Baby Update!

Lyndsay had another appointment today and she was able to hear the heartbeat! It was 164 bpm and while the doctor said that normal was from 120 to 160, she said that it was probably high due to the baby movement at that particular time. In any event, everything seems fine and for all intents and purposes, we are out of the first trimester. What our doctor told us was a "high risk pregancy," due to lyndsay's endometriosis, now qualifies as a "normal" pregnancy. By the way, i'm thinking of naming the newborn, (be it boy or girl) Theophilus. Ah yes, Theophilus Walker, has a nice ring, does it not?

valley of the sun?

....more like valley that'll melt your face off

So what's up with all these people moving to Arizona?!?!? Last I heard it was the second fastest growing state. The growth rate for the US is 3.3%, while Arizon'a is 8.8%. I believe the pop is nearing 6 million. I just can't understand it. It's too hot, no public transportation, rising home costs with no corresponding rise in pay wages. So why the growth? well....maybe they all just want to come to see Lyndsay and I and the new baby. hmmm....you know, in that context, it just might make sense......

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Album of the Day - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (2001)
Fun Fact of the day - the name Arizona comes from a Spanish interpretation of "arizuma," an Aztec Indian word meaning "silver-bearing." It is also based on Pima Indian word "arizonac" for "little spring place."................well I thought it was a fun fact

I pledge allegiance...

Knowledge News info...

The battle over America's Pledge of Allegiance continues. On Wednesday, a federal judge in California ruled that having children recite the pledge in school "impermissibly coerces a religious act." The phrase at issue: "one nation under God."

Yet here's the kicker. Last month, a federal court in Virginia reached the opposite conclusion, saying that the pledge is a patriotic exercise, not a religious affirmation. Which court has it right? That's for you--and, in all likelihood, the Supreme Court--to decide.

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." --official version since 1954

Congress officially recognized the pledge, in its near-current form, in 1942, and called for the now-familiar hand-on-heart pose to replace an earlier straight-armed salute, which looked embarrassingly close to a Nazi one. The words "under God" were added in 1954, in an effort to distinguish the country from "godless communism."

Commedian Lewis Black says the children do not know the significance of the words they are saying and that the pledge serves merely as a cup of coffee would for an adult, something to jump start their day. We have already seen the original intent for Congress' change in the wording. Where do you stand on this issue?


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WORD of the day: afflatus \uh-FLAY-tuhs\, noun: A divine imparting of knowledge; inspiration.

ALBUM of the day - The RZA - Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2000)