Democrat Foster wins Hastert’s seat — chicagotribune.com
In a stunning upset Saturday that could be a harbinger of trouble for the GOP this fall, a little-known Democratic physicist won the special election for a seat drawn to re-elect former Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert.
David and I were driving back from a visit with our convalescing [...]
Stunning Upset in Illinois: Oberweis Scooped by Scientist
March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Politics, Schmolitics
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The Case of the Missing Pork Chops
March 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Random Access Memories, SABRE2th Tigress: Book 'em, Dano.
I don’t pay much attention to what goes on around me at work - I have enough to do trying to maintain focus and stay on task without getting into dishing the dirt much about colleagues. But sometimes, a topic just begs to be explored.
Yesterday, a co-worker who’s now a kind of tech services/general upgrades [...]
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UNDERCOVER CAT…
March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Photos and Shutterblogs, The Life of Riley
…is undercover.
Technorati Tags: LOLcat, Rileycat
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Stephen Fry Explains Why He Is Allergic To Dancing
March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Mini-Posts, Music... Shall All Your Cares Beguile
Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Bored of the dance
Many reasons, all perfectly valid and many of them funny and some of them poignant, prevent Stephen Fry from enjoying the feeling of moving around in time to music. Also, he declares war on the idea that Americans are “irony illiterate.”
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Spiritual caregivers: Salt Lake Trib mentions a friend
March 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Dear Mom, Episcopal, Only in Utah...
Spiritual caregivers: Beyond physical healing - Salt Lake Tribune
For 22 years, Lincoln Ure, an Episcopal priest, has been the clinical pastoral education supervisor at St. Mark’s Hospital, the one site in Utah that offers the Association of Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE) training. Succeeding as a chaplain, Ure explained, “takes some serious internal work.”
Father Linc [...]
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