Did anybody else feel as though they were watching 24 out of obligation?
(I officially removed it from my favorite TV shows on Facebook… yeah, it’s that serious. Seriously.)
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“Everything you want in the world is just right outside your comfort zone.”
- Jennifer Aniston
The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in the year 1621 and invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians also to the feast. It was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag Indians and the Wampanoag chief, Massasoit, was also invited there.
An interesting piece on Joel Osteen from the August 2008 issue of Conde Nast Portfolio. I hessitated when using the ‘Christianity‘ tag and ‘Joel Osteen’ in the same article.
- It is religion as escapism, criticized throughout the Bible Belt as “Christianity lite†or “prosperity gospel.†But this murmuring crowd, slouching toward a kinder, gentler salvation, is a more telling indicator of the state of our union than consumer durables purchased or capital goods ordered.
The Obamassiah has been skipping out on church in order to work out at the gym. Look likes Barack paid a little too much attention to 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.
President-elect Barack Obama has yet to attend church services since winning the White House earlier this month, a departure from the example of his two immediate predecessors.
On the three Sundays since his election, Obama has instead used his free time to get in workouts at a Chicago gym.
Asked about the president-elect’s decision to not attend church, a transition aide noted that the Obamas valued their faith experience in Chicago but were concerned about the impact their large retinue may have on other parishioners.
“Because they have a great deal of respect for places of worship, they do not want to draw unwelcome or inappropriate attention to a church not used to the attention their attendance would draw,” said the aide.
Both President-elect George W. Bush and President-elect Bill Clinton managed to attend church in the weeks after they were elected.
Time magazine’s Mark Halperin at Politico/USC conference spoke of the media’s 2008 presidential race coverage:
- “It’s the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war,” Halperin said at a panel of media analysts. “It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage.”
Other breaking news: water is wet.
Many of you share my affinity for the Drudge Report. After all, it is the most timely, to-the-point, non biased news sources in the world. At 12,000,000 hits per day… hoe can one go wrong? One of my favorite blogs did an article on Why the Drudge Report is one of the best designed sites on the web.
I assume that the media won’t be quit to jump on Obama as they have been on Bush.
The setup: “It was a pajama party for the girls, and they were going to watch the finals of American Idol. The two singers in the final were David Cooker and David Archuleta. The girls were all fans of David A.”
All 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time in 1777.
In 1941, Thanksgiving was declared by Congress to be a legal holiday, held on the fourth Thursday in November.
The ‘Best Of’ 2008 lists are beginning.
Paste Magazine’s 2008, Best TV Shows: Lost (hooray!), The Colbert Report (hooray!), 30 Rock (hooray!), The Office (hooray!), Mad Men (hooray!), and at #1, Battlestar Galactica (aaaaand you lost us).
I loathe the Dallas Cowboys. The mere name invokes a hatred that I only apply to the Yankees, Notre Dame, The Big 10, and the bastards who took the Sonics… but I love Tony Romo:
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A homeless man who goes by Doc was cashing in change at a Cinemark theater in Dallas when a guy walked up and offered to pay his way into the movie. Doc, who planned to spend his day passing out flyers for a few bucks, accepted a rain check before realizing that he recognized the generous gentleman.
“Was that Tony Romo?” Doc asked the kid behind the counter.
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Romo, who confirmed the story but didn’t want to elaborate, waved Doc over to sit by him and his buddy. Doc sheepishly mentioned that he hadn’t showered in a few days.
“Don’t worry about that,” Romo said. “I’m used to locker rooms.”
Read the full article.
Did you realize that 1 week from today is Thanksgiving? That means that in just 9 days, Christmas Every Day begins. Everyday there will be multiple posts dedicated to the most wonderful time of the year. This is the 3rd year of Christmas Every Day, and I believe that each year it gets bigger and better.
It is not a sure thing that turkey was part of the Thanksgiving Feast, but venison was definitely part of the meal.
A list of items lost in space…
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During a September 2006 spacewalk, astronaut Joe Tanner, working outside the space station with Stefanyshyn-Piper, accidentally released a bolt, spring and washer.
During a July 2006 spacewalk, astronauts Piers Sellers and Michael Fossum lost a 14-inch spatula while testing a method to repair the space shuttle.
During a March 2001 spacewalk to mount important equipment to the international space station, a foot attachment used to anchor spacewalkers to the end of the space shuttle Discovery’s robotic arm managed to float free from astronaut Jim Voss and was lost in space. Later in the mission, Discovery’s thrusters had to be fired to move the spacecraft to a higher orbit to dodge the menacing piece of space junk.
