What’s going on in the world?

11/30/2007. Listed in the Family, Politics category. Leave a reply.

It’s gradually beginning to dawn on me that I know very little about world events at the moment. I know all about Cook County (part of Illinois, the state I live in) politics, I know all about the Stacey Peterson … Continue reading

 

Will the Bears make the playoffs?

11/29/2007. Listed in the NFL category. Leave a reply.

It’s one hell of a long shot, they have to win every game remaining if they’re going to and that’s no small feat. Against Denver (and actually the last five games or so) the Bears have looked like a different … Continue reading

 

Call of Duty 4 is Awesome!

11/25/2007. Listed in the Gaming category. Leave a reply.

When I first read that the next Call of Duty would be tackling Modern Warfare, I was pretty excited. With most ‘first-person-shooters’ you find yourself feeling like you won the war all by yourself and with COD that was never … Continue reading

 

According to Oxfam, the number of weather-related disasters have risen greatly in the past 20-30 years, which I find interesting… Isn’t it only maybe 150 years at most since we stopped thinking bad weather was the wrath of God? We … Continue reading

 

EVE-Online Kill Report

11/12/2007. Listed in the Gaming category. Leave a reply.

My friends found this kill hysterical. There really was no way I should have been able to pull this kill off I think – not with so little experience and such a low skill level… Continue reading

 

This final play of a US College Football game looks suspiciously like Rugby to me. ;) This type of play seems very unusual in football and I really don’t understand why, if you look at the amount of easy space … Continue reading

 

I know, I know! She got it from her mother, who has now decided to write a book on parenting! I have to wonder what she knows about parenting… Did she ever try it?

 

Making Strides for Breast Cancer

10/21/2007. Listed in the Family category. Leave a reply.

Sheila and I walked this morning, it was a lovely 5 miles (just under, actually) north of Lincoln Park. We did manage to raise a bit of money. If anyone wants to donate, you can here. The best part, for … Continue reading

 

Something worth reading…

10/21/2007. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.

This is a very interesting blog post detailing a recent series of interviews carried out with Israeli soldiers, where they admit to liking violence and chaos, where they admit killing innocent people, where they admit abuse of prisoners… Like the … Continue reading

 

Ellen pleads on her TV show…

10/16/2007. Listed in the Politics category. Leave a reply.

It’s days like this I realise how absolutely ‘anal’ I am when it comes to signing paperwork. I will not sign anything I haven’t thoroughly read and understood. It’s really awful seeing anyone cry. Deep down I find it hard … Continue reading