December 30, 2008 • 1:25 am 0
From the folks at 2008 Weblog Awards
Here is a complete list of the finalists for The 2008 Weblog Awards. Finalists badges (hosted by Imageshack) will be available Wednesday. Voting is scheduled to begin on January 5, 2009.
No links from the blog titles yet, but they are working on it.
Filed under: Blogging , 2008 Weblog Awards
• 1:23 am 4
Your wireless mics frequency may need to change,
This was something that I wasn’t aware of until this week. If anyone uses wireless mics for your group or church, you may need to adjust your frequencies after the DTV transition is complete. I’ll be honest and say that I know very little about sound equipment, so maybe some of you tech-heads can clue me in with further details about how the new DTV channels will affect wireless signals.
More at the link, including a statement from Shure.
Filed under: Technology, Television , television digital conversion, wireless microphones
• 12:09 am 0
Oh, no, I’m not done yet!
I’ll post two songs I got reacquainted with over the weekend by Kirk Talley.
I Can Still Celebrate Christmas
The lights are unplugged
The candles snuffed out
The tree’s lying out in the street
The mistletoe’s gone
But the memory lives on
Like the rush of tiny little feet
The hustle, the bustle
The long, long, long checkout lines
Won’t be seen ’til Christmas next year
But the man who understands the real reason why we celebrate
Why, he can have twelve months full of cheerChorus;
I can still celebrate Christmas
For the Light of the World is the light of my life
I can still celebrate Christmas
It’s much more to me
than lights on a tree
It’s a gift that gives life to meSo, turn on your lights
Put a wreath on your door
Show the world that you can sing too
Try Joy to the World in June of July
Ask a friend to sing along, too
Come on and ring the bells loud
Stand up and be proud
Tell the world the truth that you know
That the little tiny boy
Brought happiness and joy
More than gifts tied with ribbons and bows.Chorus then:
Yes, it’s much more to me than lights and a tree
It’s more than the gifts that are given to me
It’s more than the lovely shirt Mama gave me
It’s a gift that gives life to me
Yes, it’s a gift that gives life to me.
And because this Christmas my thoughts have been on Mary, here’s Still Her Little Child
(lyrics, interesting enough, written by Ray Boltz)
When she laid him in a manger
He was still her little child
In a city filled with strangers
He was still her little child
Though the inn was full
And the night was cold
She held Him close and smiled
When she laid Him in a manger
He was still her little childWhen the angels called Him Savior
He was still her little child
When the wise men gave Him treasures
He was still her little child
When the shepherds bowed before Him
A star shone all the while
When the angels called Him Savior
He was still her little childWhen He grew in strength and wisdom
He was still her little child
When He spoke the people listened
He was still her little child
When He healed the lame and dying
They would follow Him for miles
And when he grew
In strength and wisdom
He was still her little childWhen the people turned against Him
He was still her little child
When they shouted crucify Him
He was still her little child
And when they nailed Him
To a wooden cross
Then we were reconciled
When she held His broken body
He was still her little child
He was still her little child
Ah, Christmas.
Filed under: Christianity , Christmas, I can still celebrate Christmas, Kirk Talley, Mary, Ray Boltz, Still her little child
December 29, 2008 • 11:21 pm 6
Football season is barely over and three coaches have been given their walking papers. The St. Petersburg Times is calling for Gruden’s head.
More to follow, I’m sure.
Filed under: Football, NFL, Sports , coach firings, National Football League
• 11:07 pm 0
Leapin in a comment on Cindy Kilkenny’s blog,
Why even have anything as archaic as taxes anymore? We can create money through the Federal Reserve System for any purpose or any amount.
Dad29 would smile and nod, I’m sure.
Filed under: Quote of the day , quote of the
• 10:41 pm 0
You can read all the clever sayings from the Blogosphere and Twittersphere at Real Debate Wisconsin.
Filed under: Quote of the day , Blogging, Monday Random Quotes, Twitter
• 10:36 pm 4
The “Xmas” above is intentional because I do like to be provocative.
But onto the matter at hand, the best posts from the Waukesha section of the Cheddarsphere as decided by me. Feel free to add links to your favorite posts in the comments or e-mail them to me at thoughtfulconservative [at] yahoo [dot] com.
Let’s start with posts with a local theme, Josh at Blog Waukesha is anticipating the opening of the Menard’s across the street from Home Depot.
From his spot at Wigderson Library & Pub, James Wigderson compares all the openings in downtown Waukesha with the “dead in the water” Pabst Farms development. James Rowen would be proud. I think.
In general political postings, Dad29 gives us his observations of DUI checkpoints.
At A Little Off Main, Alexander gives us a 23 minute flash post.
Kyle Prast, blogging at Practically Speaking, was glad to see the word Christmas in some retail advertising.
In the custom of the New Year, Scott Feldstein gives us his ten favorite posts of the past year.
Huckleberry Dumbell, editor and publisher of the Spring City Chronicle, gives us a politically correct Christmas poem.
Wisconsin state senator Mary Lazich (Aide Kevin Fischer?) who blogs at Conservatively Speaking wonders if Santa is conservative.
Lastly, non political posts. Cindy Kilkenny shares an interesting dream she had recently. You can read about it at Fairly Conservative.
Tim Rock is giving us the Top Ten Canadian songs in no particular order at The Other Side of My Mouth. Suggestions are welcome. I trust the pause in posting more has been due to Christmas activities.
That’s it for this week. You can submit a post whether you wrote it or someone else wrote it. I will accept posts written by Waukesha county bloggers or about Waukesha county activities/politics. There are several ways you can get these to me. You can put the link in a comment on this post. You can send an e-mail to the e-mail mentioned above. Or you can use this submission form. Past posts and future editions can be found here.
Filed under: Blog carnivals, Blogging, Waukesha, Waukesha Carnival, Waukesha blogs, Wisconsin , Canadian music, Christmas, conservative, dreams, DUI checkpoints, favorite blog posts, Menard's, Pabst Farms, Santa Claus, Waueksha Carnival, Waukesha, Wisdonsin
December 26, 2008 • 10:03 pm 0
Some TV stations to lose viewers in shift to digital
Some viewers could also lose signals because of what’s known as the digital “cliff effect.” Unlike analog signals, digital broadcasts either come in clearly or not at all, meaning that those on the fringes of analog coverage areas will lose that reception entirely after the transition. Currently, they can still get fuzzy analog signals.
Some viewers may therefore need more powerful antennas — in addition to converter boxes — to continue receiving certain channels. [Emphasis mine]
When means you should bookmark this section of Josh’s blog, Blob Waukesha, where he seems to have made one out of PVC pipe.
Filed under: Television , antennas, television digital conversion
• 1:33 pm 0
Fred asked that we bloggers get out the word on the annual Christmas Party.
This years Cheddarsphere Christmas party is this Sunday, December the 28th from noon until whenever at Papa’s Social Club, 7718 W. Burleigh Milwaukee .
Just like last year we’ll be collecting predictions from the attendees for the coming year. (Hopefully we’ll do better than last year!)
The Packers will be facing the Lions on the big screens, hopefully we will not be witness to the Lion’s first victory.
With the kids home, I won’t be able to make it.
Fred stresses that it’s a non-partisan party and, for those who wish to participate, a white elephant gift exchange ($5 limit).
Filed under: Blogging, Drinking Right , Christmas Party, Drinking Right, Papa's Social Club
• 1:03 pm 1
The Christian Science Monitor has Jungle diary, Part 2 up on their website.
I could identify. For example,
The jungle is beautiful – filled with mangroves, sago palms, breadfruit trees, and thousands of different species of orchids. The thick insect life, upon which I mostly will harp from here on out, is astonishing. Papua is home to some 800 species of spiders, 30,000 kinds of beetles, and who knows how many sorts of mosquitoes. This is a place of frogs, bowerbirds, cockatoos, and parrots, where 120-pound flightless birds called cassowaries are king and wild pigs roam free.
Beautiful but hot and humid,
I spend an inordinate amount of time contemplating the pros and cons of my long-sleeved shirt – humidity and sweat dictate it should be off, mosquitoes eating me alive prompt me to put it back on. On breaks from considering this dilemma, I am focused on the delicate art of not flying off the wet logs we traverse into murky swamps beyond. With an annual rainfall of about 200 inches, Papua is one of the wettest, and muddiest, places on earth.
The scars on my shins will testify to those slippery logs.
And the most humorous for me? This bit,
And the Korowai? Our first encounter with a jungle member of this tribe is, shall we say, underwhelming. The man has a bone through his nose and is naked from the waist down save for what looks like the cap of an acorn, strategically placed. But he also sports a red T-shirt reading www.komodoadventure.com. Cut video. I am worried that this is not the real thing.
The Korowai is the supposedly cannibalistic tribal group they went to investigate. The “ignorant savage” version of the “bait and switch.” You may think there’s nothing going on upstairs, but these guys are sharp.
And the article ends with,
I miss the corner cafe back home.
Not quite as glamorous as National Geographic makes it look sometimes.
This part is short. Here is part one, and my post on it.
By the way, what is the most deadly member of the animal kingdom?
Filed under: After hours, Travel , mosquito, New Guinea (island), Papua, Travel
