Thanks T.  Made my day.

rabbit-land in connecticut

yes, there is a jumping platform inside the land and a draw-bridge that connects to the bed.

...inside me, there is clearly a fat 8-year-old girl with social problems living out her rabbity dreams.

New Blog. Got some props.

One time I asked Cheryl to give me some props because I knew some trivia question or something. She punched me in the face. Don't punch me in the face.

But check out another blog I've got smoking on these intertubes: Students Say the Darndest Things

The idea is that working in ministry with jr. high and high school kids there is NEVER a lack of hilarious things being said. So why not post them on the intertubes. And there' s a sweet gadget where visitors can txt their hilarity to me and I'll post it. So there you go.

And something pretty cool is that Josh Griffin, High School Pastor @ Saddleback & MoreThanDodgeBall.com blogger posted about it.

Thanks Josh!

Students do say the darndest things...

Daddy: "Are you finished eating or not?"
Meka: "Not."

so white.

so, here is a blog that hits so damn close to home.

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com/full-list-of-stuff-white-people-like/

...i hate my people.

chicago.

note the interest level in whatever i am saying


...phillip..yikes.

gear up for '09, suckas.

Meka: "Toilet paper, toilet paper, I love toilet paper."
Mommy: "Are you going to go or are you just pretending?"
Meka: "I just pretending. I tooted."

On the Debate...

Game over.

"...scatter the peoples that delight in war." // psalm 68.31

The Alphabet Song By Meka

a, b, c, e, f, g, h, I, j, k, l, o, p. q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y & z, now I know my a b c's next time j k l o p.

painting the daytime black.

so, how come nobody told me dylan was having his first and probably last ever art show and sale in june. he just made a small number of prints for a couple dozen paintings he had done. of course they sold right away. why didn't anybody tell me? why didn't anybody supply me with thousands upon thousands of dollars to buy some of these prints? why didn'y anybody buy me a plane ticket to fly me and the money i was never given to England to the small gallery they were being sold from? why? damn it. why?

Monkey #2

Meka Counting

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16...

Meka the Creator

Daddy: Who made the earth?
Meka: Dinosaurs.
Daddy: Who made the earth?
Meka: Meka.

A Thing of Beauty

Since we're getting all political up in here, how about this big beautiful map?

By the way, Nate Silver is both an amazing baseball analyst and an insightful political one.

Needless to say his site is a must-read.

FiveThirtyEight.com

seriously, this guy has RUINED top gun for me.

...i have always been confused as to why mccain keeps calling himself a lost calf. you?

mav·er·ick (māv'ər-ĭk, māv'rĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.
An unbranded range animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother, traditionally considered the property of the first person who brands it.




by the way, last night was my weekly poker night (3 weeks in a row champ, thanks) and it obviously coincided with the debates. i recommend for the next debates picking a few key phrases and play a helluva lively drinking game. if there are 6 of you, for example, everyone can pick a word/phrase for someone else that when one of the candidates or pre-debate/post-debate moderator says, they have to drink. recommendations: 1) maverick 2) "reach across the aisle" 3) voting record 4) veteran 5) change 6) (and if palin or w. are involved) nucular

warning: please don't play this game on election day or sarah palin's half of the ticket could exploit the drunken goggles of joe six-pack wanting a hotter white house and earn the little lost calf the election.

hey rube

PRONUNCIATION:

(hay roob)

MEANING:

noun: 1. A fight between members of a circus and the general public. 2. A call to rally circus members in a fight. 

Edie Walks!

Good Dog

Think About It

(ht Skye)

Oh. My.

It's like a train wreck. You can't help but watch. In horror. While laughing. And feeling strange inside.

AAA study: 46 percent of teens text while driving

What're they supposed to do, pull over every 45 seconds?

According to a national survey of 1,000 16- and 17-year-old drivers released on July 10 by AAA, 46 percent send text messages with their cell phones while driving.

To the folks at AAA, that's a high number, with alarming safety implications.

To Albuquerque 18-year-old Jesse Gallagher, it's par for the course.

"I bet it's even more than that," he said on July 10.

Gallagher doesn't know how many times he texts in a day, but said he receives or sends a text message about every 45 seconds to a minute.

"You learn to text without looking," he said. "Then it gets easier."

Maybe not quite easy enough. About a month ago, Gallagher said, he was involved in an accident that "was really the other guy's fault."

"I was texting and the guy cut in front of me," he said. "Then I looked up and he put on his brakes and I didn't have enough time to stop."

Gallagher also said he has been cited for talking on his cell phone while driving.

To AAA, distractions while driving are a critical safety problem.

"Motor vehicle crashes are the No. 1 killer of teens, claiming more than 6,000 15- to 20-year-olds each year," AAA New Mexico spokeswoman Jeannie Chavez said in a press release. "Their attention should not be divided among phones, friends and the road."

The Albuquerque Tribune

Texting while driving is more dangerous than drink-driving

Texting while driving is riskier than driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a study has suggested.

The Transport Research Laboratory found that motorists who use their mobile phone to send text messages while on the road dramatically increase the likelihood of collision.

Their reaction times deteriorated by 35 per cent, much worse than those who drank alcohol at the legal limit, who were 12 per cent slower, or those who had taken cannabis, who were 21 per cent slower.

In addition, drivers who sent or read text messages were more prone to drift out of their lane, the research found, with steering control by texters 91 per cent poorer than that of drivers devoting their full concentration to the road. (emphasis mine)

The UK Times Online