Under the heading “If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry”:
Last December Vang Khang, his wife, and four of his six children were sleeping peacefully when intruders broke into their home. Fearing for the safety of his family, Khang grabbed his (legally owned) shotgun and fired at the home invaders while his kids huddled together. The response [...]

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Oooh, if you liked Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog as much as I did, you will want to hie* yourself over to read the Captain Hammer comic posted at Dark Horse Comics:
Captain Hammer — Be Like Me

* hie (hÄ«) – To go quickly; hasten. From the Middle English hien, from Old English hÄ«gian, to strive, [...]

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I’m not super big on milestones, but I just wanted to recognize that it’s been exactly three years since I decided to get over my inherent insecurities and jump on the blogwagon.
My first post (back when I was on blogspot) was, not surprisingly, about some parenting challenges I was facing. Some things never change.
In any [...]

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And by “things”, I mean my body.
I understand that I was dealt a questionable genetic hand, what with the chronic hypertension, obesity, and high lipids, not to mention the almost certain development of Type II diabetes. But what really gets me depressed is when I start to catalog all the other ailments that now govern [...]

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The PAgent household is down one body this week. This afternoon I drove the Girl to a girl scout facility near Philomath and dropped her off for almost a week of horseback riding camp. It was a nice day for a drive, but that was still more driving than I like to do these days.
I [...]

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Here’s a beautifully animated short promo for the Beijing Olymipcs from the BBC. The imagery is from the classic Chinese folktale “The Monkey King” (aka “Journey to the West”).
Note how moves from various summer Olympic events are woven into the action. Very nice.

from Drawn!
Update: You can now see a high-quality version hosted by No Fat [...]

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