Non-Sequiter
I stumbled on to another example of blind loyalty by our senior senator. In character for the man who said that the alternative to attacking Iraq was, “we could have attacked North Korea, Iran, or Syria instead,” Senator Hatch said…
Year 2006
My Sign
I thought it would be fun to show the sign I made for our front lawn announcing Isaac’s arrival.
Ideal Politics
Now that election day is over – here are some things I would like to see (ideally) in politics: Two candidates running against each other who canvas together, advertise together, and publicly seek to achieve 100% voting in the area…
Big Day Today
Today was a big day for me. Laura and Isaac came home from the hospital. Both are doing very well. The girls are excited to have their brother home – especially Mariah. I got to take the candidate yard sign…
Reactions to Voting
First, an issue I have long thought about. I think that the option to cast a straight party ballot should be removed. Voters should be voting for candidates, not parties. I have no objections to a voter going down the…
Choose Your Words Carefully
As I was driving around today between the hospital and various other places I noticed a number of news articles about the verdict in the Saddam Hussein trial. Their titles got me thinking about the power of words. One paper…
Pictures as Promised
Here is the first picture I took of Isaac. This picture was two experiments combined – first, use the self timer on the camera (I had never done that with this camera before); and second, get four children to look…
Welcome Isaac
The surprise today was that Isaac decided to have a birthday. Stats and story follow. Name: Isaac David Miller Arrived: 7:13 am 11/5/2006 Weight: 7 lbs. 3 oz. Length: 18 1/2 inches At 4:45 Laura woke me up saying “I…
Judging Judges
Last week someone pointed me to www.firejudgelewis.com and asked me what I knew about the court she serves in. I think the name of the site makes their position obvious. I went back to my voters guide to see if…
A Little Headwind
In case I was getting too comfortable with my running, today was a wakeup call. I had my first 5 mile run. With the way 4 miles had been feeling lately I figured it would not be too hard on…