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81 Years of Marriage... WOW

If you needed proof that it's possible, here you go.

What to do about Swine Flu?!

Many of people are wondering what Swine Flu is and what we should do about it.  Considering that there already have been fatalities connected with the disease, it's appropriate that we become informed and prepared the best we can. 

Here's the CDC's page for Parents and Caregivers.  This will help to identify what the symptoms are and what to do if you observe them.

What is H1N1 (swine flu)?
H1N1 (swine flu) is a type of influenza (flu) virus that causes respiratory disease that can spread between people. Most people infected with this virus in the United States have had mild disease, but some have had more severe illness, and there has been at least one death.  READ MORE...

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Snow!

It's cold and snowy. I love it!

Snowing In Oly!

Tony Morgan from New Spring "Live Blogging" from staff meeting NOW!

Check out the live notes from the New Spring Staff Meeting.

Christmas is in the air...

This just happend... Proving you never know what you'll see in Starbucks.

This is sad, just sad...

Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death - NYTimes.com.

Happy That Things are Getting Harder

There's been a lot of talk lately about how bad things are in the US, both financially and politically.  It seems like no matter what happens on Wall Street or who ends up living in the big white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the nation will still let up a collective sigh, not of relief, but of frustration.  Andy Crouch offers a unique and insight viewpoint on why things getting harder, could be the best things for our country.   You can follow the link to the article, but here are some of the highlights:

Well, our culture is pretty afflicted right now. Which is why I am more hopeful than I've been in a long time.

I am not hopeful because I think life is going to get easier in America. I am hopeful because I think it is going to get harder, and in a very good way. And I am hopeful because I think this means my children and grandchildren will live in a deeply and truly better world than I would have thought possible a few years ago.

Our markets and our system of government, for all their flaws, are an amazing renewable resource handed on to us by our forebears.

I believe the first step in culture making is not creating (let alone condemning, critiquing, or consuming) but cultivating: keeping what is already good in culture, good.

Our culture's addiction to ease is unsustainable.

And this is why I am hopeful in the face of both the greed and the fear of the present moment: After the Great Deleveraging is past, with any luck and by God's grace, a lot more of us will be more like them.

$700,000,000,000.00

Want to put the $700000000000.00 bailout plan into perspective? Here you go. Enjoy.

Link: Business Interactive Features - Diagrams - Illustrations - Portfolio.com.

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