Thanksgiving

Although thanksgiving for me will always be in October, who can say no to another celebration.  Theresa and I had a great (American) Thanksgiving, and I would like to take this time to list a few things for which I am thankful (in no particular order)
Theresa – this goes without saying, she is my everything.
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It’s Still Autumn… Really… It Is…

Although the retail outlets would like us to think Christmas is just around the corner, it is still autumn.  And because we woke up to snow this morning, I feel the need to remind myself of this fact.  Therefore, I present some photos we took a couple of weeks ago during our hike of the [...]

The Rural Alberta Advantage

In at least one aspect of this blog, 2008 has been a very slow year.  For months, I have not listened to an album that has really excited me.  Yesterday, this dry spell ended when I purchased “Hometowns” by the Rural Alberta Advantage: I am in love.  The music itself is great (passionate and driving, [...]

Lest We Forget

My last couple of posts have dealt with a spirited political debate that has stirred strong feelings and caused passionate protests.  The posts before those celebrated an historic election that proved to us that in America, we can all  achieve our dreams, whatever the obstacles.  The rest of my posts are about Theresa and I goofing [...]

Faith and Proposition 8

My first post on Prop 8 concerned the backlash the Mormon Church is facing over their support for the measure.  A secondary issue in this debate, which I hinted at and which was further explored  by Craig the Grey in the comments, is whether the Church should have encouraged its members to support Prop 8 [...]

Hate and Proposition 8

This has been a great election, but one aspect of last Tuesday has me a little upset: proposition 8.  When we were in California this summer, the bishop of our ward urged the members to support proposition 8, the ballot initiative that would amend the California Constitution to define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. [...]

YES WE DID!

Obama Is The Next President!!!  As Theresa said this morning: “Now we can stay in America.”  
And what is more, Obama was able to flip Virginia, and the Democrats took the Old Dominion’s second senate seat and may even win our congressional district (the race is still too close to call).

Thanks everyone who came to [...]

It’s election day, so get out and VOTE

…for Obama.
Here is a great piece from my favorite newspaper that you Americans probably wouldn’t see yourself; its about how the rest of the world is watching this election: “World Hopes for a ‘Less Arrogant’ America.”