The Power of CNN

CNN's website is way more powerful than I had had previously thought. Above is a picture of CNN's "From the blogs" section, from one of their stories I linked to in a blog post from earlier today. The number of hits I got (compared to a typical day) and the variety in location of these posts was stunning. I hope someone who found the blog through CNN will stick around, but I doubt it (if you did, please comment!). It's also just cool to think that my blog was on CNN...

(Note: I did link to the same story again. We'll see if their algorithm picks this post up.)

Iranian Missile Tests

I'm sure most of you all know about today's Iranian Missile Tests, which have increased Middle Eastern tensions and are threatening that region, including allies such as Israel, and, ultimately, us. To quote an Iranian general, Hossein Salami, "We want to tell the world that those who conduct their foreign policy by using the language of threat against Iran have to know that our finger is always on the trigger and we have hundreds and even thousands of missiles ready to be fired against predetermined targets." I don't want to come off as a fear monger, but as citizens and as a nation, we need to take action. Please, call your senators and your representative and urge them, as a constituent, to consider avoiding the use of militaristic action in favor of diplomatic action. That is, unless you want another war. Very few citizens contact their representatives, and when they do, it makes a world of difference. I just called all three of my reps, Sen. Jim DeMint, Sen. Lindsey Graham, and Rep. Joe Wilson; it took me all of four minutes. If you don't know who your senators are or what their phone numbers are, select your state of the drop-down list at the Senate website. If you need the same information for your representative, just type your Zip+4 at the House website (if you don't know what your Zip+4 code is, go here.). Seriously, let's stay away from another war. Spend 5 minutes of your time. Also, you'll notice that I included a "Digg this" button on this post; please consider Digging this, and spread the word.

Photo of the Month (June08)

Every month, I pick 1 photo from the previous month's Photos of the Week.

(Photo of the Week 6)

Photo of the Month (May08)

Here's another (hopefully) regular installment. Each month, I'll pick my favorite photo among the previous month's Photos of the Week. Here's your installment, albeit late, for May, 2008.



(Photo of the Week 1)

Photo of the Week 7

Each week, I pick one photo from my Flickr account. This was taken at a waterfall near Jones Gap State Park.

Sorry for the delay; I was unable to access the internet on Saturday.

200 Days Left!

I'm trying out Blogger's "scheduled posts" feature to post this at exactly midnight to let you know that we only have 200 days left of the Bush presidency! Thanks to my friend who found—and gave to me—a countdown clock from backwardsbush.com.

Interesting Discoveries

I was rummaging around, looking for things to sell on eBay (time is running out if I'm to buy the camera!) when I found a journal I wrote, spanning December 31, 1999 to October 26, 2003. It has 2-3 entries per year, and they're mainly me jotting down the day's happenings. Here, for your reading pleasure, is one of the 15 entries: I'm nine now. I'm on a soccer team, the HFC. I'm getting really good now [WRONG!]. I scored 3 times today! In a week I'll be a forth [sic] grader!"

I also uncovered our old N64. My brother, his girlfriend, and I played a few games of Mario Kart 64 and a bit of 1080º.