Jon’s birthday is today and his big present: 2 hours of surgery under general anesthesia to remove cysts from his head! It went well and after 4 hours of letting the anesthesia wear off, he came home.
TaizĂ? Leader Slain
Taize Religious Community Founder Slain
This is pretty shocking. I mean, he was attacked in the Church of Reconciliation. He was definitely someone who personified the message of the Gospel and will be sorely missed.
(thanks for the link Richard)
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CBC Radio
Attention CBC:
Give your radio peeps what they want and get them back on the air. I *WANT* normal broadcasting back!!!
-An American Listener
Birthdays
Jon’s birthday is Thursday. I got his present yesterday.
My father-in-law’s birthday is in September. I just ordered some llama parts for him off of The Heifer Project. (OK… it should technically be “shares of a llama”, not llama parts. Then again, you probably started reading more closely at that point, didn’t you?)
The giving of donation gifts started when my mom sent me an article on Project Linus and asked if I was going to do anything for them. I offered to donate a blanket or two in her name as a birthday present. When I told my mother-in-law, she told me that she wanted a donation to The Heifer Project. My father-in-law asked for the same thing and asked that it be an animal with big brown eyes and soft fur. I love it when my birthday giving is tax-deductible!
Tag! I’m It!
Rick tagged me so…
List ten songs that you are currently digging. It does not matter what genre they are from, whether they have words, or even if they are no good, but they must be songs you are really enjoying right now. Post these instructions, the artists, and the ten songs in your blog. Then tag five other people to see what they are listening to.
01. Dante’s Prayer by Loreena McKennitt
02. Tubthumpin’ by Chumbawumba
03. If I Flee on Morning Wings by Fernando Ortega
04. Give Me Jesus by Fernando Ortega
05. Let All Things Now Living by Michael Card
06. If I Stand by Rich Mullins
07. Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone
08. You Raise Me Up by Josh Groban
09. Ancient Words by Michael W. Smith
10. Mo Ghile Mear by Mary Black
So… Richard, Leenie, Cheryl, Thames, and Michael: what are you listening to these days?
Livid Jen
OK… which morons decided to pre-empt Grey’s Anatomy until September 25th?!?!?!?!?!?
Heads are going to roll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!