this is pretty funny. one of the highlights of each year’s visit to california is our trip to Pasadena to visit my cousin kay. she bought some pizzas from costco as well as some really good hummus and fresh fruit. on top of that, some friends of hers made some home-made tomales! talk about [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by deWeb
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i noticed this morning that the los angeles morning news show my parents watch still has their christmas decorations up. i don’t know why that surprised me a little bit. i guess i just expected to see them gone as soon as christmas was over. don’t get me wrong, i didn’t want [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2007 by deWeb
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here’s a beautiful, bittersweet song by john prine called christmas in prison. it’s perhaps off the beaten path a bit, but i like the ones that aren’t as well known, and aren’t necessarily all smiles and giggles… click below to listen.
christmas in prison – john prine
also, just in case you were wondering, i [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by deWeb
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this is pretty funny, since i’ve been listening to a lot of bruce springsteen lately.
Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by deWeb
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here’s a pretty good one.
Ted Koppel: “So he’s your lightning rod?”
Bush: “More than that, he’s my sounding rod.”
George W. Bush
July 21, 2000
Referring to vice presidential candidate, Dick Cheney, on ABC’s Nightline.
Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by deWeb
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check out this post on my friend travis keller’s blog. it’s called “in response: ‘you hate christmas.’” pastor tony made mention a couple of weeks ago about christmas being too self-focussed, and how we should do things for people who can’t or won’t do anything for us in return. i think travis’s [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2007 by deWeb
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i have a george w bush quote generator on my igoogle homepage. whether you love him or hate him, you know that w trips over his words from time to time. anyway, this one struck me as pretty funny. (the photo below has nothing to do with the quote. i just [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2007 by deWeb
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great video from an interview with steven colbert and jabari asim, an author and columnist for the washington post, about his new book the “n” word.
for more by this author, check out this column he wrote in march 2006, or visit his website.
Posted on December 20th, 2007 by deWeb
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i’m sitting here in my office, eating my lunch at 2:30, sipping coffee from my new starbucks cup with pictures of ella all over it, watching a video of a great a capella group from indiana university called “straight no chaser” attempting to sing the twelve days of christmas. i actually caught myself laughing [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by deWeb
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i had a great day today. we exchanged gifts at the office today, and shannon got me what has to be one of the coolest presents ever! it’s a starbucks cup with pictures that she took of ella on sunday morning all over it. totally awesome. (also a nice gift card to Ise to fill [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2007 by deWeb
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