National Day of Prayer Address Ravi Zacharias was the 2008 Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer. He delivered the following keynote address at The Cannon House in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2008. It’s really been a full morning, beginning with being with the President as he gave us a...
**A note from, what I loosely call, "the author"** DUDES - Yesterday I FORGOT the Stravaganza was TODAY. F*ck! Today I had eleventy billion things I had to get done. F*ck!! I started this lil round-up around 8ish this morning.. it's now 10:30 p.m. I partly blame my chores. I partly blame the...
Below are all my updates while I was in Bangladesh. These are the same ones posted in facebook, so for those of you who don't have facebook, I hope you enjoy them! 4/13 - So yesterday my bag finally arrived! And everything was in the bag too. One of the "TSA approved" locks was missing however. This...
Following is an edited transcript of Oprah Winfrey's speech at Stanford's Commencement ceremony Sunday, June 15, 2008 Thank you, President Hennessy, and to the trustees and the faculty, to all of the parents and grandparents, to you, the Stanford graduates. Thank you for letting me share this...
Perseverance in the face of adversity. That is the mantra of ultrarunning. Little did I know how challenging it would be for me to even get to the starting line. Of course, I also had no idea how tough it would be on race day either. On Friday June 6th, the day before the Kettle Moraine...
I’m spending the month of July writing the pilot for a series I pitched at a June workshop in PEI. In preparation I am watching the pilots of various shows I am/have been a fan of and reporting back on how they set up the show, what was successful, what failed and what changed. It’s more of an...
(July 24, Sunday morning, 2.48 am) (Hokkaido Resort Hotel, room number 0805) (The hotel room is quiet and dark; Akane, Miyake and Yumiko are sleeping very peacefully) (The moon shone brightly and penetrated into the room) (Soft peaceful sea wave sound) (Yumiko’s) (Yumiko was having a bad dream;...
First thing I learned is - the Army has a long name for everything, so they end up shortening them with nicknames or acronyms. Most of them are vulgar, but that's the military. Mikey is going to spit some at you, so here's a little list for your reference. Enjoy! Official acronyms and initialisms AA...
Holy crap I need to buy me a shotgun, ASAP. Oh yes my friends.. I had a blast! I am the master of skeet shooting!! WOOOOOOO!! Okay so the day started off as per usual.. bust me arse to get to Kim's on time - where I did a lot of standing around and helped set up for their garage sale, while waiting...
Jean Marc Calvet's show is coming to a close but there are two more shows with Monkdogz coming up, one, "Zepher" is with me, Kathy Ostman-Magnusen. So, art is in the air... can't ya feel it? Ummm I can just about smell it! Yup in fact I really can.. all that oil on canvas... smile. Check out the...
Artwork by Betina Jung (Denmark) "Zepher" Summer Show at Monkdogz Urban Art July 17th - August 12th 2008 http://www.monkdogz.com Monkdogz Urban Art, Inc. 547 West 27th Street 5th floor New York, NY 10001 James Armstrong (USA) Joyce DiBona (USA) Noël Dorado (France) Bjørn Eriksen (Denmark) Kasper...
We the People of America are in a time of great flux and collision with changes that cause many of us to take pause and gain a perspective of where the road we are on is leading us. We are at a time when the moral center that has guided the nation is in the process of disappearing and the ground is...
First Presidency Message Only a Teacher By President Thomas S. Monson Second Counselor in the First PresidencyThomas S. Monson, "Only a Teacher," Ensign, Jan 1990, 2 Often we hear the expression, "Times have changed." And perhaps they have. Our generation has witnessed enormous strides in the fields...
post about E-blog's Shit, Fan, And all that I have been reading his blog a lot lately. He has some interesting ideas, but I don't think a post this long belongs in his blog. I hope I am not committing some kind of hi-jacking sin by posting it here, but I really have a lot to say about the issue....
movie P.S. I Love You date 2007 poem Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion author William Blake Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion by William Blake can be found in its entirety below. The words used in the movie are in bold. Comments welcome. There is a Void, outside of Existence,...
Jaimie's eyelids fluttered briefly as she blinked back into consciousness. She coughed weakly, squeezing her eyes shut against the sudden rush of fluorescent light. Attempting to raise an arm to shield her pupils from the rays, she found she was unable to move. She lulled her head to the left, neck...
What is power, and how much of it do I want? Well, it depends on the situation. I don’t think that there is a circumstance where anyone is powerless. Power can mean ability to do something, and we all have that. Also, power can mean having authority over someone or something. Sometimes the power...
199 Love Quotes Collection - Collection of romantic love quotes from famous authors, & other romantic sources. These love quotes are simply for showing your love. Scroll down to see the romantic love quotes. Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense....
Oh my god. So I am the most perfect example on why, when you try drugs... not to let people try and tell you what to do. (ps. Aunt Joanna, read the bottom first.) This may be long. So here's the shortest version first..and then I'll explain: Extacy(spelling?) makes all of my friends want to party...
I once told the story of my sweet friend June who showed up on my doorstep (an hour round-trip from town, I should note!) one evening with warm, fresh-baked bread to give me. I thought that this magnanimous gesture could never be topped, but my boys out in Oregon may have done it. When we got home...
