This coming Sunday and Monday I'll be in New York, I think. Tuesday morning we have to apply for the licence, Friday morning we're doing the thing, but other than that I should be able to get places and such. We're renting a car, so that should make things easier.

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These could be my cats : [link]

I wish I were still in pjs. It's crap weather today.

These could be my cats : [link]

Hee!

Happy birthday Sail!

I really wish I were still in pjs. At least I've already gotten my must-do tasks done, I think. I hope.

Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers

Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and their increasing visibility on the national stage, evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves.

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“I’m looking at the data,” said Ron Luce, who organized the meetings and founded Teen Mania, a 20-year-old youth ministry, “and we’ve become post-Christian America, like post-Christian Europe. We’ve been working as hard as we know how to work — everyone in youth ministry is working hard — but we’re losing.”

The board of the National Association of Evangelicals, an umbrella group representing 60 denominations and dozens of ministries, passed a resolution this year deploring “the epidemic of young people leaving the evangelical church.”

Ok, Jars. You should be all set. You should get a welcome e-mail. Let me know if you don't.

So what's up with Memphis? We're obviously getting mostly local news around here...

It was two miles west of where I live - didn't even see smoke when driving past the area on my way to work (due to the Nor'easter, no doubt). Last word that I heard was that the downtown Methodist Church and two office buildings had caught fire, and there were embers and debris over a several block area.

Happy Birthday, Sail!

And a belated Happy Anniversary to Tom & Nora!

Well, here's some good news.

Only a couple of weeks ago, NRCC chief Tom Reynolds was spending all his time worrying about House races across the country. Now, with two polls today showing him trailing Dem challenger Jack Davis, Reynolds is so worried about his own race that he's called on John McCain to bail him out. Ben Smith of The Daily Politics reports that McCain will host an upstate luncheon with Reynolds on Oct. 20. Press question for McCain: What does he think of the fact that Reynolds' former chief of staff claims he viewed Mark Foley as such a big problem that he badgered Dennis Hastert's staff about it at least two years ago -- and all Reynolds apparently did was mention it once to Hastert?

Why the fuck would McCain let himself get dragged into this? I'm a little boggled, but mightily pleased that he's decided to dip his toe into some ungodly muck.

And Lieberman, too. He's now saying that calling for Hastert to step down is overly "partisan." Words cannot express how I loathe this man.

This coming Sunday and Monday I'll be in New York, I think

Well, drat! I'll be out of town on Sunday, and busy all day Monday -- work and then a screening. I'll wave at you from my office though!