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is your city stressed? mine is.
Apparently we live in the most stressful city in America. Who knew? According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Using a formula that includes unemployment, pollution and congestion, Forbes magazine has ranked us as America’s most stressful city. But not everyone buys the Forbes analysis. Jonathan C. Smith, founder of the Roosevelt University Stress Institute, called the…
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happy saturday: sigur ros
On Wednesday I get to see Sigur Ros at the Chicago Auditorium with some friends. I’m really excited about this show… thanks for holding a ticket Bob. Here’s a live version of one of their new songs, Inní mér syngur vitleysingur. Enjoy.
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obama waffles and binary minds
I watched the comments on the last post, Obama Waffles, with interest. Yesterday Lynn wrote, “I am neither liberal or conservative, I am neither black nor white on the issues, I am neither Red nor Blue…” After such a long season of electoral politics and with 46 days until the presidential election, something about how…
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obama waffles
First, the back story… The Family Research Council was founded in 1983 by Dr James Dobson and a few other conservative Christian folks. In 1988 the FRC merged with Dobson’s Focus on the Family. In 1992 FRC once again became an independent organization, though Dobson remains on its board of directors. In 1992 FRC founded…
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links
This week’s links come from some of my blogging friends. Enjoy. Pilgrim Without a Shrine has a great mix of news commentary and travelogue since arriving in Amman, Jordan. This is a good spot for a unique and thoughtful perspective on the headlines coming from the Middle East. Wasabigelatine is a food blog written by…
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