Dave Barry’s year in review: 2009
Posted by Scott in UncategorizedDec 31st, 2009 | No Commentsawesome: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/dave-barry/v-fullstory/story/1397654.html
It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. As a result Washington, rejecting “business as usual,'' finally stopped trying to solve every problem by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at it and instead started trying to solve every problem by throwing trillions of taxpayer dollars at it.
To be sure, it was a year that saw plenty of bad news. But in almost every instance, there was offsetting good news:
BAD NEWS: The economy remained critically weak, with rising unemployment, a severely depressed real-estate market, the near-collapse of the domestic automobile industry and the steep decline of the dollar.
GOOD NEWS: Windows 7 sucked less than Vista.
BAD NEWS: The downward spiral of the newspaper industry continued, resulting in the firings of thousands of experienced reporters and an apparently permanent deterioration in the quality of American journalism.
GOOD NEWS: A lot more people were tweeting.
BAD NEWS: Ominous problems loomed abroad as — among other difficulties — the Afghanistan war went sour, and Iran threatened to plunge the Middle East and beyond into nuclear war.
GOOD NEWS: They finally got Roman Polanski.
In short, it was a year that we will be happy to put behind us. But before we do, let's swallow our anti-nausea medication and take one last look back, starting with. . . .
read the rest, which includes a monthly breakdown: http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/dave-barry/v-fullstory/story/1397654.html
Beer decision flowchart
Posted by Scott in UncategorizedDec 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
This actually makes sense! It excludes a lot, but conceptually it works…
http://eatingtheroad.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/what-should-i-drink-beer-edition-flowchart/Mellow Mushroom, Winston-Salem, @121church friends. Word.
Posted by Scott in UncategorizedDec 16th, 2009 | No Comments
Shane Claiborne - Letter to Non-Believers - Esquire
Posted by Scott in UncategorizedDec 14th, 2009 | No Commentshttp://www.esquire.com/features/best-and-brightest-2009/shane-claiborne-1209
excerpt: “The more I have read the Bible and studied the life of Jesus, the more I have become convinced that Christianity spreads best not through force but through fascination. But over the past few decades our Christianity, at least here in the United States, has become less and less fascinating. We have given the atheists less and less to disbelieve. And the sort of Christianity many of us have seen on TV and heard on the radio looks less and less like Jesus.”Christmas Music at the Mall in Greensboro
Posted by Sarah in UncategorizedDec 12th, 2009 | No CommentsA nice calm sound in the shopping mayham! Imagine all these people playing carol of the bells :).
Merry Christmas from Apple - free music! Go get it.
Posted by Scott in UncategorizedDec 11th, 2009 | No Commentslink: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/itunes-holiday-sampler/id344104720
yet “As followers of Christ we’re prohibited from hating anyone or hurting back. Let it go & you will grow.”
Posted by Scott in UncategorizedDec 3rd, 2009 | No Commentsseen seconds later on Twitter, RT'd @t_jjones via @RickWarren
okay, slightly convicted about my last post. anywho, I laughed, even if it's wrong. g'night all.
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