http://blog.markwill.com Life consists of what a man is thinking of all day. - Emerson Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:15:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Note: The new banner for December, 2008 is from a mall in Frisco, Texas. Our son is the blur. Please force a reload in your browser -- Shift-reload -- to load it and a slightly different stylesheet.) Some of you already enjoyed the Free Christmas Song Each Day that ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/12/01/free-christmas-songs-again What's your most memorable Thanksgiving? While all of ours have included massive quantities of family and food, and the mostly good things that come along with both, the one that stands out came when I was only a few years older than our five-year-old son. In my hometown in Arkansas, we saw ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/25/turkeys-and-snow-forts (Note: Those following "The Keys Are In It" may finish today by reading the conclusion.) (click to enlarge) http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/19/wordless-wednesday-thirty-one In the movie Punchline, Tom Hanks' character passes down several nuggets of wisdom to the struggling mom-turned-comedian played by Sally Field. She relates the story of a mother who was excited about the new babysitter she had hired -- little Davie Berkowitz. She doesn't get a laugh. Upon Hanks' ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/18/your-funny-cousin-and-eddie-murphy Click to enlarge. Anybody want to guess what we're looking at here? http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/14/impressions-pic-of-the-week She was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated, more commonly known as DWI. Not seeking probation, she was in it all-or-nothing, her fate up to six of her peers, hand-picked by her attorney and the prosecutor. It was another first for me. There I sat, looking her in the eye, ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/13/unpicked This may come as a surprise to those of you not living in Las Vegas, but there are more Catholic churches than casinos. Not surprisingly, some worshipers at Sunday services give casino chips rather than cash when the basket is passed. Since they get chips from many different casinos, the churches have ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/10/churches-and-chips (Note: Those reading "They Keys Are In It" may now read Part Fifteen. Those who are not, you might as well start now.) It's amazing how you find things of interest accidentally on the Internet. When I went to the library to study in college, merely seeing the ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/07/real-star-wars-filming-sites-you-can-still-see Okay, so I've been going over the various ways to make my blog less public. Specifically, I want to separate public content from private. Despite the maturity of WordPress (the blogging software I use), it is very difficult to do this retroactively. One of my concerns is sickos reaching ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/06/privatized-blog-care The free coffee giveaway at Starbucks was a clever ploy to find out how people voted for President. In the process of getting my free cup, I learned that and a little something more. On Tuesday I went in to get my free coffee because I voted. Yes, I ... http://blog.markwill.com/2008/11/04/starbucks-secret-poll