learning experience

And he’s not pleased with his Blue Dog son. Former Senator David Boren comments on his son’s decision to vote for Obama but not endorse him:

I’m finishing up an article today about Compassion Bloggers‘ first outing together in Uganda.  It’s for Collide.  Heard of it?  Me neither until Carlos, Anne and Randy told me about it in Africa.  Now I’m hooked.  It’s like WIRED without the atheism. The collision of geeky and Jesus - theological conundrums ensue.  Fun.

All effective marketing, one theory goes, is an appeal to something on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.  And everything is marketing.

That girl in the short shorts and tank top (minus the bra) standing at the Fort Lauderdale baggage claim last weekend?  Marketing to those who want sex (Belonging and/or Affection).

Now that the regular basketball season is over, H is playing on a 7th/8th grade team in a few tournaments between now and summer. This one started Friday night with a warm up game, and the double elimination tournament started yesterday. They played at 8, 12, and 5, then today they played at 1, 3, 4, and 5:30 in the championship game. It would have taken them 4 or five weeks of the regular season to play that many games, so it was an incredible learning experience. Watching our little gir

From the HBIC/Owner, Ivy:

We’ve tried a couple of ways to keep the quality of writing up at MCB, and we think we may have hit on a winner. Props to Newscoma for the idea. Instead of having one person be responsible for the bulk of all the writing, we have decided to piece it out to several people. Each person will cover a topic that they either have some expertise or a great interest in.

Both Sean Braisted and R. Neal post in praise of Senate Joint Resolution 604 that reads in part:

Lisa Solomon Toxin Doily Drawing : Selenium Bromide

I was perusing my colleague and kindred spirit blogger Jayne Sorrel's site today, looking for something I'd seen from her some time ago that dealt with "idiot compassion."