Although the nations election results had quite a republican tone to them last night, CT for the most part, remained in the Democrats hands. The Senate races as well as all Congressional District race were taken by the running Democrats. The Gubernatorial race remains too close to call.
http://www.wfsb.com/news/25562871/detail.html
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Election Aftermath
Today is Wednesday November 3rd and Election is now over. The end result? The Republicans have stormed back to take control of the House of Rep. while the Senate remains in the Democrats hands. Beyond these races, numerous Gubernatorial races have change parties, many shifting from Democrat to Republican candidates. What this all mean for our great nation in the next two years? Well, in terms of Congress, I there are two scenarios that could present themselves. A) Both parties realize they won't be able to get anything done without compromising with the other and we actually see some form of bipartisanship present itself. B) We face two years of absolute gridlock between the two parties as legislation that each party tries to push threw never makes it out of Congress and to the President's desk. It will certainly be interesting to see how all this plays out, I'm not entirely confident that both parties will be able to do what is necessary to put their differences aside and some work done. I guess we shall see.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Fantastic Weekend!
I have to write about this, there is no getting around it. Yesterday, down in Pennsylvania, two of my very good friends were married at 1pm. I was very fortunate to be able to attend this amazing and blessed event. To witness Geoff and Rebecca start their life journey together, I've come to have a better understanding of how God has come to work in their lives. These two are truly meant to be together, and it is not by chance, but by God's will. In some ways I believe I have always had some knowledge an understanding of what this meant, but to see it in action, to see God working through my friends, I know God is also speaking to me through them saying " follow me and know the love you are witnessing for yourself" A very powerful realization that only added to the joyful events of the evening. Before the wedding I was writing a letter to Geoff and Rebecca that included some thoughts about their upcoming marriage. I cited one of favorite bible verses and it again seems to be appropriate here.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that we who believe in him, shall not parish but have eternal life.
Something to think about.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that we who believe in him, shall not parish but have eternal life.
Something to think about.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Moon Lit Waters
What a fantastic week I have had! This week I was able to head to Calumet for a few days, a place that I always love returning to! I spent 6 glorious summers working up on the shore of Lake Ossipee and it always feels good to go back! Why? Here is but a sample of what happened this week.
For me, I always enjoy the opportunity to see camp friends that I haven't seen in a while. I really enjoy the fellowship in catching up and hanging out with my camp buddies. On this visit I was also given the opportunity to run a devotions with a friend of mine,( Ali) who I trained with in 2002, for the CIT's of 2010. It certainly was one of the highlights, that eight years after my training summer, we were able to come back and contribute to theirs.
Among some of the other highlights:
Kayaking to the Bear Camp River at 6:30 in the morning.
So peaceful!
Mexican Fiesta with the Crew in honor of Erik Wilcox's Wedding!
Taking in the massive amounts of stars you get to see when you are camp! Absolutely amazing!
As always my time at camp ended too soon, but I have come back refreshed and renewed!
For me, I always enjoy the opportunity to see camp friends that I haven't seen in a while. I really enjoy the fellowship in catching up and hanging out with my camp buddies. On this visit I was also given the opportunity to run a devotions with a friend of mine,( Ali) who I trained with in 2002, for the CIT's of 2010. It certainly was one of the highlights, that eight years after my training summer, we were able to come back and contribute to theirs.
Among some of the other highlights:
Kayaking to the Bear Camp River at 6:30 in the morning.
So peaceful!
Mexican Fiesta with the Crew in honor of Erik Wilcox's Wedding!
Taking in the massive amounts of stars you get to see when you are camp! Absolutely amazing!
As always my time at camp ended too soon, but I have come back refreshed and renewed!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Family Fun!
First blog on word press! I'll post here and my other blog as well. Hopefully I'm not getting in over my head! Anyways I have just returned from a trip up to Georgetown, Massachusetts where I was able to spend a few days visiting some family members that I had not been able to visit in a while. It was a fantastic time! Spent some quality time with the cousins out in the pool messing around during the hot afternoon. Also retreated down to the " Cave" to enjoy some brews with my uncle and aunts while watching the MLB All Star game. definitely good times! I spent my final day enjoying some quality time on the beach riding the waves and then heading to my cousins baseball game right before heading home.
All in all a fantastic trip, one in which I got to relax with my family and just simply have a good time. The trip also served to reenforce the importance of family. You only have one one and you better make the most of the ones you have.
All in all a fantastic trip, one in which I got to relax with my family and just simply have a good time. The trip also served to reenforce the importance of family. You only have one one and you better make the most of the ones you have.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
For your consideration...
http://blog.sojo.net/2010/05/20/a-second-graders-challenge-to-michelle-obama-on-immigration/
Monday, April 26, 2010
late night blog
11:55 P.M and time for another entry...
My thoughts have been all over the place this week...I mean ALL over the place. I've been thinking about the upcoming summer and how I need to become more involved in, well, quite frankly, anything. I really feel like right now a great ball of energy waiting to burst. I did take a step in that direction tonight my signing up to volunteer for State of Connecticut AG's Richard Blumenthal's campaign for U.S Senator. I can get behind the issues he supports and look forward to the opportunity to getting him elected!
I've also been thinking a lot about running again and I'm going to do it, certainly at some point this week, perhaps tomorrow if the weather cooperates! I need to exercise more and though of actually running again is quite exciting!!! Perhaps I'll buy and Ipod so can listen to some music as run.
Anyways, overall I've had a very positive thought process this week and it seems to me the world is full of opportunity and now it's time for me to get going and take advantage! I also realize that this just me dealing with these thoughts but God giving me a perhaps not so subtle nudge in the right direction!
I'm excited to get going! I've remained stagnant to for far too long! Game on people!
My thoughts have been all over the place this week...I mean ALL over the place. I've been thinking about the upcoming summer and how I need to become more involved in, well, quite frankly, anything. I really feel like right now a great ball of energy waiting to burst. I did take a step in that direction tonight my signing up to volunteer for State of Connecticut AG's Richard Blumenthal's campaign for U.S Senator. I can get behind the issues he supports and look forward to the opportunity to getting him elected!
I've also been thinking a lot about running again and I'm going to do it, certainly at some point this week, perhaps tomorrow if the weather cooperates! I need to exercise more and though of actually running again is quite exciting!!! Perhaps I'll buy and Ipod so can listen to some music as run.
Anyways, overall I've had a very positive thought process this week and it seems to me the world is full of opportunity and now it's time for me to get going and take advantage! I also realize that this just me dealing with these thoughts but God giving me a perhaps not so subtle nudge in the right direction!
I'm excited to get going! I've remained stagnant to for far too long! Game on people!
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter everybody! I know I haven't posted in a while, sorry, but here's another one.
I had the day off from work today!!! It was very nice to be able to spend the day with my family and be able to go to church which I haven't been able to do in a while because of my job. During the day as I was relaxing outside enjoying the beautiful weather, I began thinking about what by next step should be. What have I been thinking about? Well, potentially figuring out the right time to move on to another job or perhaps go back to school, perhaps for my Masters in Social Work. There are certainly options, and I'm enjoying being able to ponder over these choices. Hopefully when I make up my mind, I will be able to act soon, so we will see.
That's it for now, short post tonight. More later!
I had the day off from work today!!! It was very nice to be able to spend the day with my family and be able to go to church which I haven't been able to do in a while because of my job. During the day as I was relaxing outside enjoying the beautiful weather, I began thinking about what by next step should be. What have I been thinking about? Well, potentially figuring out the right time to move on to another job or perhaps go back to school, perhaps for my Masters in Social Work. There are certainly options, and I'm enjoying being able to ponder over these choices. Hopefully when I make up my mind, I will be able to act soon, so we will see.
That's it for now, short post tonight. More later!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Oh Moravian...
Moravian College, my alma mater, is a place that I have always had a special place in my heart for. My experience as a student there was, for the most part, positive. I continue to assert that the four years I spent at Moravian College were some of the best years of my life both in regards to my education and my social growth. The experiences gained in and out of the class room were second to none and gave me full confidence in the institutional choice I made at the end of high school.
With that said, I have become disappointed with decisions that have been made by the administration as of late. As a member of the Moravian alumni community it was with dismay that I learned of the decision by the administration to stop issuing off campus release as well forcing everyone on campus on to buy a meal plan. I have several issues with these decisions and believe they will hurt, not help the campus community.
The first of these concerns is that student participation amounted to either minimal or no participation. Now this remains the same type of environment that existed when I was a student from 2004-2008. Decisions that directly impacted the student body were made by a administrators and if we were lucky a couple of students were thrown in to the mix. For a college that looks to promote proactive students through their fairly recently established Leadership Center (2004) and through programs like LeaderShape, the message the administration is sending is a very contradicting message. Moravian apparently feels they need to put up a "front" perhaps make it seem like we are a school that promotes the above type of qualities. However, when it comes down to it, you need to practice what you preach, and that's something that hasn't quite lined up at Moravian.
Another part of this that I find troubling, is that with the new rules that have been put in place there has been a major loss of the learning experience at Moravian College. While clearly there is much to be learned through the academic part of college, including going to class, participating in research, working with groups etc. There is another part that has now been handicapped at Moravian. What one does when one isn't in class is an important part of the learning process. Time management, decision making, cooking, just to name a few. These are some of the out of class room lessons that can be picked up during ones time at college. While many of the these remain, the loss of off campus housing has the possibility of handicapping students down the road. Students no longer will have the opportunity of going through the process of applying for an apartment as well as cooking and cleaning and providing for themselves the things the need to get by. Bill paying, electricity, rent, heat, etc. will have to wait until after college.
What it comes down to for me is that students at Moravian, for those who would have chosen are being denied the chance to take on more responsibility, and in several ways challenge themselves even further. To me this is not acceptable. For those who want to stay on campus great! Let's not deny those who seek it, to further their experience into adulthood.
This decision continues to puzzle me and I believe must be rectified.
With that said, I have become disappointed with decisions that have been made by the administration as of late. As a member of the Moravian alumni community it was with dismay that I learned of the decision by the administration to stop issuing off campus release as well forcing everyone on campus on to buy a meal plan. I have several issues with these decisions and believe they will hurt, not help the campus community.
The first of these concerns is that student participation amounted to either minimal or no participation. Now this remains the same type of environment that existed when I was a student from 2004-2008. Decisions that directly impacted the student body were made by a administrators and if we were lucky a couple of students were thrown in to the mix. For a college that looks to promote proactive students through their fairly recently established Leadership Center (2004) and through programs like LeaderShape, the message the administration is sending is a very contradicting message. Moravian apparently feels they need to put up a "front" perhaps make it seem like we are a school that promotes the above type of qualities. However, when it comes down to it, you need to practice what you preach, and that's something that hasn't quite lined up at Moravian.
Another part of this that I find troubling, is that with the new rules that have been put in place there has been a major loss of the learning experience at Moravian College. While clearly there is much to be learned through the academic part of college, including going to class, participating in research, working with groups etc. There is another part that has now been handicapped at Moravian. What one does when one isn't in class is an important part of the learning process. Time management, decision making, cooking, just to name a few. These are some of the out of class room lessons that can be picked up during ones time at college. While many of the these remain, the loss of off campus housing has the possibility of handicapping students down the road. Students no longer will have the opportunity of going through the process of applying for an apartment as well as cooking and cleaning and providing for themselves the things the need to get by. Bill paying, electricity, rent, heat, etc. will have to wait until after college.
What it comes down to for me is that students at Moravian, for those who would have chosen are being denied the chance to take on more responsibility, and in several ways challenge themselves even further. To me this is not acceptable. For those who want to stay on campus great! Let's not deny those who seek it, to further their experience into adulthood.
This decision continues to puzzle me and I believe must be rectified.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Superbowl!
CONGRATS TO THE SUPERBOWL CHAMPION NEW ORLEANS SAINTS!
The people of New Orleans certainly deserve something to celebrate, and this one heck of a way to do it!
That is all for now.
The people of New Orleans certainly deserve something to celebrate, and this one heck of a way to do it!
That is all for now.
Friday, February 5, 2010
I'm back...
ok...so I haven't been doing a great job keeping up with this but I'm trying to get back into the habit of posting more regularly, so here it goes. Time continues to fly by and we have reached the month of February. Incredible! No idea where the time goes.
On to something that is absolutely outstanding. The practice of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is going to be ending, according to the Obama administration and I think that is absolutely outstanding and LONG overdue. In an era where we have long since seen women given the right to vote and seen the Civil Rights movement achieve an incredible level of success, the practice of " Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is clearly antiquated and outdated and was from the moment of it's implementation. The exclusion of the Gay and Lesbian community from serving openly in the military has been nothing but a policy of discrimination and it's removal is another historic step forward in the quest for equality for the GLBT community. I applaud those who pushed for and ultimately helped make this happen.
Now that I have said something nice...I find myself observing the government ( both Democrats and Republicans alike) and the actions that are being taken by those we ( or at least some of us elected) and wondering...WHAT THE HELL!
I find myself frustrated with the continued bickering between parties, the failure to some how reach a common ground, to find some shread of human decency and work together for the decency of the citizens of the United States. However, that apparently appears to be a little to difficult to do.
Don't get me wrong, though, you do sometimes see a brief glimmer of hope, such as in out countries response to the earthquake in Haiti. Internally however, when it comes to dealing with a domestic agenda, with such issues as heath care and the economy, the country is divided. Blue vs Red, democrats vs republicans, special interest group vs. special interest group, everyone competing to advance their own agenda. All these separate entities worried about their own needs, their vision too short sighted to see beyond themselves and look to the the common good of the United States and it's citizens.
One of my major problems is the lack of viable party alternatives, that have a legitimate chance of succeeding in achieving success in gaining office. In our capitalist society, where it is now all about the money, the democrats and republicans certainly as the majority parties, raise the majority of the funds to keep it that way.
More to come, for now, enjoy!
On to something that is absolutely outstanding. The practice of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is going to be ending, according to the Obama administration and I think that is absolutely outstanding and LONG overdue. In an era where we have long since seen women given the right to vote and seen the Civil Rights movement achieve an incredible level of success, the practice of " Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is clearly antiquated and outdated and was from the moment of it's implementation. The exclusion of the Gay and Lesbian community from serving openly in the military has been nothing but a policy of discrimination and it's removal is another historic step forward in the quest for equality for the GLBT community. I applaud those who pushed for and ultimately helped make this happen.
Now that I have said something nice...I find myself observing the government ( both Democrats and Republicans alike) and the actions that are being taken by those we ( or at least some of us elected) and wondering...WHAT THE HELL!
I find myself frustrated with the continued bickering between parties, the failure to some how reach a common ground, to find some shread of human decency and work together for the decency of the citizens of the United States. However, that apparently appears to be a little to difficult to do.
Don't get me wrong, though, you do sometimes see a brief glimmer of hope, such as in out countries response to the earthquake in Haiti. Internally however, when it comes to dealing with a domestic agenda, with such issues as heath care and the economy, the country is divided. Blue vs Red, democrats vs republicans, special interest group vs. special interest group, everyone competing to advance their own agenda. All these separate entities worried about their own needs, their vision too short sighted to see beyond themselves and look to the the common good of the United States and it's citizens.
One of my major problems is the lack of viable party alternatives, that have a legitimate chance of succeeding in achieving success in gaining office. In our capitalist society, where it is now all about the money, the democrats and republicans certainly as the majority parties, raise the majority of the funds to keep it that way.
More to come, for now, enjoy!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
FIrst Post of 2010!
So its been awhile, but I'm back! Happy New Year! First blog of the New Year! Hope everyone is having a happy and healthy start to 2010, although I know that is not the case for many, which brings me to a topic of major concern for me.
A few days ago, a major earthquake struck the people of Haiti, and hit their capital city especially hard. The enormous amount of damage and loss of life from this is truly horrifying, and I find it hard to even put it words what I am feeling for those touched by this disaster. The task at hand is enormous in not only trying to save lives, but to bring in food, water, medical supplies, doctors, nurses, etc to Hatit. t I encourage everybody, as I have, to take the time to donate to an organization such as the Red Cross, ELCA, Doctors Without Borders etc. Give what you can, a simple 5 to 10 dollars can end up turning into amazing things. The people of Haiti need help, and we must answer.
I still find myself wanting to more, to get my my hands dirty, to get on scene to do something tangible. How realistic that is? I don't know, but I have a strong desire go those, to whom it's been described, have less then nothing. Can you imagine? Less then nothing. Haiti, as the nations poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, was in dire circumstances during the best of days. They now face the worst of days. This is a time for people around the world to rise up and reach out to the people Haiti, who need it so desperately.
A few days ago, a major earthquake struck the people of Haiti, and hit their capital city especially hard. The enormous amount of damage and loss of life from this is truly horrifying, and I find it hard to even put it words what I am feeling for those touched by this disaster. The task at hand is enormous in not only trying to save lives, but to bring in food, water, medical supplies, doctors, nurses, etc to Hatit. t I encourage everybody, as I have, to take the time to donate to an organization such as the Red Cross, ELCA, Doctors Without Borders etc. Give what you can, a simple 5 to 10 dollars can end up turning into amazing things. The people of Haiti need help, and we must answer.
I still find myself wanting to more, to get my my hands dirty, to get on scene to do something tangible. How realistic that is? I don't know, but I have a strong desire go those, to whom it's been described, have less then nothing. Can you imagine? Less then nothing. Haiti, as the nations poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, was in dire circumstances during the best of days. They now face the worst of days. This is a time for people around the world to rise up and reach out to the people Haiti, who need it so desperately.
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