I don’t know how any of you feel about Andrew Bird, but I think he’s pretty swell. I saw him in a symphony hall in Champaign once. It was magical. He is the best whistler I’ve ever heard.

I write this because his newest album is on sale at Amazon today for $1.99(!!!). You should definitely buy it.

Last week I bought an ESV Single Column Reference Bible. Today I went out and bought some quality colored pencils to mark up my new Bible, Precept style! I’m loving it so far.

Tomorrow I head back to the STL for a NoCo Christmas!! I was planning on entering the party wearing a wife-beater, while eating a taquito but I don’t have a wife-beater… so it probably won’t happen.

Without a doubt, the worst part of college occurred on days when it would rain, and frequent trips to and from class resulted in the bottom two inches of your jeans being soaked for the entire day. There was nothing worse.

“Pandas, which generally have a public image as cute, gentle creatures, are nonetheless wild animals that can be violent when provoked or startled.

Last year, a panda at the Beijing Zoo attacked a teenager, ripping chunks out of his legs, when he jumped a barrier while the bear was being fed.

The same panda was in the news in 2006 when he bit a drunk tourist who broke into his enclosure and tried to hug him while he was asleep. The tourist retaliated by biting the bear in the back.”

Panda bites student seeking a hug

I love CNN puff pieces.

At a recent concert in Chicago, keyboardist James Dewees confirmed The Get Up Kids will be reuniting to play a tour this Spring. I for one am stoked. The Get Up Kids were pretty much the defining band of my high school years. Getting to hear them in Lawrence? Even better.

My computer sounds like a giant chainsaw these days.