my Live Aid DVD set for background noise. Then [...]
Most Unique Christmas Gift Ever! Elephant Dung Paper
Monday, December 22nd, 2008No, that title is not a typo, I really meant to write elephant DUNG paper. Let me explain. Yesterday we celebrated an early Christmas with some great friends who were in town for the weekend. From them we received one of the most unique Christmas gifts I’ve ever gotten. (Thank you Michelle and Ehren!) The [...]
Examples for Our Children: They Need Good Heroes
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Last night, Julie was feeling a need to lie down for a while due to the pregnancy. The boys were playing with coloring books and stamp pads, so I decided I would take that time to read about a famous battle in my copy of The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn Iggulden and Hal [...]
Ben Stein: Jewish, but OK with Christmas Trees
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008With the holidays approaching, we know it’s going to start up again. The same battle heard for years now: separation of church and state vs. Christmas. Nativities and Christmas trees will be taken off lawns of courthouses. For non-compliant government offices, lawsuits will be started. Employees of our favorite stores will be told it’s inappropriate [...]
Problems with Funerals and Obituaries: Real Life isn’t Captured
Monday, October 20th, 2008Saturday was Grandma’s funeral. The whole weekend was totally surreal, painful, and at times really wonderful. I shared some things last week, but I’ve remembered and learned more about her since then. Her obituary doesn’t really do her justice, much like any obituary. It gives some facts and small tidbits of character, but has no [...]
Dorothy Williams, 1917-2008
Monday, October 13th, 2008Mom called this morning to tell me Grandma passed away last night.
In a way, it wasn’t a surprise. She had leukemia a few years ago that went into remission, but had recently come back. Treatments didn’t seem to be working and were too hard on her ninety-one year old body anyway. She and her daughters [...]
Ned Steinberger: Art and Becoming The Man
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008The other day when I posted those two videos, the headless electric bass in the (probably fake) performance by “Sonseed” got me thinking about that instrument design. I then wanted to find out when it was invented and more about the designer.
Even though I have no musical talent and was never really able to play [...]
