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I wanted to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year, though it is about 8 hours early. If you’re going somewhere tonight, be sure to travel safely and watch out for the crazies and drunks out on the road!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday, dear Mindy
Happy Birthday to you

From AP, via Yahoo:
Jeopardy to Hold Super Tournament

Producers of the game show announced Tuesday a “Super Tournament,” which will pit Jennings in a final match against two survivors of a competition between nearly 150 past five-time winners.
Host Alex Trebek called the tournament the “quest for Ken.”

I read this over on
Wes’ Blog some time ago, thought it was interesting, and wanted to post it here. Finally got around to it…

How to Destroy Christianity

I was recently listening to an audio file of Dr. Russell Fuller from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary teaching on the reliability of Scripture. Often atheists [...]

ABC News has named bloggers as one of their
People of the Year, citing their coverage of the election, the hurricane, and the tsunami among many other things.
[UPDATE: Video of the segment on ABC is available now. Get it from:
chrisvaught.com or
boingboing.net]

Kentucky faced off against Campbell tonight and came away with a lopsided 82-50 victory and Tubby Smith’s 200th win as a coach at UK. Tubby is 200-53 in his eight seasons at Kentucky and joins the ranks of Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall and Rick Pitino as coaches who have reached 200 wins.
The [...]

Here are some interesting things that I’ve read about the Indian Ocean earthquake, the resulting tsunami and it’s effect.

Did animals sense tsunami?

…the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast, but [Sri Lankan wildlife officials] can’t find any dead animals

Quake May Have Made Earth Wobble

The deadly Asian [...]

Lori and I were playing some Disney Trivia Pursuit tonight and we had a question about one of our fave old school cartoons. See if this brings back some memories for some of you:
Intro: |
Watch

Dashing and daring,
Courageous and caring,
Faithful and friendly,
With stories to share.
All through the forest,
They sing out in chorus,
Marching [...]

I just found out some sad news. The
Supertones will be calling it quits next year. This decision by the band was actually revealed in a press release at the end of November, but I just found out about it. The Supertones are one of my favorite bands, one of the [...]

I’ve put three more polls up:

Who’s Your Favorite Lord of the Rings Character?

What’s Your Favorite Lord of the Rings Movie?

What Type of Internet Access Do You Have?