I handed out candy to probably well over 1,000 kids today.

It was fun for the first 30 minutes.

Unfortunately, I did it for 3 hours lol

Oh well. When you're a "famous newsman" you get asked to do all sorts of stuff for your company, and meet people and all that :)

Update... I was just informed the World Series has not only started, it's over. But that could be bad information, considering I thought the Cardinals were in this World Series, because I never saw anything showing they were.

So when's the World Series starting? I'm a Cardnials fan. I know they beat Houston to advance to the World Series. I could swear they were gonna start playing any time now, but I haven't seen any evidence of it.

World Series in the Cards!

Yay! Scott Rolen for President :)

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the team in red and white's gonna win it all!

John Osenbaugh was never mundane. And he's still not. Cancer may have ended his earthly life, but now John's been healed, restored, permanently. It's hard to lose him, and we pray for his family, as they say goodbye. But at least we can be assured that John, by his faith in Christ, has been touched by the great healer. 

I love this kid. His name is John.
He's a smart, and funny kid, and definitely unique. But the brain that set him apart, making him a math whiz, and definitely not mundane began to fail him six months ago. Just four weeks before his high school graduation, he learned he was getting a full four-year scholarship to a prestigious tech program. And he learned he had an inoperable brain tumor. Turns out they operated anyway. After weeks in the hospital he finally came home this summer. He was getting stronger, although obviously slowed by his condition. His brain was repairing itself. His motor skills were coming back. He was on his way to being John again. He planned to take a year off, then head to college. So he decided to volunteer as a youth leader at church, as I do.

Then I got the e-mail I didn't want from his mom. John was losing control of his arm. They did a spinal tap; Doctors discovered more cancerous cells. There was a new problem. John's family tell me they know he will be healed, but don't know if that means he'll be taken from us, and healed by the great healer.

John's the only boy in the family. Eight sisters and him. And his life may be cut short at 19 by a condition that threated the very thing that made him him.

I'd ask for your prayers for not only John, but his family. The doctors haven't given them much hope, so as they always do they've turned to the source of hope, and they have the peace that passes understanding.

But it still hurts.

I can't imagine losing your only son, especially one who's young and a true original. 

back to back jacks.

i love the cardinals.

game tied 4-4 in the eight, pujols slams one. rolen walks up, and does the same.

aw yeah!

We're gonna win Twins, we're gonna score!

The nice thing about both your favorite teams playing in the postseason, that's better odds at least one will make it to the World Series. Go Cardinals and Twins.

here's what I've been following the last few days... Children Shot as Fugitives Flee Police

new purchases:
star wars trilogy (widescreen dvd)

mst3k collection vol. 4
which includes: Overdrawn At The Memory Bank, Space Mutanty (two of my favorites) plus Girl In Gold Boots and the crappy German version of Hamlet.