I just got off the phone with Besty Leighninger in Joplin who works at MSSU and helped at the Red Cross center there yesterday. She gave me a lot of really great information and I think a blog post is more efficient way to disseminate it than several posts on Facebook or Twitter.
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How to Support Local Businesses in Springfield
Tomorrow, Springfield voters will decide whether or not to allow smoking in all indoor public places, and I will be voting against the smoking ban, and you should too. Here’s why.
Despite our persistence in believing that restaurants, bars, and our work places are “public,” they are actually private property that the owners open up to the public. Voters should not decide for thousands of business owners whether or not patrons should be allowed to smoke in those private businesses.
Elephant Versus Humans: Crucifying The Wrong Guy
So the Interwebs is in an uproar against Bob Parsons, the CEO of GoDaddy. Because he posted a video which shows himself and three other big game hunters shooting an elephant, one of three bulls who were destroying a village’s vital crop. PETA are, naturally, very upset. Some people even shame him for vacationing in [...]
Response to “Mark Driscoll on Twilight” [part 2]
This is the second part of a three-part series response to the video, “Mark Driscoll on Twilight.” Part 1 sets some ground rules for my response, part 2 covers my major objections to Driscoll’s arguments, and part 3 will go into some minor issues I have with Driscoll’s arguments and also some points on which [...]
Response to “Mark Driscoll on Twilight” [part 1]
I’m going to post this response in three parts because first I want to set some ground rules for my response and give you time to watch the video for yourself. Then, I’m going to cover the most problematic, in my opinion, of Driscoll’s arguments. Finally, I’ll cover some minor issues and points on which I agree with Driscoll.
2011 New Year’s Resolutions: February Update
Last month, I made some resolutions, some goals. I stated changes I want to make in my life (note: I did not say “changes to be made in my life”). Whatever you want to call them, I call them improvements. And the cold, hard truth is this:
If you want your life to change, you must change your life.
Here are my goals:
I Am a Gigantic Idiot
Oh, yes. I really am a gigantic idiot*. Let me tell you why. Yesterday. Went to the Y and did weight machines, two different types of bicep-training ones. Put on the most weight that I though I could handle so that I’d work my muscles to exhaustion like you’re supposed to. Then I went swimming. [...]
Baby Bobble Afghan [crochet pattern]
[ download this pattern sans story in PDF here or see all my crochet patterns listed on one page here ] When I found out that one of my best friends was having a baby, I knew that I wanted to make an afghan for Mini Austin. At her Springfield baby shower, she showed some [...]
Food for Fines 2011: Give Back and Be Thankful
Earlier, I was hungry. I went to the kitchen, consulted with my husband, checked the pantry, and we made dinner. Barbecue chicken on homemade artisan bread. Now, I’m not hungry anymore. But, as we so often ignore or forget, there are people in our very city who work hard, sometimes harder than you and I, [...]
Where to Buy Mattresses in Springfield
We hosted Christmas this year, but before we could fill our family members’ dreaming heads with visions of sugar plums, we needed to make sure we had enough beds for each of those heads! A tricky purchase, right? You don’t want to get the bottom of the line coily beds; you want your guests to [...]
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