Category: Random

Girls sued for delivering cookies Two girls, 17 and 18, of Durango, CO, baked cookies in July, packaged them into little gift sets with cards wishing a good night. Around 10:30 p.m., they visited a neighbor’s house to deliver the cookies. According to the neighbor, she saw shadowy figures and they “banged” on the door.…

Steve Johnson, pastor of the Family of Faith Church of Nazarene, Waco, starts the House on the 2nd with this prayer: (718 words) God and Father of us all, we thank you for granting us another day. We praise you for your creative and sustaining energy, for the beauty of all that surrounds us each…

Today, Bishop Vincent Rizzotto of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston lead the House in prayer (313 words): Good and gracious Lord. At the beginning of this day, we stand before your holy presence and worship you as the source of all grace. We praise and bless you as the God who has been ever faithful to…

Today in the Texas House, Sherry Lindemann, my former government/economics/History of the Americas/World History Topics teacher at the Hirschi Math-Science International Baccalaureate Magnet High School, was honored by HR 131 for being named the Texas State Teacher of the Year. From my very limited experience in education, it seems like it is seldom that teachers…

Well, I’ve been remiss on keeping this updated. My gallon schedule is trying to fit into a pint milk carton. If you notice, on January 25th, both the House and the Senate were led in prayer by Catholic priests. During the day, HR 72, a resolution “commemorating the 2005 annual conference of the Catholic Health…

When reading the journals of the Texas House and Senate for the Prayers of the State segment for January 24th, I realized that they did nothing today. When I say nothing, let me expand a bit. In both the House and the Senate, they took note of two proclamations by the Governor as well as…