Happy (Early) Fourth of July!

Here's hoping this video gets everyone into the holiday spirit:



(Bonus: it features my favorite muppet, Animal. In puffy sleeves, no less...)

Happy (Very) Belated Father's Day!

Ack!  Velma is absolutely correct -- I completely spaced out on wishing a Happy Father's Day to Scooby, Dr. Cranky, ShockSpouse, The Trailing Spouse, and Velma's hubby (who, it appears, is in desperate need of a Blogger handle).  So....Happy Belated Father's Day, everyone!

8 Years of Wedded Bliss!

Patch, Scoob, and I all got married eight years ago this June. (To our respective spouses, that is. Not, you know, to each other.) It happened on successive weekends: Patch & Jill on the 3rd, Bryan & I on the 10th, and Scoob & Tracy on the 17th. Eight years -- and several kids, dogs, and cats -- later, and we're all still blissfully wed. Happy Anniversary, all!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day, everyone. Hopefully you are able to enjoy a parade, cookout, or other festivities with loved ones during the long holiday weekend.

Also, on a personal note, I'd like to say a word of thanks to all of the military personnel who are risking their lives around the world, and to their families and friends who must spend this Memorial Day weekend without the people they love most in the world. For your service, sacrifice, and selflessness we honor you!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms, stepmoms, foster moms, mothers-in-law, mothers-to-be, grandmas, great-grandmas, and other caregivers working hard to raise little ones. You are loved and appreciated!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!

And, while I'm at it, happy belated May Day. We like to acknowledge as many holidays as possible here at the GBOC!

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day, everyone!

Want more information about Earth Day 2008? Check out the official Earth Day Network website and blog, or find an event in your area, including those happening on your campus.

Happy Passover!

Pesach Shalom, everyone!

I know that Passover does not start until tomorrow, but I needed an excuse to post the following video as a Friday [Completely Unrelated to] CJ Funny. For your viewing pleasure, here is a great old SNL sketch in which host Jerry Seinfeld shows up as a belligerent, rude Elijah the Prophet at a family's Passover seder. Enjoy!

Find more videos like this on www.truveo.com.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, everyone!

Here's hoping the easter bunny brings you a basket of the world's yummiest Easter treats!! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!

Enjoy some corned beef and cabbage, a pint of green beer, a bowl of Lucky Charms, or whatever else might bring you the luck o' the Irish today.

P.S. Very special St. Patty's day wishes go out to Scooby, who will be celebrating his Irish heritage in style today. Sláinte, Scoob!

Happy Leap Year Day!

Happy Birthday to all the leapers (and leaplings) celebrating birthdays today! Hopefully some of you are able to enjoy the festivities at the annual Leap Year Festival.

Celebrating Presidents Day

I am in need of a good laugh today. So, in honor of Presidents Day (a.k.a. Presidents' Day, a.k.a. Washington's Birthday), I thought I would share with all of you the official website of the Daily Show/Colbert Report Indecision 2008 coverage. As the website proclaims, this is the place to find "something approximating election news with something approximating honesty".

Also, I've provided for you below today's official liberal agenda, and today's conservative talking point:





Once the weather warms up, I'll be breaking out my Stewart/Colbert '08 t-shirt. I can't wait!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Sorry this is being posted so late in the day -- I am remiss in my holiday well-wishing duties!

Happy Fat Tuesday!!

Happy Fat Tuesday, everyone! Feel free to indulge with a paczki (or two). I've already had mine this morning (custard, my favorite)!

Moving MLK Memorial Service

True Patriots Remembering MLK:

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/33364.html

Martin Luther King Day

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. ... Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

~Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)

The tough mind is sharp and penetrating, breaking through the crust of legends and myths and sifting the true from the false. The tough-minded individual is astute and discerning. He has a strong austere quality that makes for firmness of purpose and solidness of commitment.Who doubts that this toughness is one of man's greatest needs? Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

~Strength to Love (1963)

One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

~Letters From a Birmingham Jail (1963)

Happy New Year

Here's wishing everyone a safe and happy New Year's celebration!

Merry Christmas

As everyone is likely taking time off for the winter break, I wanted to extend an early Christmas greeting to all. Merry Christmas!

Cheese at Every Stop

Friends - I am taking a short blogging break. I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday.

Help Aid the Women & Girls of the DRC

Some of you may be familiar with V-Day, the global movement (founded by Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler) to end violence against women and girls. One of their most recent campaigns, "Stop Raping Our Greatest Resource," targets sexual violence against women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

There are several ways to get involved with this campaign, including writing to DRC President Joseph Kabila Kabange and donating to the campaign. Just in time for the holidays, though, comes another terrific way to support the women and girls of the DRC: purchasing one of these beautiful satchels, handmade by Congolese survivors of sexual assault, as a holiday gift for someone special! They're only $20 each, and proceeds from the sale of the bags helps provide economic support to Congolese sexual assault survivors.