Two days ago I was just about to walk out the door to leave for work when my wife told me that our neighbor called to tell us there was a police officer in front of our house with a gun. I looked out our kitchen window to see the officer walking up my driveway [...]
Drinking straws are an important aspect of the fast-food beverage experience. Here is how I see them stack up. 5. Taco Bell – horrible straws. Too narrow. Who can drink through these things? Also I’ve found that I frequently have to get a replacement because of a split in the straw or a manufacturing defect [...]
The price of oil hit $134/barrel today. Labor figures show 5.5% unemployment. The Democrats have decided to exploit this situation for their political advantage. They want to press Republican presidential nominee John McCain by bringing up legislation to extend unemployment benefits (how this benefits the 94.5% employed, I don’t know), give federal assistance to homeowners [...]
From my wife: Words I never thought I would say: “Stop trying to ride the cat.”
Julie at Happy Catholic linked to Patrick at The Paragraph Farmer about his encounter in a post office parking lot when an evangelical woman he never met before stopped to pray for him. Patrick asked if others had a similar experience. A few weeks ago I took my daughter Bailey to the Mother Cabrini Shrine [...]
I think I’ve become a Web 2.0 junkie. I’m on Facebook and Twitter (the two I use the most). Then I have a pages on Myspace (ugh), Pownce, Utterz, and LinkedIn. Oh, can’t forget Skype. Then today I just signed up for Plurk – a Twitter competitor. Too bad I don’t have any real world [...]
