An old saying...

"Be careful what you ask for..."

Saw this on Druge today.

Uhmmm... this is disturbing

Disturbing in so many ways...

"Husband hacked wife to death with meat clever after she changed her Facebook status to single"

Under the bus!

I got thrown under the bus over @ Bethel's blog today... I filed that away and my wheels are spinning.


The New Guy

"Going Green"

Michael Patton @ Parchment and Pen has a nice little rant today on "Green Evangelicals." It is well worth the read and he has captured my thoughts exactly! I am sure it will create quite a long "comments" trail.

An excerpt:

I just don’t get it. I am not saying don’t recycle. I am not saying don’t have environmental concerns (when legitimate). I am not saying don’t save a whale, monkey, frog, bumblebee, a flea, or a tree (to each his own). What I am saying is don’t speak with the same volume about these things as you do about human lives—about babies, children, the unprotected innocent souls. Don’t EVER speak with the same volume. There is a dichotomy—a biblical dichotomy. They don’t even belong in the same discussion. It is comparable to the condemnation of body odor of Osama Bin Laden while defending his terrorism. There are bigger issues. Much bigger issues.

It also appears that Thomas Nelson Publishers has gone "Green." - you have to be kidding me!

Tropical Storm Ike in Tyler

Here are a few pictures from our neighborhood.





I sure am glad I don't live in Albany, GA. I hear they get tropical storms every week. :)

More pictures are here.

Ike hits Tyler

In all fairness... Todd would happily go and check Bethel - it is not necessary yet. I am actually looking forward to Todd Blog coverage of the storm.

Did Whoopi really say this?

Did Whoopi really say this?

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Yet another reason I am a Mac user

The feeling I had after watching this is the same feeling I have everytime I have to work on a PC... I do not understand this.

If Geraldo Rivera was a city - he'd be Tyler

It is kind of like the spirit of Geraldo has possessed Tyler. This place has gone crazy with all the frenzy of Gustov. The local media is so excited (in the name of concern) that a tropical storm is going to stall out over East Texas and the rain potential is somewhere between 5 and 20 inches depending on who is at the mic.

Not to be left out, I went to Lowe's today and bought sand bags for the front of our house. We have a low spot in our property and a hard rain can flood our garage and Katherine's room. But, not today. I have a two foot sand bag barrier erected in front our garage and it might take a full-blown hurricane for water to penetrate this baracade. I think the levy engineers would be impressed.

What I was not expecting was to be the one that bought the last bit of sand available at Lowes. Obviously I was not the only one in survival mode today. In fact, I had to supplement my sand bags with large bags of East Texas pine mulch. I'll post some pictures tomorrow... hopefully action pictures. In fact, I may even have to get into the action with a little storm coverage video of my own.

Now, it is off to bed so I can get up early (5am) and begin to keep track of all the local closings due to rain. Yes - closings due to rain. This might make me look like an idiot after it is all said and done, but my prediction is that all this hype is going to be a little disappointing for all those hoping to see Anderson Cooper and Shepherd Smith camping out in the heart of East Texas.