I am getting good at this blog thing

Check out the new features to the right.
I added a Google search bar and some advertisements. It's almost like I know what I'm doing and stuff.
Pretty soon, CNN anchors and political junkies in The District will be citing "The Script" in their reports.
And while you're here, click on some of the ads. It will help our economy.

BTK is FUBAR

I don't know if you've ever heard of BTK, but let me tell you, the guy is twisted.
It's been all over the news recently, but I actually got to meet the Wichita Eagle team that helped publicize this maniac's deeds over the past 25 years, and eventually broke the news of his identity and capture.
It's an interesting story, and I encourage you to learn about it. It's kind of a real-life murder mystery, so if you're in to that kind of thing...
The really big news is Pres. Bush's address tonight regarding the war in Iraq. I will be on the ice while he's delivering it, but I will try to get something in tonight afterward.
Some news sources are already addressing a speech that hasn't happened yet. Isn't Technology great?

Eminently bogus

It may seem far removed, but a Supreme Court case resolving an eminent domain issue in New London, Conn., should have everyone a bit worried.
Apparently owning property doesn't amount to much anymore, and if the government wants to take what's not theirs, they will find a way.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness..." unless it stands in the way of government progress. Ben Franklin would be so mad.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented, but you don't have to be conservative to see the problems here.
Just in case you don't read the entire story, the company New London officials want to make more room for is the Pfizer Inc. drug company with production operations right here in Portage.
Perhaps the Kalamazoo City Commission will decide my block is a great place for Pfizer to expand next.

Elsewhere in the world of shady politicians, Pres. Bush and his minions are still pushing the Social Security issue.
Republicans and a few conservative Democrats are trying to convince all of us that private retirement accounts are the way to save Social Security.
What we're not being told is private accounts are really the only way to keep the government from spending any Social Security surplus and digging an even deeper hole for future retirees and the benefits program they thought they would be able to count on.
There's a lot of crap in cyber space about the Social Security debate, but I found a pretty good article by Carolyn Lochhead at the San Francisco Chronicle. If you're up for some pretty deep analyses, check out this report on FactCheck.org.

Well, that's enough garbage for now. I might jump on Tony Blair and the EU later, but it's my day off. I may just take a nap.

There were some strange people at Battle Creek's Cereal Festival this year, but I found these three beautiful people right next to me. But the boys wouldn't eat cereal. So much for the Cereal City. The mom's hot, though. 

Kissing up to the boss and his wife at Cereal Festival 2005. 

Back on the horse

So, I'm back, and I have plenty to say.
First, I urge you to scroll down a couple of entries and check out the pictures.
I have the coolest kids in the world.
As for the rest of the stuff, most of it is just ranting about politics, so I will spare you all...
This time.
A few weeks ago, I went to Wichita, Kansas, for a writer's conference. I got to meet a lot of great writers, including Tom French, a writer with the St. Petersburg Times, and Poynter writer Chip Scanlan.
But mostly I took in some great blues and enjoyed a new town.
You might think, "Kansas? What's there to do in Kansas?" Well, let me tell you, a weekend in Wichita was not nearly enough to enjoy all the city has to offer. I highly recommend the trip.
Other than that, not a lot to report. Work is, well, work. The family is great, and there's little more I can ask for.
Except a $1 million or so.

Anthony took a spill down the stairs. 

The weather was crappy. Anthony was sick. But we saw Thomas, dad gum it. 

What a life

It's hard to excuse my absence, but I beg your forgivenenss.
Life comes fast sometimes, and I have been stuck in the back seat for a few weeks.
Lots to talk about, but I can't right now.
Just wanted to let you all know I am still alive. The boys are awesome. The wife is the best. Life is good.
I just wish it would slow down a little.
Until the next post...