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4 months ago and 44 years ago

Four months ago today, April 28, 2007, I married My Life, Laurie Janine. I haven’t regretted it one moment since.

Forty-four years ago today, August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington D.C. Few speeches have had the impact MLK’s speech did. And yet we’re still fighting the “the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination…” and people who find themselves in exile in this land.

“Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.”

You can read the full text of the speech after the jump…
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Re: Miss Teen South Carolina

Lauren Caitlin Upton’s confused, mangled response in the Miss Teen USA contest has been drawing a lot of attention -especially on YouTube.
The 18-year-old got a chance to redeem herself Tuesday on NBC’s “Today” show when she was again asked why one-fifth of Americans can’t locate the U.S. on a map.

“I would love to re-answer that question,” Upton said. “Well personally, my friends and I, we know exactly where the United States is on our map. I don’t know anyone else who doesn’t. And if the statistics are correct, I believe there should be more emphasis on geography.”

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Tonight

a. My Life is gone to class – starting Micro-Biology tonight
b. After dinner I’ve had the house to myself and The Dog
c. Uploaded the encounter podcasts
d. Repaired and returned our geocache to it’s original location – what once was lost is now found
e. Hid another geocache in the Waxahachie area (it’s not posted yet but you can look for it at: N 32°23.228 W 096°51.176)
f. Took The Dog to play in the park
g. Came home and updated the geocache website while The Dog fell sound asleep under our bed

As of this afternoon

a. I-35 North was shut down for the second time in four months today
b. I feel really bad for Laurie having to wait through that traffic
c. Doesn’t help my case for staying in Waxahachie
d. I went to do GPS mapping today and the truck battery was dead
e. It wouldn’t charge
f. I don’t think it likes me
g. I’m thinking about applying here
h. Laurie starts her new semester of school tonight – Micro Biology – yuck
i. My mom started her (scheduled) last year of teaching today
j. My friend Dollye wants to teach math – even though I would have pictured her as an English teacher
k. Less than 40 minutes before the work day is complete