This is the week, just a few days away, that I turn 40 years old. I'm sure my wife will tell you I don't act my age, but I'll tell you that most days, my body feels it. If I walk past you early in the morning, or late at night, you'll swear I'm eating a bowl of loud Rice Krispies. (Snap, crackle, pop) To hear me go down a flight of stairs is like listening to a popcorn popper with just a few kernels in it. You'll notice all of my comparisons are food, not surprising, I'm always hungry as well, not sure if that has anything to do with 40 or not. Thursday is the big day and I will spend the evening at a gathering for the radio station with a few close friends. We're hoping to raise awareness for the station, and maybe some funds as well. I hope this night, and an on air fund raiser at the end of the month, will get us back on financial stable ground. I really love the new sound of the station, I'd hate to lose it.



I've kind of reflected back over my 40 years and realize how lucky I have been, to live where I've lived, visited where I have visited and met the people I know. I'm thankful I met Marcy, who may have saved my soul. I'm thankful that I began going to Lutheran Church of Hope. I'm thankful that God spoke to me 6 years ago, and sent me on my first mission trip that next year. I'm thankful that I went to Mexico, for a reason that only God knows, because I have met the finest people I know on that trip and can't imagine my life without them. I'm thankful for my 3 crazy boys, who drive me nuts, but make me laugh. Who make me want to pull my hair out, well, someones hair, but who make me want to cheer them on. I'm thankful for the house we live in, as messy as it may be. It shelters us from the Iowa heat and the arctic winters we have grown to love. I'm thankful for the job I have, and pray it is here for a long time. I'm blessed and I know it, even when I don't show it. I want to thank all of you for being a part of my 40 years, some for all 40 and some for just a few. I hope I have made a positive impact in your life, because you most certainly have in mine.



Now here is an article I found. This is taken from an AP news story about 2 suspected terrorists removed from a plane in Germany. What I found interesting, wasn't so much about the 2 arrests, but about a film that was released which has caused the Netherlands to be a target for Islamic terrorists. Here is the piece:

The Dutch anti-terror chief warned earlier this month that the Netherlands remains a top target for Islamic terrorists because of publicity surrounding an anti-Islam film, "Fitna," by lawmaker Geert Wilders.
"Fitna" sets Quranic texts against a background of violent images, which the report said "is considered a major insult and provocation" by terrorist groups. The country's terrorist threat has been rated as "substantial" since the film's launch in March.

So, your religion is portrayed as violent in a film. What do you do? Get angry, dispute it, then blow up things in the name of your religion. Do you see the flaw in this whole thing. Your doing EXACTLY what they say you do in the film, but you claim your doing it to defend that you don't do it. Holy shit that is one f'd up rational. I can't even wrap my mind around the stupidity of that whole thing.