Cranky Bear

Beautiful Futility has an interesting take on the Rick Warren invite.
“Patience everyone, patience. The best way to correct a liar is to let him talk in front of as many people as possible.”
I think there’s a lot of wisdom in that.
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I’ve read Riverbend’s blog for a long time.  She’s a great writer who’s insights into life on the ground in Baghdad are essential reading.  The time between posts has been getting longer and longer, and I’m so afraid for her.  Can God ever forgive us for what we’ve wrought there?

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This sucks
Of course, Walt was no liberal…
I wonder if they’d let me in the parks in Orlando if I wore a T-Shirt with direct quotes from the hosts on it?

I’ll admit I have a bias when it comes to the whole mental illness thing (part of the reason I’ve started to blog is to keep me off a tall building with a high-powered rifle. I’m afraid of heights, after all).
But this is wrong. Very, very wrong:

Yvetta Collins stood on the edge of a [...]

I love Kevin Kelly’s blog, but sometimes it makes you go “huh?”
A few thousand years ago somebody got the bright idea of covering up our feet. I can’t say it was a bad idea. And I’m not going back.
By the way, they look goofy, but they feel real good…….

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Da Bears roll and Dusty prepares to bid adieu.

Sure the autumnal equinox was last week month, but what I’m talking about is sports. Specifically, the transition from baseball to football. My Astros‘ season ended today, but … would you look at that … they finished ahead of the Reds and above .500. I wouldn’t have guessed either last month. [...]