And in the interest of fairness, I offer this link to the Alfred E. Smith event last night. Before the campaigns went into full swing after the conventions, my wife commented that she felt comfortable with either candidate. John McCain's tone during his speech is what we both wanted to hear from someone contending for the presidency of the United ( Read more... )

I've one of those daily calenders. Where you tear the page off each day. I started using them several years back when my cousin got me a Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar version. (Now she knows me better and I got a pair of really good winter gloves.) Since then I've gotten a new calendar each year. Not the swimsuit theme, but others like ( Read more... )

You know you've done a good job bringing up your kids when they exhibit a quick, offbeat sense of humor ( Read more... )