1. A photo I took is famous! Well, sort of. I took a picture of Kaitlyn "helping" Nathan and our neighbor's grandson walk to school on their first day in 2007.  In Spring 2008, the photo was published in a Toronto magazing called "Spacing". And now, New Hampshire Public Radio has used the photo to illustrate a blog post about how activity-friendly urban planning (i.e. more sidewalks in neighborhoods) could help fight childhood obesity. How cool is that? Thanks, NHPR! 2.  Could Sarah Palin BE a bigger hypocrite?  I have tried so hard, over the last five years, to keep politics off this blog,  but dang it, this woman is pissing me off.  First there was the whole "well, Rush Limbaugh was using political satire  when he said the word 'retard' on the radio, so he gets a free pass" debacle, and now, documents released as part of Levi and Bristol's custody battle over their son Tripp shows that "Granny Palin" gives family members a free pass on socialized medicine, too. A … [Read more...]