Christmas 2007 1

Continue reading for a summary of the 2007 Barden Family Christmas. Christmas started a little early for me this year, since our company closed around 3PM on Christmas Eve. In keeping with Barden family tradition, we had pizza with my parents for our Christmas Eve dinner. After dinner we made our way to the church ...

Senate Convenes For 57 Seconds 1

Senator Jim Webb convened the United States Senate for a whopping 57 seconds today in order to prevent any recess appointments by President Bush. Our tax dollars, hard at work, keeping the Senate “open” to prevent appointments. What has politics in this country come to? And I know that Republicans do/have done the same sorts ...

Michael Vick Sentenced

Today Michael Vick received his sentence for his much-publicized involvement in his illegal dog fighting “business.” If I read correctly Vick was handed down a sentence of 23 months, and according to John Clayton, he could possibly get out on good behavior after approximately 19 1/2 months. What surprised me was that, due to his ...

Scary Ghost Stories? 1

Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on why anyone would be telling, “scary ghost stories” at Christmas time? I was listening to The Most Wonderful Time of the Year today, and that thought struck me. Any thoughts?

Catching Up at Lunch

Today I got a surprise invitation to lunch with an old friend. It was nice to just “shoot the breeze” for a while at Subway and forget about all the things that have been causing me worry over the last few weeks. Worry is a funny thing. And I don’t mean funny, “ha ha.”  The ...