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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008The Grasp The defining play of the definitive Super Bowl ever. Super Bowl 42 by the Numbers 0 — Giant fans who missed Tiki 1 — Second left when Belli-cheat left the field 2 — Different Manning MVPs in back to back Super Bowls 2 — First quarter possessions, the fewest ever 2 — Eli [...]
Stupid is as stupid does, but this is so much worse than that
Monday, January 7th, 2008A high school gym teacher was charged with sending nude pictures of herself and sexually suggestive cell phone text messages to a 14-year-old freshman at the school. … Police said Chester, who is married, had sent a boy three pictures of herself, two of them naked, by cell phone on Dec. 22, and the boy [...]
P, This One’s for You
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007It was nice to read good news about Arab/Jewish relations in the papers this morning. It’s especially appropriate, given the season. “On earth peace, good will toward men.” Related + Open Questions + Thoughts on Racial Profile, Saudi Gang Rape, and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
About those ice storms in Oklahoma
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007My cousin James Kruse is on staff at oneeighty youth ministries in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the center of the ice storm that’s plagued the Midwest the past couple of days. Power outages forced him and his family (8-months pregnant wife Sarah and two little boys) to evacuate their home last night, only to have to [...]
Sobering
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Last week, 25-year-old Jayson Tirado was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer in an early morning traffic dispute. (Video) I found out this morning that Jayson was one of three or four Tirado siblings who attended Generation Xcel in the mid-90s when we first opened. He attended school with my sister-in-law, and we [...]
Gangs of New York
Thursday, November 1st, 2007THEY prey on high-school students, second-generation immigrants who want protection or a sense of identity. And they boast on their YouTube and MySpace pages – posting pictures and detailing their exploits. As New York’s gang population swells to more than 15,000, membership is increasingly Hispanic – spurred by a wave of street toughs from Mexico [...]
Dr. Dobson’s Values Test
Friday, October 5th, 2007In a New York Times Op-Ed yesterday, Dr. James Dobson wrote: After two hours of deliberation, we voted on a resolution that can be summarized as follows: If neither of the two major political parties nominates an individual who pledges himself or herself to the sanctity of human life, we will join others in voting [...]
Depressing News Day
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007Here are five of the Top News Stories today at CNN.com: 8.2 strong quake hits off Indonesia: What’s most disturbing about this article is: “Since the devastating tsunami of December 2004, Indonesia has fallen victim to 15 earthquakes with magnitudes of 6.3 or higher, according to the USGS. The quakes have killed almost 8,000 people, [...]
Tacky
Monday, September 10th, 2007From the level-headed patriots at MoveOn.org, on the eve on the 6th Anniversary of 9/11: See what the General had to say for himself, here.
Blog Catch-Up
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007+ Content Creation Online: 44% of U.S. Internet users have contributed their thoughts and their files to cyberspace. + The Partnership for After School Education (PASE) has launched a podcast of its trainings, conferences, and symposia. The current online library is small, but appears to be growing. PASE has been a long-standing training resource, program [...]
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