The Throwing of Shoes...

In the words of Austin Powers, "Who throws a shoe? Honestly!"

I have to give the President credit for his quick reactions. Well done, sir. Well done.

Why I live in Texas...

Very Funny...

This appeared over the skies in Austin the other day in regards to Texas coach Mack Brown complaining about how Oklahoma had jumped over Texas in the BCS standings even thou Texas beat OU earlier this year. Oklahoma will now be playing for the Big 12 Championship today against Missouri. Absolutely love it. I may live in Texas but that doesn't make me a Texas fan.

The Guardian...

I saw this movie a few years back, but watched it again tonight. Great movie. If you haven't seen it, go rent it. The trailer is below.

Peyton Manning Commericals...

I think Peyton Manning does some of the funniest commericals, along with some great SNL sketches. Here are a couple of my favorites:

Even Coldplay messes up from time to time...

This is typical Coldplay in concert. Relaxed, loose, having a good time. Apparently, Chris Martin was really getting into the song and knocked Will's guitar cord our during a concert. Loved the reaction. Video takes a second to load.

Hmmm I wonder what is going through Hawkeye's head?

Proclamation of Thanksgiving...

Here is the Proclamaion of Thanksgiving that Abraham Lincoln wrote in 1863. This Proclamation eventually led to the national holiday of Thanksgiving. Looks like old Abe was nailing it on the head on what Thanksgiving is all about...giving thanks to our Lord.

The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful years and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the Source from which they come, others have been added which are of so extraordinary a nature that they can not fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever-watchful providence of Almighty God.

In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign states to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the theater of military conflict, while that theater has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union.

Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the field of peaceful industry to the national defense have not arrested the plow, the shuttle, or the ship; the ax has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than theretofore. Population has steadily increased notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege, and the battlefield, and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom.

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.

It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners, or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it, as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes, to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and union.

In testimony wherof I have herunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

[Signed]
A. Lincoln

An early Christmas present...

After being away a week for Thanksgiving, I came home to about 10 new HD stations through our cable provider, including Discovery, Animal Planet, FSN (Stars hockey in HD!!), History, etc.

I love HD.

Ahhhh the common cold...

First off, this picture is pretty nasty.

Anyways, since moving to Texas a little less than 3 years ago, I have not had a single cold or any type of allergies like I did when living up North. On the FIRST night of our trip, Valerie and I stayed in Des Moines on our way to a wedding in Minneapolis. By the next morning my throat felt like it had sandpaper lining it. By the next day, my nose felt like it had cotton balls jammed in it. Here it is a week later, and I still can't breath, thanks to the gallons of snot hanging out there.

I would like to thank the common cold for making the last week so awesome. I can't wait to see what happens when I go to Michigan for Christmas.