Read and Heed in 2009

A collection of posts from around the blogsphere to start off your new year:

• A New Residence

In a few short days, an African American man will move from his private residence into a much larger and infinitely more expensive one owned not by him but by the taxpayers.

• New Years Trivia

Q: What do guitars, pool tables, and baseball bats have in common?

A: They were involved in twice as many non-justifiable homicides in New Hampshire last year as firearms were.

• Happy New Year from my brother. If you don't get it, go to the comments.

• Offset This After viewing the last video please consult the following references for a fuller understanding of this issue:
  • Another Inconvenient Truth
  • Indulgences
  • Carbon offsets like medieval indulgences? “Amen” to that

A Year Later

I still miss my mother who passed away a year ago today. The good-bye process was a lengthy one as she had been in failing health for several years prior to her passing. Still, the grieving process takes time, and I will always miss her even though I know she is in a better place.

I came across 2 videos a week or so ago that moved me and I'd like to put them out as a tribute to my mother. I've already shared them with my brother, so I apologize bro' if this makes you cry at work (again), but I think others might find them touching too:

Thank you Mama:


Amazing Grace was one of her favorite hymns and I think she would have loved this rendition:


p.s. It's good my brother that I have a private cubicle from which I write this.

New Blogger in the Family

My brother has joined the 21st century and begins his conquest of the in-tar-net: http://moxieindustries.blogspot.com/

He's the artistic one; you've been forewarned :)