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Archive for August, 2008

KC Chiefs Shop Arrowhead Naming Rights
Friday, August 29th, 2008

Barack Obama had a speech last night? John McCain might pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin for a running mate? Please. Let’s discuss important stuff.
Topeka, KS, TV station WIBW reports that the Kansas City Chiefs have contracted with a sports and entertainment company to sell the naming rights of Arrowhead Stadium.
I still call the other venue [...]

LCMS: Children Making Music
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

The LCMS Commission on Worship has been sending free copies of a DVD, Children Making Music. I grabbed one for myself.
The DVD has three sections: for kids, for parents, and for congregational leaders. The kids range from about 7 years of age up to high school. Parents, teachers, and pastors extol the virtues of teaching [...]

Hotel Report: Holiday Inn, Indiana, PA
Monday, August 25th, 2008

The previous two weeks in Indiana, PA, I stayed at the Holiday Inn.
Even though I have Platinum status, my room was smaller than average, and I got no refrigerator or microwave. It was off of a hallway that had an outer door.  The outer door was locked all the time, rather than just during the [...]

Accountant Beats IRS in Tax Dispute
Monday, August 25th, 2008

If you had insurance with mutual companies like Prudential or MetLife before they went public, they gave you shares, and you sold them, you were likely overtaxed, according to a federal court. The Associated Press has details.
What makes it doubly cool is that a single accountant got the ruling against the IRS. Most individuals fail, [...]

The Associated Press reports that a pro-life Republican who accepted an invitation to give a benediction at the Democratic National Convention has decided to pull out. Cameron Strang, a pro-life Republican, wanted to show that values voters today draw political lines differently than in the past. When he found out his prayer would be the [...]