Thursday, December 21, 2006

Update and Amen

I know it's been quite some time since I've posted something and for those of you recently steered here, welcome! I don't post much very often. I guess sometimes the day to day seems to be boring material for a mass audience.
But then William Hung got famous for being awful.
We'll see. But little victories like making a business phone call I've either procrastinated on or just haven't had time for doesn't seem blog-worthy. Maybe it is. At least that's what Time magazine says.
I woke rested this morning. Maybe I did so because the baby monitor isn't needed while Jadyn and Amanda are in Pennsylvania. Regardless, I wish they were here. But they are doing what they need to do and by the grace of God they'll be back soon. In the mean time, Amanda left me a very well crafted honey-do list in preparation for Christmas which I hope to make headway on tonight.
OK, here's the Amen part:
Jack Valenti wrote a great piece about the sacrifice of his generation and that it seems lost on the current, younger crowd. This is what bothers me about the ambivalence we see about the current overall War on Terror.
He nails it.
Technical difficulties prevent me from posting a link, but I will paste the text below so you can cut, paste and hopefully see it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20061221/cm_usatoday/doesthenextgenerationvaluethesacrificeofwar
And if we don't get a chance to do so again, Merry Christmas!