Miri loves her sister~!

Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis? V2

Read it an weep.
Now I'm not saying the blame falls solely on the dems . . but they didn't put a stop to it when they could.
Who's responsible? Greedy borrowers who knew they couldn't afford a house and greedy mortgage lenders who though they could get some cash before passing on a bad deal.

The Political Machine Express Released!

Great game! Now a few version available!
Go get it!

Political machine 2008 trailer E3
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Hmm . . looks like rain.

I'm easing from status {aware} towards {concern}.
Still miles away from {worry} and {panic}

Worst. Vegetarian. Ever,

The family and I are at the bird house at the Houston zoo. 

A ladybug lands on my hand. 

So cute! 

Down below, two workers are letting out a BAG of ladybugs. They are to eat pests on plants but are safe because birds won't eat the foul tasting ladybugs. 

I ask Gwendolyn and Miriam to eat one. I offer a dollar.

I ask the workers 

They decline. 

As the bidding moves up to $10 the ladybug on my hand FLIES into my mouth and I swallow. 

Worst vegetarian ever.

This is the picture my wife took to capture the moment. 

Laughing, crying, coughing, trying not to puke.

Gwen's last day at Girl Scout Camp

20080703 - Camp Agnes Arnold - Day 4

Gwen's Firt day at camp.

Independence Day vs. Fourth of July

As July approaches, I am again disheartened to see the anniversary of our country’s birth regulated to just another day of the month by so many people who call it the “4th of July” instead of “Independence Day”.

Conversely, no one calls "Christmas" “December 25th”, right? Of course not, because the reason for the season is right there in the name! The name, "Christmas" reinforced the meaning.

If we were to use “Independence Day” we would reinforce to each other that it’s not just a day to have barbecue with friends and watch fireworks.

 
Independence Day becomes a day to remember where we came from and what the founders did. It gives us incentive to talk to our kids about what those fireworks represent and how we are a part of the process. Independence Day can be a constant, teachable moment about America that "4th of July" fails to do.

DDR makes all things good

I wish my library did this. I owe $12 for DVDs I forgot about.

MILFORD – Library users with unpaid fines had a chance to redeem themselves Thursday during the annual Patron Appreciation Day at the Wadleigh Memorial Library.

Instead of a scolding when they arrived, delinquent patrons were received like party guests.

Patrons were invited to make good on unpaid fines by donating canned and packaged foods for the local soup kitchen or by entering a dance competition, “Dance Dance Revolution.”

To sweeten the pot, during most of the day the library served coffee, bagels, pastries and ice cream, donated by area businesses.

By midafternoon, the cans and packages were piling up on a table inside library director Michelle Sampson’s office while circulation assistant Katie Spofford was setting up the video dance game on a PlayStation in a carpeted room upstairs.