http://blog.conrady.org Living as persona non grata Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:34:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While watching the highlights of the US-Germany game, I saw Demond Greene out on the court for Germany. He's really an American, and I normally don't like that sort of thing.... but in his case, I was just glad to see him back on the court competing after this ... http://blog.conrady.org/2008/08/18/demond-greene/ The guys who found this are cops from Georgia, so you know this 100% legit. Of course, they're keeping him in a freezer so that if the corpse fails his "DNA test" they can have a big BBQ. http://blog.conrady.org/2008/08/15/ive-been-telling-you-this-for-years/ I haven't watched much of the Olympics so far, but I had to watch 4x100 freestyle relay. I heard the French had been talking trash about the Americans. Alain Bernard of the French team said something like: "The Americans? We're going to smash them. That's ... http://blog.conrady.org/2008/08/10/how-do-you-say-you-in-french/ I love this story that Beau Berman forwarded to me.  Splicani (residents of Split) are WAY to nosy to ever let this happen.  Zagrepcani (residents of Zagreb) must not get into each others business so much. Governments have changed. War erupted and ended. Neighbors had children, and then grandchildren. But Hedviga ... http://blog.conrady.org/2008/05/17/neighbors-watching-out-for-each-other/ It's hard to sleep when the civil defense sirens keep going off.  Last night they went off on two different occasions here in North Little Rock.   Here's why:   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,346293,00.html The National Weather Service for central Arkansas actually had to stop issuing bulletins for a while, because the tornado passed directly over ... http://blog.conrady.org/2008/04/04/little-rock-tornado/ This is what happens when you don't tie your house down. http://blog.conrady.org/2008/03/21/arkansas-floods/ A couple of weeks ago, Shaq put a fan in the hospital by diving into the stand to save a loose ball. Here's what happened the next time it looked like he might try to be Superman again. http://blog.conrady.org/2008/03/16/shaq-clears-the-bench/ Here an excerpt from Gordon Keith's article about Hillary's victory in Texas: Who do you want answering the phone? I know my answer. NOT HILLARY. Hillary is accustomed to calls at 3 a.m., but it's usually related to Bill getting locked out of some chick's apartment wearing only a dress shirt, one ... http://blog.conrady.org/2008/03/07/answering-the-3-am-call/ Here's part of the problem I have with the way the rapture is taught (to be accurate, let's call it the "rapture theory"). This is not one of those church signs you can make up online. I obfuscated the name of this house of worship because I don't know the ... http://blog.conrady.org/2008/02/29/whatever-happened-to-jesus-saves-ii/ I was talking with somebody the other day about how excited the kids on my Upward Basketball team get when we start scoring. I called it "the thrill of victory." Then in my head I immediately hear "and the agony of defeat." I'm guessing I'm not the ... http://blog.conrady.org/2008/02/21/the-agony-of-defeat/