http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog Putting a mirror to the reality of life and seeing what is reflected Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:15:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a movie of us singing Happy Birthday to Alastair at his second birthday party. His cake was a Stage cake with a Cars theme. http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=280 A while back in NYC there was a nasty crime.  A group of white young men wanted money for drugs and decided to lure a gay black man out and rob him.  They lured him using on-line chat and beat and then ran him in front of a car killing ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=279 Yesterday President Bush vetoed the continuation of the S-CHIP program.  Now, the news stories flood with heart-wrenching stories about “the children”.  The hilarious aspect of the situation is that this ABC news story never talks about WHY the President vetoed the legislation.  One would think that would be important, but if ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=278 Saw this and it made me laugh. OK, so this kid decides to wear his John Edwards 2008 T-shirt to school (High School) and gets upset about his free speech being infringed upon when they sent him home. “Bong Hits for Jesus” anyone (a.k.a Morse v Frederick)?  The point is that a ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=277 When I saw this article on the internet today it reminded me of a personal story that was similar.  In Houston, there is a light rail system that runs from downtown to the football stadium through the medical center.  It tends to run right down the middle of a number ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=276 Last night I took my Mother-In-Law to go see Laura Ingraham give a presenation on her new book Power to the People.  It was held at the Santikos Paladium theater and it had been sold out for a while.  I had tried to get us VIP tickets, but missed it ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=275 Colorado Representative Tom Tancredo (R) 92.96% match Other Top Matches California Representative Duncan Hunter (R) - 91.55% Kansas Senator Sam Brownback (R) - 88.73% Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (R) - 88.73% I am not sure I agree with their scoring system.  I like some of Tancredo’s ideas but he is a bit ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=274 Roberta’s Mom drove past the new house site and saw that there was something different.  So we went by and saw that they have the batter boards up getting ready to build out the plumbing and then pour the slab.  Exciting.  So we snapped some photos. Yep, this is our ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=273 http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=272 Over the Labor Day weekend there blew up a weird story that involved the Science Fiction Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) and the website scribd.com.  For those not in the know (like me), scribd.com allows users to upload text files and share them with users in a collaborative format (not unlike ... http://www.broussard-sa.net/blog/?p=271