"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such...

Before getting into some commentary that won't appeal to most readers, I'll start by doing a super Q&A right now for those of you starting on your summer internships: I invite you to send me more questions about either getting into the CA program, what it's like when you're already there, or any other random questions you have. There's a handy "e-mail me" link here or you can send mail to my gmail account. It's "acsblog". What should I expect to be paid during my internship? If you're doing an internship for a newspaper or other publications, quite possibly zero. But you probably knew that already. If you're working for a CA firm, on the other hand, your average paycheque will be close to if not very similar to that of newly hired "full-time" staff. I am not just writing that to rub salt in the wounds of my friends studying English. But I am aware that this is a side effect of stating those facts. What should I expect during...

Well, here I sit in my new office. The initial space improvements are mostly complete, most of the furniture is in place, and I type to you on my new MacBook Pro, which I will use as the main workhorse for patient encounter notes. Today, my cell phone broke to bits, my van is incapacitated with a dismantled steering column and the air conditioning in this office went out. So, I am out of touch, immobile and hot. The good news is I think I will get an iPhone, better night driving and an a/c full of freon (or some non-ozone dwindling blah blah blah substitute). Anyways, hope you all are well. B8

Any winners this week? Of course WISEOZ keeps rolling out winners. I won myself another $10 Amazon Gift Card this week - sweet! Although, I am still obsessed with winning some astronaut icecream, valued at $5.55 LOL Something extra sweet about winning some i guess rather than buying it! How about you guys?

Each of us are created with our own quirks, our own unique set of characteristics that make us, well, us. If you had a care label attached to you what would it say?

The freebies have been thin on the ground again this week. I did get my Asics socks from Shape, which are very nice and I got my free CD from Zantac - also lovely. I got my 'party pack' from Houseparty for my TNT party this weekend - and I will have some wine cooler bags left over and openers. Since we are all feeling the void with Jellyfish scalebacks - I think I will be bringing back the NEW SITE OF THE WEEK contest! Email me any fun sites you have found and each week I will choose a winner. The first prize up for grabs will be the cooler and bottle opener set :) I will favor sites where you can win things, play together and solve puzzles the most but you can also send me great shopping deal sites, freebie sites or sweeps sites! See if you can find any goodies in this lot this week: SPOOFEE WALMART START SAMPLING (must register) TWISTED BRANCHES FAT WALLET WILD ABOUT MOVIES FREEGRABBER (make sure you click to page 1!) ADPERK GAME GIVEAWAY (and sister site which is on same page...

Need some insight on what a Napalm nightmare looks like? Here's a start: [ link ]. Agggghhhhh! And if that wasn't scary enough, here's another: [ link ]. Double-Agggghhhhh!

Here is your weekly Church Steeple Picture. I see Jesus as God reaching down to man, the steeple as man lifting up the cross to the community and reaching up to God. I am not sure what to call this one? Calm in the eye of the storm? Christendom sprawl? This picture comes to you courtesy of my car and Cedar Springs Presby and it's ever expanding campus. Want to see your steeple photo published here? Submit all church steeple photos to bjnotbk@gmail.com for consideration. Please note that I reserve the right to publish or not publish any submission.

Here are the sites I regularly check for shopping bargains. Please add your own faves and I will keep updated each week! Steeplemedia EXCHANGE / TRADE forum . Go have a look you might find a great trade or bargain! List your own prizes too! Don't forget your wedgie free Wednesday entry! www.wedgiefree.com Have you won yet? www.jellyfish.com I hate to say it.....this could be the beginning of the end.......NO MORE 24 HOUR SHOWS!! The daily show was super lame also....and the wheel wasn't working yet yesterday but supposedly will be up today. The wait in between is worse than Teet and the pay offs are now extremely low odds.....now what to do with these blasted coins? Why must so many good things go down the tubes?? www.dealsucker.com Gathers all the latest deal of the day site deals in one place www.woot.com One item each day at 1am EST www.gottadeal.com Deals collected and posted here - especially busy around major holidays www.slickdeals.net Forum for posting great deals found...

Get it? Blink and you'll miss it? Nevermind. Today, our neighbors to the North, the Canadians, eh, are celebrating a national holiday...

Last night I attended open mike poetry night at the local coffee shop and dropped this jewel onto the crowd. And now I present to you. theological tapout My fast is faster than your slow my quick is quicker than your no show my Hobbs can beat your Calvin my pre- beats your post my fun beats your fundamentalism my free beats your law my relationship beats your religion His grace covers all... His gospel is greater news than your systematic theology so tapout.

I thought I was going to be able to go to Middle School Camp, but now, something has come up and I won't be able to. I was looking forward to the time away, time with my kids, and just getting alone with Jesus, but alas, it isn't happening this summer. Another reason I was looking forward to going is that their going to have a Lake Blob......ohhhh......how that excites me. I get gitty just thinking about it. This is my love letter to the blob, oh, how I will miss you. Dear blob, I love you. I thought about trying to ease my way into this letter. Trying to play it cool and slowly unravel my emotions but I can't do that when it comes to you, can I? What is it about your big, rainbow colored rubber bladder that makes you so perfect? Is it the stripes that are strewn festively across your air-filled belly? Is it that you sit patiently waiting for me in the middle of a lake? Is it that you live for my enjoyment and my enjoyment alone? It's difficult to say, but I wanted you...

Last night, I helped Wesley list my aunt and uncle's Volkswagen Eurovan on eBay Motors [ link ]. And I misspelled "excellent." There! Are you happy?! Gah. By the way, if you're interested in a great van, give me a shout. My aunt and uncle (my whole family for that matter) are borderline OCD, so there is nary a problem with it. It looks just like it did when it was driven off of the lot, despite our urges to stick '70s decals on it, put a big, brown Great Dane in the back and call it the "Mystery Machine." Zoinks. Update: This "excelent" [sic, very sic] Eurovan is sold. It appears my orthography misstep didn't affect the appeal of the sin bin.

Today we are begin our new, 12 week study on the letter of 1John. This morning I want to: 1. Give some background on John. Who was he and what did he do? 2. Go into some detail on 1John. Why was it written? What was the purpose of the letter and is it still applicable to us today? 3. Wrap up the lesson with a sneak peek of the upcoming lessons. Point #1. John…the artist formerly known as John, son of Zebedee. Matthew 4:18-22 18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him. Jesus, the King of...

First up, please click the widget on front page - if we get a decent amount of clicks, I will have a nice Celine Dion prize to give away! The one I posted in blog yesterday didn't seem to want to work. I also have some cool TNT prizes coming up to give away... Also, don't forget WISEOZ - new riddles and challenges up every day! Mind you, you all need to STOP winning because I'm getting sick of not winning anything!!! It's been a while since I won something other than points! I totally want some freeze dried ice cream... Also, if you haven't joined SPOTWINNER yet, give it a try! You watch 10 ads to earn entries and points. Points can be traded for Gift Cards. Up for grabs this week - a lovely GPS unit, some Amazon gift cards and Spotwinner points. We have also now MERGED the CONTEST LIST forum with Winners Circle forum, so you can post any good contests or sweeps you find there and also enter ones others have found RIGHT HERE ! Sweeps Sites http://www.sweepstakestoday...