The “un-birthday”

Five days ago I celebrated my one year anniversary of blogging.  Today I celebreated my 27 year anniversary of living.  Yes, today is my birthday.
And I had no plans to celebrate.  For my regular readers, you might recall that #83 on my 101 in 1001 list is to “have fun on my birthday.”  Well, I [...]

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Buyer’s remorse

I knew this would happen, but I guess I had hoped it wouldn’t happen on day four.
On Friday, President Obama reversed a ruling that prohibited overseas family planning clinics who received U.S. funds to promote or even mention abortion.  Abortion is one the key issues that I decidedly break with the president.  I do view [...]

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Happy anniversary to me!

Folks, one year ago today I started this blog.  It’s hard to imagine that it’s already been a year as I feel like I’m just getting started.  It’s been a fun journey so far, and I hope year two is even better!
Thanks go out to all my readers and even more love to those who [...]

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Hymn – Brooke Fraser

I routinely go through song addictions.  The latest one was sung by our worship leader Stephanie Cuomo at Frontline last Sunday.  Since then I can’t get it out of my head, but I’ve only just recently found it on iTunes: “Hymn” by Brooke Fraser.  Below is a video of Stephanie from Sunday night and the [...]

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Barack Obama: 44th President of the United States

Sorry for the delay in posting about yesterday’s inauguration.  I am exhausted from all the activities, but it was very much worth the experience.  No matter your political views, this certainly was a day to remember if only for its historic nature.
Inaugural fever was sky-high this week with lots of reports of how big the [...]

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Inauguration Eve

Inauguration fever has taken over Washington, DC, and I must say it is really exciting to be part of it all.  No matter what your political views, you have to admit that all the fanfare makes for a really good time.  Yesterday, the Inauguration kicked off with a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, and I [...]

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This is what I call a bad day

Maybe my day wasn’t as bad as those in the video, but I would definitely constitute today as a BAD DAY.
Here’s the rundown:

It was only 25 degrees this morning (brrr . . . should have been my first clue to stay in bed all day)
My boss pretty much accuses me of skipping out of [...]

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#33. Wake up 30 minutes earlier during the week.

This is one goal, that I hate to admit I have accomplished.  I like sleep, and I like getting lots of it.  But, for the past couple weeks I’ve been getting up anywhere between 5:30 and 5:50 a.m., which equates to 30 minutes earlier than I used to get up.  It’s tough, and most mornings [...]

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Prepare for Hurricane Barack

There is a hurricane coming to Arlington on January 20 – Hurricane Barack.  Arlington County thinks so anyway, and they want residents to prepare.
My friend Carolyn recieved the following Arlington Alert email yesterday:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Arlington Alert
Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Subject: Inauguration Alert from Arlington County
To: Arlington Alert Subscribers
Arlington is proud [...]

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A more humorous take on Roland Burris

I like to see humor in things, and usually nothing is funnier than politics (mostly because they are a bunch of crazies on a power trip).  Well, I know I can always count on Comedy Central to pull through for me.  And Jon Stewart hit the nail on the head.  Enjoy!

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