There's only one original...

I grew up with Calvin & Hobbes comics, and I miss opening the paper and reading them everyday.  Still, when I read this article about how the authors of the blog Pants are Overrated payed homage to C&H by bringing Calvin back as an adult, I was torn.  Yes, it was kind of cool to catch a glimpse of what Calvin and Susie might be like as grown-ups, but it seems wrong in a way, too. 

So while I kind of liked the two strips that Dan and Tom Heyerman came up with, I'm glad that they've decided that there won't be any more "Hobbes and Bacon" strips for a while...



An Aspiration...

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"I would like to be remembered as someone who accomplished useful deeds, and who was a kind and loving person. I would like to leave the memory of a human being with a correct attitude and who did her best to help others." ~ Grace Kelly

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This sweet video was made by three of the guys deployed with me here in Iraq for their wives for Mother's Day.  I may be a tad biased, but I think that Chaplain Blatter, Chief Howlett, and SGT Liechty make quite the talented trio...

No More Questions!!

No More Questions! from StoryCorps on Vimeo.

I'm a huge NPR fan, and I love their StoryCorps series.  I download the podcasts on my iPod and listen when I go for a run.  So it was fun to see this new animated shorts series that they created for some favorite StoryCorps interviews.

I remember listening to this story in particular during one of my runs through Daybreak and laughing out loud...I loved the grandmother's feistiness, and I teared up at the end when her son said that he still sometimes talks to her now.

I'd love to do an interview with some of my loved ones...