Baylor students burn Obama signs in protest of results
The people at the Baylor Lariat emailed and asked me to take the story down. So the link to the story is below if you are interested.
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A fun little thing to do after a major historical moment
Is to check out the front pages across the U.S.
I prefer to check it out using the map feature.
I think a lot of people have the same idea as the site seems to be working a little slow today, hence the reason why I’m not posting a picture on this post.
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Second Rate Snacks
What a great idea for a blog, comparing the name brand of snacks to the alternative.
While on vacation, my husband Ethan and I were checking out the vending machine by the pool and noticed one of the offerings was a product called “Animal Snackersâ€. Amused by the blatant rip-off of “Animal Crackersâ€, we started wondering what other products were rip-offs or considered “lesser†versions of more popular brand names.
Thus began roaming up and down the isles of grocery stores and mini-marts, looking at packages and researching online. I have to say, I have learned a lot.
I conduct taste-tests with the help of Ethan, my friends and my co-workers. I’m always grateful for their feedback and of course always interested hearing readers thoughts on these products.
Also, just thought I’d note that while the name of this blog is Second Rate Snacks, I chose to include drinks, candy and some packaged foods that will be classified as “quasi-mealsâ€.
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Tempting Pictures of the Day
These amazing pictures show the moments a python captures a sulphur-crested cockatoo, squeezes it slowly to death and eats it whole.
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Possible Baptist Name Change in Texas
The Future Focus Committee will bring only one recommendation to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting, but it potentially could reshape the organization’s identity.
Co-chairs Stephen Hatfield and Andy Pittman will present the committee’s unanimous recommendation that the 123-year-old BGCT change its name to the Texas Baptist Convention.
“Our committee’s rationale for the recommendation is that in the present day and time, many people do not identify with and relate to the Baptist General Convention of Texas name as they did years ago,†Hatfield, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lewisville, explained.
“‘BGCT’ is cumbersome. ‘Baptist General Convention of Texas’ tells a story, but there’s no one alive that remembers the story,†said Pittman, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lufkin.
The BGCT took its long—and arguably unwieldy—name from the consolidation of two bodies in the 1880s. The Baptist State Convention, which drew most of its affiliated churches from South and West Texas, and the Baptist General Association of Texas, which was strongest in East and North Texas, met for the first time as the BGCT at the 1886 annual meeting in Waco.
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One Million for Jesus Christ (1M4JC)
An Idea Inspired by God
1M4JC came from out of the blue. It came to me not as a voice, but rather as an idea inspired by God Himself. Right then and there I knew 1M4JC could change the world, one T-shirt at a time.
My mind raced as I thought….
When people wear the 1M4JC T-shirt they’ll tell the world, “I’m one of the millions who believe in Jesus.â€
Connecting Christians
I envisioned 1M4JC as a way for strangers to connect with each other. This shirt allows Christians to share their faith, share the Gospel and speak of eternal hope.
God challenged me to give back 10 percent of the sales to Him. Ten percent of a million or more shirts would be a huge financial impact for many Christian ministries!
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Determined Texas woman, 92, votes in ambulance
SAN ANTONIO – Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can’t walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday’s election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot.
“And you have voted,” precinct judge Sam Green said after Owen pushed the red button finalizing her choices. “You know, you look so pretty in that red dress.”
Owen grinned, the San Antonio Express-News reported in Tuesday’s online edition.
Her daughter arranged for the ambulance ride at the last minute after Owen failed to get an absentee ballot.
Owen, a Marine Corps veteran who served in World War II, cast her first ballot for Wendell Willkie, a Republican running against Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.
She became a Democrat after voting for John Kennedy in 1960. She cast a straight Democratic ballot Tuesday.
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Bag of Randomess
- It was a busy night last night, so I had to Tivo all the election coverage. I’m avoiding the radio, TV, all social groups and the Internet right now so I can watch the event at home later this evening. Please don’t spoil it for me.
- Funny thing is, I have a friend that likes to roll the dice and do the above scenario with sporting events. Sometimes he gets lucky.
- NBC started their election coverage with a small mention of Tim Russert. Classy. Edit: They also a few more mentions of him throughout the evening. If only he had the opportunity to interview Palin.
- I don’t like how our ABC affiliate is covering the election thus far. They have the local election stuff on the bottom of the screen covering up all the data Charlie Gibson’s crew is trying to display. And it’s worth mentioning the interative map Charlie and George are trying to use isn’t really working for them. Edit: They seemed to have correted the issue.
- However, their virtual reality rooms just looked ridiculous.
- I saw the hologram interview on CNN. It was just weird.
- It was Bob Schieffer’s last time to cover an election. I’m sentimentally sad. But I think he said it best when he told the story that in his lifetime he could not attend school with any blacks and to see how far this country has come is simply amazing.
- It was touching to see the black news correspondents choke up.
- Concession speeches intrigue me. Andy Rooney actually had a good take on them. Link
- McCain in defeat was classy. But did you hear the music as he left the stage? I wish I could recall the soundtrack, I want to say it was the score from The Hunt for Red October?
- For those who have the losing candidate’s bumper sticker on their vehicle, I wonder when they will feel compelled to take it off.
- “I Voted” stickers were quite the fashion statement.
- Predition: Bobby Jindal will head the Republican ticket in 2012. If a first term black senator (just think, four years ago he was still a state senator) with a name that sounds similar to a terrorist along with a middle name of Hussein can become president, just about anything can happen.
- Seriously, can’t we move election day to a Saturday. There’s no need to make it a holiday.
- First time voting story caught my attention: At breakfast, I sat next to a table of four black students, all of whom had voted. The three men were wearing ties. I asked them why. The answer: It was their first election, and they wanted to mark the occasion. Link
- It’s amazing how much both candidates seperated themselves from the current president. In modern politics I wonder if there is anything comparable. I know Gore distanced himself from Clinton a bit, but Clinton did still go out and campaign for him.
- When I lived with my parents about 15 years ago CNN was on channell eleven. For some reason when I want to check out CNN I still enter 11 on the remote, and 26 for ESPN.
- Did you know the name Maverick is of Texas origin? Terrellia Maverick of San Antonio will tell you all about it. Link
- But hey, the other Mavericks won in San Antonio. Link
- FunnyOrDie.com sure does some funny stuff, especially when they get real legit actors to reprise their old roles. This clip has Billy Dee Williams playing Lando Calrissian running for office.
- It’s amazing how adults can still hold a grudge for almost a week even after two apologies.
- This guy makes it hard to shoot a free throw.
- I found this article on geothermal energy interesting, in particular, this graphic.
- The United States have four states that are commonwealths, can you name the four? Link
- Do you remember that sitcom in the 80’s with John Ritter, Markie Post, and Billie Bob Thornton? Yeah, me either (or is it neither?). Link
- I saw the Dallas Stars take off the other day.
- I a commercial for a new Nixon movie. For some reason I find it interesting that the guy that plays Nixon played the bad guy in Dave.
- A lot of people can name the month/day/year of important events in their lives, I’m not one of them.
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To whom much is given, much is to be expected
I’m not sure if the current president really understood that, so please, Mr Obama, keep that in mind.
November 5th, 2008