Hope you had a good Thanksgiving ...
Here's some of the stories I took an interest in during the last week ...
Sports ...
a Mitchell thinks drug use down in MLB
a In Detroit, Tradition Takes a Hike
Music ...
a 2008 American Music Awards: The Best and Worst
a Digital Sales Surpass CDs at Atlantic
a Austin tries to keep title of 'live music capital'
Movies ...a 'Christmas Story' fans celebrate film's 25th year
a Chenoweth Has Christmas Covered ... Ah, Kristin Chenoweth. Chirpy!
Politics ...
a Obama team delivers a changeup in news conference seating
a Barack Obama chafes inside the 'bubble'
a BlackBerry vs. the bubble
a Change From the Top
a The true school scandala Send Bill Clinton to the Senate
a Obama steps forcefully into vacuum
a White House Manual Details How to Deal With Protesters
a The White House: An Operating Manual
Media & the Internet ...
a Facebook broke my heart ... I'll admit it, there are old girlfriends and flames on my Facebook. Each hold a special part of my past, and it's been a thrill for me to reconnect with them, too, and see what they're doing now ... But there are lines you shouldn't cross.
a Friends in a Facebook World
a Online networks have rendered reunions obsolete
a Dine-and-dash gang nabbed via Facebook ... From my friend Raechel.
a Woman who won a date is suing Waukegan radio station ... This is crazy. Why, why why! would the radio station not do a background check on the guy!?
a Woman Guilty of Minor Charges for MySpace Hoax ... Crazy, interesting stuff.
a A Penny for My Thoughts?
Technology ...a No Keyboard? And You Call This a BlackBerry?
Life & other stuff ...a The Car of the Future -- but at What Cost?
a Back to the old toy box: In hard times, parents and retailers turn to tried-and-true favorites
a Reducing costs 1 word at a time
a A president named Obama changes the name game
a Frank Gehry: The Starchitect's Best Work May Turn Out Not to Look Much Like Him
a Louisville drops Who-ville Christmas display at behest of Dr. Seuss lawyers
a Area Man Shocked To See His Elementary School Has A Website ... From The Onion.
Showing posts with label Christmas Story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas Story. Show all posts
11.30.2008
12.24.2007
Merry Christmas!
... Kates and I are in full-fledged Christmas mode now.
... At church, earlier tonight, her children's choir sang beautifully.
... And the service concluded with two of our musicians doing Manheim Steamroller's Silent Night. Amazing. Just minutes before, I had been preparing myself for another lame, churched-down version of the song and thinking to myself about how much I missed hearing the Steamroller version. In my opinion, that version of that song has to be the best, most beautiful Christmas song of all-time. Plus, it brings back such fond memories for me of growing up, surrounded by Kansas City Christmases ... So when it came out tonight, the chills were traveling up and down my spine from the first note played and right up through the last bar ...
... The baby was getting attention tonight, too. Before the service, one of our pastors said to Kates, "A few months earlier and you could have been Mary this year ..." ... Then, during the service, as Kates got up to direct the children's choir, I heard a woman behind me whisper to her pew mate, "Oh! She's pregnant ..." ... And on our way out, our other pastor greeted Kates and I and said, "Oh you guys must be so excited! You are living the Christmas story this year!"
... After we got home, I made salmon for our Christmas dinner ... And now we're enjoying the 24 hours of "A Christmas Story" -- one of my favorite movies of all-time, no matter the season -- on TBS ...
Yep, the Christmas spirit is a live and well in our house tonight ...
So Merry Christmas, from our house to yours ...
... At church, earlier tonight, her children's choir sang beautifully.
... And the service concluded with two of our musicians doing Manheim Steamroller's Silent Night. Amazing. Just minutes before, I had been preparing myself for another lame, churched-down version of the song and thinking to myself about how much I missed hearing the Steamroller version. In my opinion, that version of that song has to be the best, most beautiful Christmas song of all-time. Plus, it brings back such fond memories for me of growing up, surrounded by Kansas City Christmases ... So when it came out tonight, the chills were traveling up and down my spine from the first note played and right up through the last bar ...
... The baby was getting attention tonight, too. Before the service, one of our pastors said to Kates, "A few months earlier and you could have been Mary this year ..." ... Then, during the service, as Kates got up to direct the children's choir, I heard a woman behind me whisper to her pew mate, "Oh! She's pregnant ..." ... And on our way out, our other pastor greeted Kates and I and said, "Oh you guys must be so excited! You are living the Christmas story this year!"
... After we got home, I made salmon for our Christmas dinner ... And now we're enjoying the 24 hours of "A Christmas Story" -- one of my favorite movies of all-time, no matter the season -- on TBS ...
Yep, the Christmas spirit is a live and well in our house tonight ...
So Merry Christmas, from our house to yours ...
12.27.2006
Tonight's news
... NBC did it again tonight, offering up an informative and fascinating look back on Gerald Ford's legacy. It was a good watch ...
... Then later in the newscast, just before a commercial break, Brian Williams told us to stick around for more on "today's bombshell in the sports world ..."
What!? ... I wondered out loud to Kates that we could only hope Barry Bonds had decided to save whatever integrity baseball's homerun record has left and retire ...
It turned out I was close, but not close enough ... A court ruled federal investigators could use the names of players who tested positive for steroids in 2003.
Here's some other good reads from the past week ...
a Gerald Ford: One of history's bravest leaders?
a Giuliani's Primary Hurdle
a Nothing New Here -- And That's the Point
a User-Generated Content Dominates Google's 2006 Hot List
a ‘The Nine’ waits for its second chance amidst much consternation
a Gifts to give some TV characters
a Nielsen Fun Facts: Small Talk About Big Numbers
a Shrine to Ralphie: All that's missing are the bunny pj's... and the related I double-dog dare you to tour house ... I'm soooo going here the next time we go to Cleveland ...
... Then later in the newscast, just before a commercial break, Brian Williams told us to stick around for more on "today's bombshell in the sports world ..."
What!? ... I wondered out loud to Kates that we could only hope Barry Bonds had decided to save whatever integrity baseball's homerun record has left and retire ...
It turned out I was close, but not close enough ... A court ruled federal investigators could use the names of players who tested positive for steroids in 2003.
Here's some other good reads from the past week ...
a Gerald Ford: One of history's bravest leaders?
a Giuliani's Primary Hurdle
a Nothing New Here -- And That's the Point
a User-Generated Content Dominates Google's 2006 Hot List
a ‘The Nine’ waits for its second chance amidst much consternation
a Gifts to give some TV characters
a Nielsen Fun Facts: Small Talk About Big Numbers
a Shrine to Ralphie: All that's missing are the bunny pj's... and the related I double-dog dare you to tour house ... I'm soooo going here the next time we go to Cleveland ...
2.28.2006
12.24.2005
The best Christmas movie ever?
Well duh!
It's 'A Christmas Story.'
...and if TBS's non-stop airing of the classic isn't enough, check out this site.
It's 'A Christmas Story.'
...and if TBS's non-stop airing of the classic isn't enough, check out this site.
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