Yep, that’s right. If the stock market has jumped all the way back to 1997, why can’t we all? In fact, the late ’90s were pretty good, except I’d still be a sophomore in high school. Not sure if I’m willing to do that all over again!
Go back in time with Stephen Colbert . . [...]
Archive for February, 2009
26 Feb
Party like it’s 1997?
24 Feb
The kindness of a stranger
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no theif comes near and no moth destroys. – Luke 12:33
Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to [...]
17 Feb
Save our schools!
As many of you know, I grew up in a very small town in Iowa. And while I have decided to leave the area, it was a great place to grow up . . . especially the schools. The school is the center of the entire town. And, I have to say, that Stanton Community [...]
14 Feb
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I’m not entirely sure why I put an exclamation mark up in the title, but at this point I kind of feel like if you don’t celebrate in some way, you’re just a grouch.
Isn’t Valentine’s Day for people in love? Like a romantic-type love? But, on this day created by marketers (a Hallmark holiday), that [...]
9 Feb
To catch a predator
About a year ago I first saw Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator.” And while the show holds some sobering realities in it, I didn’t pay much attention. The creepiest thing I’ve ever had to deal with was the flyer the police stuck on our door my junior year of college alerting us that a [...]
6 Feb
It’s true: “He’s just not that into you”
I watched the most entertaining movie tonight . . . and it really had nothing to do with the movie.
My roommate and I went to see He’s Just Not That Into You, a movie about “A group of interconnected, Baltimore-based twenty- and thirtysomethings navigate their various relationships from the shallow end of the dating pool [...]
2 Feb
Spur of the moment
One of the best things about living in DC is the ability to get to places on the East Coast relatively easily. For example, this weekend my friend Amy, who I became friends with in college, came out to visit. We really didn’t have much planned except maybe hitting up the Newseum. However, on Friday [...]
