So we're getting a new niece in a day or two. My brother-in-law is adopting Baby Sarah from China. You can see there progress here: Simonsens in China Personally, my favorite picture of her is in A Day at the Market.

Free Rice

Ok, so I just came across this web page FreeRice.com So here's my short Balderdash quiz: Without looking, what do you think it is?


A: A web page with HalfLife emulators and maps for Lovett, hosted by one of my former suitemates

B: A web page dedicated to abolishing the atrocities of parking at Rice

C: A web page that donates foodstuffs every time you take a vocabulary quiz

D: A web page selling various Asian products and including a bag of rice with each order

E: A web page collecting paraphernalia related to Condoleezza Rice

Our youth pastor sent us a link to GetEXPELLED, a new movie that's coming out. He's thinking about taking the whole youth group to see it when it comes out. Its pro-Intelligent Design, but what makes it interesting to me is that Ben Stein is producing it. I didn't know that he had any religious / activist tendencies. I started digging a little and Ben Stein seems like a very interesting person. It makes me think that I might add a section to my blog of people I don't know personally, but think they have interesting stuff to say. Of course, I don't believe everything they say, but they're still interesting. Maybe I'll include Scott Adams (of Dilbert Fame), Morgan Freeman, Alton Brown, or Bill Cosby. I don't know if any of them have blogs, but I've been impressed by some of their work and it might be interesting to see how their personal views have influenced their success. Who else should I add?

Life

So you may have been wondering why I haven't been writing in a while. Or you may not check this for another month or two and only then find out that I've been away from the blogosphere. I don't know that there is any particular reason why I haven't been writing. At work, I've been spending 7 or 8 hours staring at a computer monitor, so when I come home I'm not overly interested in more typing. But that's not the only reason because I didn't write at all over Thanksgiving. There have been times when I thought, 'this would make an interesting blog', but never really followed up on it. So maybe if I write something now, I'll be more inclined to write later.

Some of the things that I've been keeping busy with or thinking about are getting a new job (again), the upcoming holidays, and well maybe that's it. Anna and I have been going through the book of 1 Kings (the first book of kings?) and have found a few interesting things. I need to do a little more reading before I really am ready to put them up, but there may be more OT thoughts in the pipeline. Ok, I'm tired and trying to not get sick. I'll write more later.