Random Acts of Mind by Dones

Regardless of what one thinks of Obama, I think he was purposely mischaracterized by Dr. James Dobson the other day. I listened to Obama’s 6/28/2006 speech on religion & morality in politics, and I thought he was fair and accurate in his assessment of the relationship between the three subjects. I don’t know why Dobson […]

Here’s what I say:
The answer to high fuel prices must change from changing the supply to changing the demand. It starts at home, with gasoline conservation like James has outlined. We’ve got to start using less gasoline.
It continues from there to further investment and commitment for mass transit in urban and suburban areas. We’ve got […]

SANTA MONICA, CA– In a stunning move that will likely have the stand-up comedy profession in an uproar for years to come, God has banned veteran comic George Carlin from making any future live performances. This is only the latest in a long string of live performance bans by the Big Guy, who many say […]

Quote from Ars Technica:
‘Almost two dozen public interest groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to start a proceeding on what they call “advertainment”—TV programming saturated with product placement. “We must not allow television programs to become Trojan® horses,” the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (CCFC) wrote to the FCC on Thursday.’
That is all.
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As smooth as the actual hearings went to terminate the birth father’s parental rights and finalize our adoption, it sure was a crazy day. We got to the Leavenworth County Courthouse at 1pm as directed (since our adoption attorney is based in Leavenworth, this was the most expedient place to take care of the court […]

Okay, both realtors on the purchase of our new house have definitely been earning their keep: they’ve been working non-stop to convince the lender that the appraisal’s too low, and everyone’s guardedly optimistic. So I guess I will be, too.
Thankfully, the seller is going to be out this weekend and will let us begin moving […]

So between the appraisal on our new house coming in stupid-low (in a bad way), to finding out this morning that there was a glitch in the negotiations for our current house, inasmuch as we now have a single day to move…well, the title to this post pretty much wrote itself.

Note to Readers: This is my final research paper for my Interactive Communication Form class. I thought I’d share it with you. -D
Electronic book (e-book) readers have long been a technological goal for hardware manufacturers and publishing companies. The benefits would seem obvious: convenience, reduced waste, and easy distribution. Using an e-book reader, a […]

Our adoption finalization hearing is set for May 28th. This is a week after we close on our new home, and Josh will be six weeks old on that day, his ‘Gotcha’ day.
We signed all of our sellers’ closing documents this morning and found out the handful of work that needs to be done […]

Wow! My ‘Last 10 Seconds’ video of me watching the KU-North Carolina game in Allen Fieldhouse made it to #9 on the highly respected Jayhawk fansite PhogBlog.com run by one of my former college roommates. Check out the rest of the top ten: #2 happens to be another friend’s video of the championship victory in […]