Archive

December 26th, 2004

I've always wanted a smoking jacket!

Aldon in his new Smoking Jacket

I've always wanted a smoking jacket!

Click on the picture to see a larger view, or go here to see more Christmas pictures.

I'll write more about the holidays soon.

December 23rd

SC&A's Holiday Challenge

Over on Sigmund, Carl and Alfred, a brilliant guest post has what has turned out to be a challenge that is harder than it first appears to be. Go out and find a blog of someone radically different from your own, and write something nice about it.

December 22nd

Advent Reflection - Putting Herod back in Christmas

I just received an email with a great reflection entitled: Putting Herod back into Christmas.

"Herod represents the dark side of the gospel. He reminds us that Jesus didn't enter a world of sparkly Christmas cards or a world of warm spiritual sentiment. Jesus enters a world of real pain, of serious dysfunction, a world of brokenness and political oppression."

The contrast of Herod is what brings Christmas into sharp focus. Please read the whole reflection, and have a Merry Christmas.

Inside Connecticut Democratic Politics

The Democratic State Central Committee in Connecticut is scheduled to meet on January 19th, 2005 to elect new officers. George Jepsen is currently the state chair. He has served well, and served as majority leader of the State Senate from my hometown of Stamford.

December 21st

Assorted News

Click on Read More for details about blog reviews, statistics, legal cases about the RNC demonstrations in New York, the civil rights of Muslims, and MPAA v SupraNova and what it means for Bit Torrent and Blog Torrent.