Necessary Roughness

two kingdoms, hundreds of thousands of miles

Archive for August, 2005

Lance Rides the Tour de Funds
Monday, August 22nd, 2005

The Associated Press reports that Lance Armstrong rode with President Bush in Crawford to drum up more government support for cancer research.
Armstrong has been effective in raising funds and awareness. Financial statements (PDF) of the Lance Armstrong Foundation report an increase of Net Assets of $24 million for 2004, to $36 million total. Corporate sponsors [...]

From my old friends in Duncan I had received A Shiver of Wonder: A Life of C.S. Lewis by Derick Bingham, a biography I finished on the plane to Houston this evening.
Bingham details Lewis’s life from his childhood in Ulster, Ireland, to his death in The Kilns on November 22, 1963, the same day of [...]

The Carnival Marches On
Sunday, August 21st, 2005

Random Dan has finished the second Lutheran Carnival and has handed the duties off to the Alaskan Intolerant Elle. After the Aardvark shows how a pastor handles this circus act, the Carnival arrives here, just in time for the first week of the regular season of the National Football League.
Guess what the theme will be. [...]

Yet Another Sun Through Clouds
Friday, August 19th, 2005

Like a moth to a flame, I suppose.

Texas Rorshach
Taken from the First Class cabin soon after departing from IAH.

Hotel Report Holiday Inn, Duncan, OK
Friday, August 19th, 2005

This week I stayed at the Holiday Inn in Duncan. The nicest hotel is the Chisholm Suites hotel, but they don’t participate in any frequent stay programs.