Tears of joy
Today, a friend of mine back in California was baptized (in the Pacific Ocean, no less). While I wish I could've been there, seeing the pictures on Facebook had to suffice. And even then, I got a little choked up.
Ivan, my brother, welcome to another chapter of life. I pray that God brings you peace, joy and a whole lot of adventure!
What an eventful day
Today:
- Woke up at 3:45am to take N&L to Reagan/National Airport. They discovered their car had a flat tire. I drove them in A&A's car.
- On the way back, missed the 395 N turning. Drove a little way into VA with the fuel light glaring at me before finally making my way to a gas station, then home and falling (eventually) back to sleep. Slumbered fitfully with the yammering and hammering of E going on in the background from 7ish onwards.
- Got the car tire fixed; booked a tattoo appointment for this weekend; got home; did some work; ate delicious leftovers for lunch; entertained E until A&A got home.
- Met up with K, who was in town from California for an interview, for a quick chat at the Logan Circle Caribou.
- Drove to the intern house to pick up dinner for A&A; waited for Simps to get home. Picked up food; came out to car; slipped on ice with food in hands, which meant I had no hands to break my fall. Broke it with my back instead; better than my head. Winded and jarred, but fortunately nothing worse—feeling a little sore now, though!
- Dropped off food; headed to GWU for Pulitzer Center/Human Rights Watch event on the Lord’s Resistance Army. Traffic was moving at a snail’s pace; eventually found parking but I was late so didn’t think straight—I didn’t put any money in the meter!
- The event was good and interesting—predominantly from the journalistic perspective, which was a different one to hear from. Check out Pulitzer Center and Human Rights Watch.
- Came back to the car to drop off I&J at Union Station; found the parking ticket. Told them about my date.
- Back home to pack up my stuff and shift things over to the place I'm house-sitting.
- Done by midnight.
Time for bed. What an eventful day.
Demon sheep? Oh politics …
This fascinating image is an ad from the campaign of Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. She's running for Governor of California, and in a crowded GOP primary, she's clearly bringing out the crazy guns to try and tar Republican rival Tom Campbell with the wolf-in-sheep's-clothing brush. (D'you like my barrage of metaphors there?) It gets a little spacey around 2:27.
Links of the Day, January 11
It's Human Trafficking Awareness Day! Tell someone who doesn't know about the 27 million people trapped in modern slavery. And then do something about it!
Check out these awesome pics to start out your week/day:
And then enjoy this cover from Cathy Nguyen and Andrew Garcia:
News
- Whistler's homeless are being relocated ahead of the Winter Olympics.
- The oldest known Hebrew script has been deciphered. Find out what it says here.
- Colt McCoy shows grace and faith in the face of defeat:
Human trafficking
- China claims to have freed over 10,000 victims of human trafficking in the last year.
Immigration
- A new report comes out: immigration reform will ease economic decline.
Miscellaneous
- NBC's Bryan Williams: why Jon Stewart is good for the news.
- GOOD covers the H&M saga.
- For the Angelenos, the fake freeway sign that became a real public service.
- Oh, the places you'll go ... The NY Times lists 31 places to go in 2010.
- As a fantasy geek myself, I can appreciate this from what's fast becoming one of my favorite blogs, YOMYOMF ("You offend me, you offend my family"): "Fantasy gone wrong."
- Some fascinating facts about sneezing.
- Some secrets about London!