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It’s not the policies. It’s not his unlikely ascent to the White House.

It’s not that he’s a brilliant communicator.

It’s not the color of his skin.

It’s for one reason and one reason alone:

We have similar handwriting.

From the LA Times:

In his Farewell Tour Iraq’in through the Middle East, President Bush has made good on his promise to take the terror fight away from US shores by bringing it to the enemy:

Rumor has it that the reporter may have been angered by Bush’s tireless efforts to use asinine nicknames for the press.

Unlike Marko I am not in publishing and thus can’t offer any rewards… but this photo is screaming for a caption.

If you win and you’re local I’ll take you out for a cup of coffee or tea or whatnot. If you’re not local, I’ll certainly send you my warmest regards and perhaps a woolen knit cap.

Update: ah – context. To get the story on this photo, check out this article.

I know, this blog has been feigning death for the last several weeks.  Blogging is one of those things, at least for me, where I sometimes get tired of the sound of my own voice.  And using platforms like wordpress for sharing stuff I find on the internet is not nearly as socially-networked as a site like facebook.

At any rate, there are some projects I’m lining up that I’m excited to tell the world about.  One of them is a parenting class Serena and I will be leading in September on behalf of Sequoyah’s Family Ministry.  It’s a well-packaged video/workbook small group curriculum called, “Parenting, The Early Years.” Here’s the preview:

If you’re in the East Bay Area and you’d like to participate in this six-week small group seminar, you can contact me via e-mail for more information.

I got pulled, kicking and screaming, into yet another web2.0 app.  This one is called Tumblr, which as far as I can tell serves as shorthand to blogging (or conversely, is a juiced-up version of Twitter).  I really don’t need another blog platform; so I want to know:

1. Who’s on Tumblr?  How are you using it?

2. What’s the best way to leverage this tool?

here’s my page

This conversation thread discovered at the Citizen-Times, in response to an article about Obama meeting privately with evangelical faith leaders. Notice the lumping together in the 2nd response of “religious leaders,” and to whom we bend our knee:

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FCC23 wrote:
Who really gives a flying $*%^ what Franklin Graham, or any “religious leader” thinks about anything???

6/12/2008 7:46:38 AM

Who really gives a flying $*%^ what Franklin Graham, or any “religious leader” thinks about anything???<br /> FCC23

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2steppen wrote:
I sure do.And one day ,you will also bend your knee in recognize of the Lord.
6/12/2008 8:48:09 AM

I sure do.And one day ,you will also bend your knee in recognize of the Lord. 2steppen

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