babyK unveiled!

  • posted by nate | 8 Feb 2010 | stored in: our boys Bookmark to: Twitter Bookmark to: Facebook

babyK

babyK

last week’s tweets

  • Liam just walked in on me using the bathroom and said "good job, daddy". Ah, potty training. #
  • another funeral tomorrow in our pilot uniforms. i've had about enough of these. #
  • "If students get a sound education in the biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use tech. rather than be used by it." Postman #
  • a day in my life http://bit.ly/9WRaDN #
  • 'pricelining' our upcoming trip to US. I love me some bidding. It adds a Vegas element to trip planning! #
  • "The invention of new kinds of communication has given a voice & audience to many people whose opinions would otherwise not be solicited." #
  • good or bad? #
  • "The [world] is filled with the statements from people who are in no position to render informed judgments on what they are talking about." #
  • quotes from a 1969 speech from N. Postman called "Bull#$@& and the art of crap-detection". Interesting thoughts. http://bit.ly/utmjX #
  • this idiots guide to fixing healthcare http://bit.ly/9KQTCk #

an idiot’s guide to fixing healthcare

Now that the leaders of our executive and legislative branches are, thanks to the freshman Senator from Mass., being forced to actually turn to their constituents on the health care issue I thought I would add my two cents…okay, maybe I’m up to 4 or 6.

If you have been following this blog, you know I am opposed to the current House and Senate Health Care plans. I think positive reform (which is what we are going for, not complete reconstruction) can be made with relatively little maneuvering and with far less money required from the tax-payer.

While I am not suggesting there is a ’silver bullet’, I think one thing could go a great distance in fixing what ails our country’s broken, but still envious health care system. (I am sure you noticed that as health care got closer to being changed, more and more people said ‘just leave it alone!’ That is because, when it gets down to it, most American’s health care is not nearly as bad as everyone is telling them it is). So what is this idiot’s key to drastically improving our nation’s health care? …Continue

a day in the life.

Tim Tebow takes a stand – ESPN

I don’t care if you’re pro-choice or pro-life, conservative or liberal, God-fearing or atheist, you’ve got to admire Tebow for standing with conviction, even as he’s opening himself and his family up to criticism.

We often commend athletes for taking a stand — as long as it’s a stand with which most of us agree. The minute they start pushing a social agenda that conflicts with our own, we tell them to shut up.

We acted like Tiger Woods and LeBron James were the second coming of Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi because Woods voiced his support for President Barack Obama and James condemned the war in Darfur. I don’t mean to belittle their opinions, but supporting Obama and condemning genocide isn’t exactly joining the Black Panther party.

It’s far more impressive when a person in Tebow’s position chooses a lonelier path. I’m not trying to turn Tebow into a martyr — plenty have already tried that — but I can’t imagine the difficulty of putting yourself in front of millions of people and telling them something that at least half of them vehemently oppose. It seems like a certain way to be labeled as some kind of zealous, religious nut job.

Full editorial – ESPN.

Abstinence-only programs might work, study says

An encouraging article, but its the headline that cracks me up. Based on what I know about reproduction, abstinence is the ONLY sure-fire form of birth control. Am I missing something?

Abstinence-only programs might work, study says – washingtonpost.com.

older