http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/ts_nm/olympics_dissidents_dc;_ylt=As4gNYuGCB.Ba2imHIFWEv2s0NUE 

So I hesitate to mention this because it's only a 90% done deal, but on 9/26 we're supposed to close on a new house, woot.  Everyone is gonna say WTF?  But it's in Oskaloosa, KS which just isn't as far as it sounds.  Why the move?  Well our house has beaten me.  I give.  I  can do no more for it and it just isn't big enough for us now that Morgan ( Read more... )

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We really don't discuss spirituality much in detail in my house.  Between my wife and I we have a pretty firm understanding of where we are in realition to eachothers spiritual beliefs.  She is a Wiccan and well I am... uh... something that doesn't have much in the way of rules or, uh... names.  LOL.  We try to impart our moral beliefs to our son ( Read more... )

 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25945136/

As I posted a while ago, he voted in favor of the FISA/IMMUNITY bill, HR 6304.  For this I rebuked him at length, and informed him that I was not able to support him financially (I know, big loss eh?) or with my vote.  I was hoping that his office might reallize that they had upset their supporters, so I got this in response...

Dear Justin:

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Happy Birthday to Lilly (a wee early but I won't be on later though).  And the same to others if I miss your birthday.  I'm not around as much as I used to be ( Read more... )

So I met with a german longsword insturctor Friday night, determined she knew some stuff.  I will pursue this educational opportunity for the time being (hopefully I'll not have a reason to end it).  I am tentative because in the quest to find a classical longsword instructor I have found all manner of ego-fed delusional bullshit.  So we'll see.  ( Read more... )

The Exxon Valdez punitive is overturned...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080625/bs_nm/exxon_valdez_court_dc_5;_ylt=AqA3rOoEiF6MSbfuftAXmqQE1vAI
The penalty had been 2.5 billion and is now 500 million which is an 80 % decrease in fine.  The original fine would have been a mere 30% of their most recent quarterly profit.
http://www.breitbart.com/article. ( Read more... )

The funk has me.  Hoek, ack, blaaaargh.  Save... your...selves.

Which sucks because I had just found a totally bitchin' free E Book based on Tobler's interpretation of German Longsword martial arts which I was practicing.  Some of the moves make my belly feel kinda funny.