That was a busy week, that third & final week of semifinal AI:8 action, wasn’t it? We got both the 3rd flight of semifinalists and the judges’ choice wild-card soiree, back-to-back. Lucky us! First, the 3rd semifinal flight. Overall, I think this group acquitted itself better than t...

Just to show that I haven’t completely forgotten about things in the realm of churchly politics (and that I haven’t totally ceded that arena to others like Frank! ;^) ), here’s a little tidbit that I came across recently that might be of some interest… One of the perennial ho...

Well, now. That was… something, now wasn’t it? And it wasn’t better than last week. It’s always a bit disheartening when people don’t learn from the misfortune of others. And the second group of semifinalists most certainly did not learn from the mistakes made by group ...

Just a quick blurb to update about why I’ve not been updating… I’m not, I don’t think, going to take the entire season off; however, neither do I think that I’m going to obsessively document & comment on each and every episode. “Well, duh!” You are prob...

This bad boy turned 25 years old this past week! I almost got one of the original 128k Macs, in August of 1984, but ended up with an Apple IIc instead, much to my everlasting chagrin. I had to wait 3.5 years until I got my first Mac, but that’s not the anecdote I want to pass along here. No, w...

Montage of good, bad, ugly, naughty, nice, phycho, normal, loser, & winner, ending with #1 Kelly Clarkson & #7 David Cook. My two favorites, I must say. This is. This is. This is. This. This. This. This. Is. American. Idol. Thank you, Ryan. Let the delusion begin again. The Grand Canyon, e...

Second play from scrimmage, the Lions turn the ball over, and lose the challenge. Two plays later, Tennessee punches it in for a TD. 90 seconds in, the Lions are down 7 due to a self-inflicted wound. Yep, it’s Thanksgiving… -ghp...

Election day is finally here. I already voted, and now I’m having to endure CNN’s election coverage, while I sit in the customer lounge at the Toyota dealership while the mighty Prius gets a new auxillary battery installed. I think this is one of Dante’s Circles of Hell, having to ...

Just in case you haven’t yet been convinced that Barack Obama is the most Left-leaning, Socialist candidate to ever get within sniffing distance of the Oval Office, here’s another chance to be swayed. By The One’s very own words, no less… He’s not a Socialist, my ass...