In addition to my wife's illness, my 1-year old has a cold, I have a virus, and my data drive crashed and was unrecoverable. I also had to take the youngest to the E.R. friday night (the same day that my wife came home from the hospital), because she slipped and burst her lip open. It bled really bad. The doctor said that it should heal fine and ( Read more... )

I enjoy Christmas, I really do. It's not my favorite holiday, but this year, I was really starting to enjoy the wholesomeness, the being around friends, the sharing in the spirit with family, and, especially, the giving. And people surprised me this year. They seem to be genuinely in the spirit of Christmas ( Read more... )

Okay. I can understand wanting to keep a separation of church and state. That's fine, but if you want to separate church and state, then don't put up a Nativity scene! If you're that concerned about it, don't even have a Festival that honors the celebration of the birth of Christ ( Read more... )