I think I looks tacky and not representative of Billy Graham. Â
ABC News will be broadcasting live from the Billy Graham Library tonight if you are interested. Bush 1, Clinton, and Carter will be in attendance, but Billy will not per this USA Today article; however this Charotte Observer article says he will say a few words.
The Association of American Publishers (AAP), the national trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry, recently released its annual estimate of total book sales in the United States, and according to its findings, religious books had a “difficult year.â€
The report, which reveals sales from 2006, marked a sharp 10.2 percent drop in religious books sales compared to the previous twelve months. The trend was one of the biggest decreases among all the book categories reported on by AAP.
According to AAP, the drop is not critical, however, since “compound growth is still strong at 7.5 percent per year.â€
The other night I had a dream that our local NBC news affiliate was doing so bad in the ratings that they created a computerized version of Harold Taft to do the weather. Since this dream has stuck in my head, I did a little research and found out that his last weather forecast was on my 16th birthday. I also found out that Ch 5’s website no longer has a webpage dedicated to Harold Taft. I blame Frinfrock. He always seemed a little too eager for Harold Taft to move on so he could take on the Cheif Meteorologist role. I bet he’s a good guy, but as a young teen that was my impression of him.
The funny part is, and I have to be careful saying this around these parts, I really never cared for Harold Taft, but I do have a lot of respect for the guy.  However, I will say I do think NBC 5 does have the worst news broadcast in the area, and that’s even behind the CW.Â
Speaking of dreams, my friend Jimi told me about the dream he had last night. He was eating at IHOP with John Madden. Jimi and Madden got into a verbal debate, and the pancakes started to talk to Madden in a feminine voice. Madden got upset, stood up, stabbed the pancakes with a fork and yelled “effing lesbian pancakes!”
