Jar of toothpaste?

I got a jar of toothpaste for Christmas! Those of you who know me will know that I really enjoyed that gift. All others are free to remain puzzled...

But at least...

At least Harry Potter can celebrate "Christmas" instead of a "Holiday Season" ...

Gary Barnett fired as Head Coach at CU

The University of Colorado finally fired Gary Barnett today, as reported on ESPN.com. Now, I'm not one to wish ill well on others, and losing a job is certainly a very emotional experience. But don't worry, they gave him $3,000,000. That's three million dollars.

Maybe the Colorado Attorney General will finally see his way to prosecute this guy and put him in the slammer. Too bad it took a 70-3 loss to Texas for them to see it that way.

Gary Barnett should not have been fired for losing to Texas or for losing the last three games. He should have been fired for running his team like a brothel and covering up the crimes of his players.

I wish CU the best of luck in finding a new, good quality, respectable coach.

"Megachurches closed for Christmas"--CNN gives half a story again.

CNN (the Communist News Network) in its infinite wisdom has reported half a story once again.

In a recent article, CNN stated that the "megachurches" (churches with normally large attendance, usually considered around 2,000+ per service) are going to be closed on Christmas day. They painted a picture of how horrible and "consumer-driven" this makes these churches and how awful it is. "This Christmas, no prayers will be said in several megachurches around the country." They state that the churches are doing this because Christmas falls on a Sunday.

One church mentioned by name was Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois (Chicago suburb).

What CNN failed to mention is that the week of Christmas, Willow Creek is holding eight (count them!) services at their main campus plus an additional 9 more at regional campuses across the Chicagoland area. Additionally, at the main campus, the services will be translated into Chinese, Spanish, Russian, German, Polish, Korean, and Sign Language. There will most likely be over 50,000 people in attendance for these services.

So there will be a massively Spirit-filled week at this church--but give the hundreds of volunteers and staff Christmas off to be with their family and CNN calls it a crime.

I didn't check the other "megachurches" mentioned... hey, gotta leave some research for you, too!

Welcome to the New Coach!

Ron Prince has three values he wants to implant in the DNA of everybody associated with Kansas State Wildcat football: Integrity, toughness, and achievement.

And he's got a mission: "We're going to be a strong, tough, disciplined team that consistently competes for championships. We're going to be relentless in our pursuit of that mission.
"We're going to be recognized as the best organization in college football," he said.

And Another thing about Harry Potter...

Do we really want to send our kids the message "Hey, if something bad is happening, don't tell an adult and try to fix it yourself." ???

Harry Potter--cheap friend

So Harry Potter has all this gold in the vault, right? Why can't he buy a working wand for his friend Ronald Weasley? I'm not talking about a fancy wand, just somethign so the poor kid can do his homework.

Sure, the Weasley's are a proud bunch. But it could be a birthday gift or whatever... we're not talking a Nimbus 2001 or anything, just a good, stock, working wand that doesn't have stupid tape around it.