Hey, remember how I was looking for new music some weeks ago?

The Boy Scouts of America are advocating Open Source software.

Yea!
According to this article on ComputerWorld, the Boy Scouts are turning to Open Source software to build better tools to support their organization. There's no word on the BSA Open Source Initiative page about how much they're expecting the boys to do themselves, but, frankly, I hope they do a lot.

QuantumofSolace

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I saw Quantum of Solace Friday night, but I'm just getting to review it now.

Through a circuitous route, I stumbled across an article by Tony Snow, a speech writer and media consultant for President George H. W. Bush.

Mr. Snow died on July 12, 2008, after fighting cancer, twice. Before he passed away, however, he wrote this article for Christianity Today, titled Cancer's Unexpected Blessings. Go, read the article, then, if you can stomach some more, come back and I'll share with you some of my thoughts on slow-dancing with death for the better part of a year.

My house almost blew up tonight.

Right, I need to keep this all in mind.

Now is the time, gentle readers, to help your Uncle Jim out.

So, Thanksgiving is at my house this year. Maybe this will be the start of a new tradition, who knows? In any case, this year, I'm bringing the joy of the season to my house. Only, now, I have a small problem. Outside of making the turkey, which is frightening enough, I don't have any simple, traditional, passed-down-from-grandma recipes that are easy enough for me to do. So, give me yours.

I hate it when the doctors are right.

No, I don't have cancer again or anything like that. No, I just hate it when someone, especially a doctor, tells me that I can't do something and they turn out to be right.

HeavyBag

I once read somewhere that doing 100 push ups in the morning makes you feel like you can accomplish anything.

So, I've come up with the perfect antidote to my holiday blues.

I'm having Thanksgiving at my house this year.
Here's a copy of what I sent out to some of my usual suspects: