Personal Blather

WHAT?!

We went to church yesterday, ate lunch quickly before going to our son’s football game, then I came home and tried my hand at “Freezer Cooking.” I didn’t see, hear or read much news. This comes as a bit of a surprise:

GAZA (Reuters) - Two kidnapped Fox journalists appeared on a new videotape […]

In addition to classic country music, there’s great new stuff coming out all the time. I’ve been humming this one for months now:

I feel no shame I’m proud of where I came from I was born and raised in the boondocks One thing I know No matter where […]

Or thereabouts.

I guess I’ll have to add this one to my “About” page [HT: Hot Air]:

Al Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush presidency, describing the current US administration as “a renegade band of rightwing extremists.”

Come and join our renegade band! We’ll put out an album with cover […]

Even though it may turn out to be a false alarm, it is still a good day not to be at work.

UPDATE: Congressman Jack Kingston’s staff is live blogging from lockdown in the Rayburn Building.

The most surprising thing about the White House Correspondents dinner last night was that George Clooney ate at the table directly behind me, about four feet away. With him were the White House Chief of Staff and the Ambassador to the U.N. At the table in front of me was the Chairman of […]

I’ve been invited to the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday.

Reasons not to go:

I have to rent a tux. I have to wear a tux. Valerie Plame will be there.

Reasons to go:

It is an honor to be invited and to turn it down would be rude. I might get a chance to be rude to a famous […]

In case you haven’t been paying close attention, I have been joined here by a co-blogger, using the pseudonym Out of the Mainstream. I’ll call him OOTM for short. Actually, I’ve opened up the blog for anyone to submit posts. All you have to do is register. So you folks who […]

More is being said here and here.

We’re home after a long (and great) Christmas vacation. So it’s back to work and back to whatever home-based blogging time permits.

Stuff I read today: Saddam’s Terror Training Camps by Stephen Hayes and U.S. shouldn’t have to do tap dance over bugging by Mark Steyn.

Money-quote from Hayes:

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On my way out of town before the Christmas break, I exchanged several emails with friend of mine about the Pennsylvania court case on teaching intelligent design in public schools. He and I have previously debated which has a more corrosive effect on young children, exposure to explicit depictions of violence or explicit […]

After two days of driving Griswold-style across Virginia and Tennessee with both kids and the dog, we are now in Memphis with family. Then tomorrow it’s on to Arkansas for a week, then back to Memphis for the first week of the New Year. This is our family tradition, our annual there […]