http://www.servingbread.net Thoughts, Musings, Reflections, and Ramblings of a campus minister, father, husband, and a Jesus-follower Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:47:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a confession to make: I need a bailout. The financial industry has asked and received and the auto industry is doing everything it can to get one. I figure I could ask for one as well and mine will be fairly modest compared to the $25 Billion that the ... http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/21/finance-fridays-32 A mentor has recently challenged me to put more focus in nurturing pleasure in my life. I've always enjoyed cooking (and it seems my family enjoys that I cook as well), so I've been putting more effort at creating some foods from scratch. I recently found a recipe to make bagels ... http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/20/fresh-bagels On Friday night, we began smelling smoke outside and we quickly learned that a wildfire had broken out in Sylmar (about 10 miles away). On Saturday, the dry (Santa Ana) winds continued to blast through the Valley, filling the atmosphere with smoke and ash. Though we were never in danger ... http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/17/la-is-burning When campaigning among Spanish speakers, Obama translated his campaign slogan "Yes we can" to "Sí se puede." During the campaign, there were allegations against Obama for having lifted some phrases from other orators. This Spanish phrase is unfortunately one of those lifted phrases. He stole this one from... none other ... http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/16/si-se-puede In case you forgot, today is the International Day for Tolerance (an annual observance declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance). For those of you who need a little help getting started: Make a list of everyone you hate, dislike, and are irritated by. Observe ... http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/16/happy-tolerance-day Here's a response from the governor to my Open Letter. I'll let you draw your own conclusions. --- Thank you for writing to share your thoughts with me about the proposed tax increase to balance our budget deficit.  Your input is important to me in these challenging economic times. I signed the 2008-09 ... http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/13/a-response-from-the-governor What about a federal bailout for the beer industry? http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/12/not-anymore One --- The number of living American Veterans from World War I. God bless you Frank Buckles! http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/11/one Dear Governor, After an unprecedented 85 day stalemate on California's 2008-2009 budget, the state legislature was still unable to pass a balanced budget, which is requiring you to call a special session of the legislature to address our budget crisis. While I understand why you are proposing drastic cuts (especially to ... http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/10/open-letter-to-gov-schwarzenegger Hear me participating in the conversation on the local NPR affiliate. If you listen carefully, you can hear Marco playing with his toys in the background. http://www.servingbread.net/2008/11/04/i-was-on-the-radio