The (not so) Daily Me

Moving!

2005-01-16T18:05:00.000-05:00

People: I have moved to hansmast.com

"Part tragedy, Part comedy"

2005-01-13T22:03:00.000-05:00

Well, it seems that a certain Iraqi is vying to be the first from his country to qualify for the Winter Olympics. It's hilarious (bugmenot.com; "bill7000@msn.com" "bill"): Faisal Faisal's Olympic dream appears to be just that -- a goal far out of reach, almost entirely unrealistic. Don't you love his name? "Faisal Faisal" Nothing like making sure you get the point across, just do it twice.

LA Times Lambasted

2005-01-06T14:07:00.000-05:00

Patterico's Pontifications exhasutively details all the sins of the LA Times in the past year in giving unbalanced coverage. The two posts are specifically about LA Times articles, but provides a caricature of all MSM. I was proud to note that our local liberal paper, The Washington Post, was noted for saying the Dan Rather/60 Minutes/Bush Guard Documents were fabrications from the start "taking

Pennsylvania Christians Face 47 Years In Prison For Reading The Bible In Public

2005-01-06T13:28:00.000-05:00

Please read the following letter for news of a serious breach of First Amendment rights and more evidence of persecution of Christians. I received this letter from the AFA (American Family Assosciation): Dear Hans, What we have been saying has now happened. You cannot quote what the Bible has to say about homosexuality in public or you will be charged with a "hate crime." Philadelphia is

Very, Very Danger

2005-01-03T15:43:00.000-05:00

Warning! Your Lesson For The Day: Here's a handy formula you may want to write down: Finger food + Tabasco sauce + itchy eye = Danger. Very very danger. You may want to stick it on your refrigerator to remind yourself. I know I will.

Skiing and Getting Sick

2004-12-31T23:50:00.000-05:00

Yesterday we (Benji, Heidi, Patrick, Michelle, Tony & Glen) went skiing at Massanutten. We had a great time! We got there and I tried in vain to get my borrowed ski boots on. I took them back out to the van and rented some instead. I rented a locker for $1. The thing was, it charged a dollar every time you opened it. I put in my duffel bag and forgot that my cap and gloves were in there. I soon

Funny Comment on Rachel's Blog

2004-12-11T22:11:00.000-05:00

LOL! Rachel posted a funny comment: hmm hans left a comment on my xanga.. and he wanted to talk to me on the phone not too long ago... *gives topic some thought* *runs away screaming in terror* j/k Of course she doesn't mention the content of my comment: You should immediately seek professional help. The symptoms are quite serious. Which was in reply to this post on her blog: I...am

Dear, Dates @ Olive Garden, & Wedding Bells

2004-12-11T17:51:00.000-05:00

I must admit to a deliberate misspelling in my title. I spelled "Deer" as "Dear" so that it would go along with this post's theme. But, for those that didn't know, here are our family's hunting adventures: Heidi and Dad went hunting together during muzzleloader season. They took both muzzleloaders. They thought both had been (muzzle)loaded. Some deer came walking along. So as to avoid having

Eternally Rumsfeld and Unsolomonic

2004-12-09T08:50:00.000-05:00

Even though it makes fun of Prez Bush and Cabinet, here's quite a funny op-ed: Eternally Rumsfeld (go read the read the rest of it) By Harold Meyerson WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2016 -- President-elect George P. Bush announced today that he would reappoint Donald Rumsfeld to another term as secretary of defense. Rumsfeld has served in that position since he was appointed by President George W. Bush

Walmart x2

2004-12-08T22:51:00.000-05:00

Walmart #1: The other day Heidi told me to, if I ever stopped by Walmart, to pick up a Snickers bar and a model of a PT Cruiser for her to give as Christmas gifts. The next day she told me to forget about those things at Walmart. I looked at her blankly and said, "Huh?" She repeated, "You can forget those things that I told you to pick up at Walmart, that Snickers bar and a model of a PT Cruiser.

Impossible Situations, Increasing Storage, and Wasting Energy

2004-12-08T01:09:00.000-05:00

I taught Sunday School for the first time two weeks ago and for the second time last Sunday. I told my students (10-11 year olds) to think of an impossible situation that they were in the God could help them with. The memory verse was, "For nothing is impossible with God." I had a boy and a girl who went to school together. The girl said her impossible problem was making the boy disappear. The

Mennonite Bloggers

2004-12-02T00:40:00.000-05:00

Wow! The known (to me) Mennonite blogosphere has just about doubled! I feel like Christopher Columbus (my middle name is Christopher) except instead of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria I have a satellite dish (wonder what CC woulda thought of that?!?) that in modern parlance could be termed my figurative surfboard. I was surfing and found a girl's blog where she was just raving how in love she

Remembering to be grateful

2004-11-29T15:41:00.000-05:00

I found a good piece in the Christian Science Sentinel: (btw, I think that it's appropriate that I put this in for a marked contrast to my previous post) Remembering to be grateful Marilyn Jones SENIOR WRITER I was in a temper. How unfair my parents were to me. Or anyway, that's what I was thinking. All I'd asked for was a new ski jacket--but a nice one, not some cheap knock-off from the

Black Friday

2004-11-29T14:21:00.000-05:00

On Thanksgiving afternoon (I was stuffed) I went through every last flyer in the Washington Post. I ended up with Best Buy and Staples as my target. (not to be confused with Target, whose sales weren't as good) I set my alarm for 4:33 AM after I calculated that that would give me three snoozes. I finally got up @ 5 and took a shower. The whole house was up by this time. Mom and the girls and one

More on Terry McAuliffe

2004-11-20T18:29:00.000-05:00

I am excited to be number ten on Yahoo's search results for Terry McAuliffe. It was also interesting to find some more things out about Mr. McAuliffe: Democrook details Terry McAuliffe's corporate shenanagins. The National Review also has an article about Terry McAuliffe’s Shady Business Past. Terry McAuliffe did a "Global Double Crossing" by coming out of a Global Crossings deal just

ScrappleFace and others

2004-11-17T23:01:00.000-05:00

LOL! I just discovered ScrappleFace! It's hilarious! I have been surfing blogs and have found some gems: editorial cartoons, comics, RatherGate is still pounding away at cBS, overlawyered has a good post: "A Jeannette woman who was slightly injured after being struck by a train while walking along railroad tracks sued Norfolk Southern Corp. Thursday for failing to warn pedestrians that trains

Washington Post-Newsweek: During campaign, Kerry "dithering," Teresa "sullen"

2004-11-15T23:34:00.000-05:00

The Washington Post had an article today entitled The Making of a Non-President. It talks about how Teresa Heinz-Kerry was such a "distraction" how Kerry was "more indecisive than he was portrayed by the media." if a lengthy, behind-the-scenes Newsweek piece is on the mark, press accounts failed to reflect the degree to which she was a disruptive force in her husband's campaign who often

Flying

2004-11-09T01:35:00.000-05:00

I finished up the installation in the Kansas office. Diagram of setup in KS office. Everything was working fine. I set Shane's cell phone alarm for 3:20 AM. Except I didn't. I set the alarm's time and I thought I enabled the alarm but apparently I didn't. Fortunately I went to sleep feeling tense. This was fortunate and unfortunate. I had a very weird dream and Shane said that I was

Watcher of Weasels Award

2004-11-06T01:33:00.000-05:00

I received an award from the Watcher of Weasels Council of blogs for best non-council blog post of the week. I received the award for my piece about Terry McAuliffe. This was especially meaningful in election week!

Kerry Concedes

2004-11-03T11:27:00.000-05:00

Three minutes ago, Kerry conceded the election (Yahoo/AP scooped CNN!) to Bush. Thank you Kerry for being honorable.

Bush wins!

2004-11-03T08:49:00.000-05:00

It's all over but the whining Bush won. My little sister said, "I hope Kerry's not like Gore, complaining and complaining." Apparently it was misplaced hope on my and her part to think that perhaps Kerry would take defeat graciously and like a man. In contrast, Marc Racicot (Chairman - RNC), speaking for Bush, said the president put it (victory speech) off temporarily as a courtesy to Kerry, "

FOX News: Bush Takes Ohio!

2004-11-03T01:02:00.000-05:00

Little Green Footballs, Power Line, and Captain's Quarters are all reporting FOX News put Ohio in Bush's win column! Another great win tonight is the fact that ten states have banned gay marriage!

Drudge Report: Bush Wins!

2004-11-03T01:00:00.000-05:00

BUSH WINS

Election '04

2004-11-03T00:31:00.000-05:00

Ohio is key. Best place to get detailed up-to-the-minute Ohio stats is straight from the horse's mouth (in this case the OH SecState). Another good option is Yahoo. I have been watching the election on Fox. I think that the sole Dem/Lib on Fox's team serves as a very effective caricature of Dems/Libs. Bush has won FL. He will put it away by winning OH. If he loses OH, he has a not indecent

Drug Dealers and Math Equations

2004-11-02T12:38:00.000-05:00

A couple of months ago, my aunt Darlene from Whiteville, TN called us. She and her husband, Paul Overholt, and their family live in the same community as Grandpa. Several years ago, Grandpa and Grandma moved out of the farm house into a new one-story retirement-type home they built. Darlene rented the old farm house to a "well-dressed, polite man from Memphis." She was really impressed with