The Shape of Things

I guess all good things must come to an end:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/food/324154_tf219.html

Frites, the little place with the great fries on Capitol Hill, tucked in behind Neumo’s nightclub, has closed.

In a mysterious e-mail to Yelp.com, owner Anthony Falco said he has shuttered Frites “due to unforeseen circumstances. I cannot go into detail because of legal action being taken against former employees.”

Hottest July 11th on record in Seattle… 98 degrees.

The temperature hits record 98 degrees

I know its no where near as hot as it gets in Turlock… but if you have an A/C unit in Seattle you are the exception to the rule. I would rather deal with 110 in Turlock with AC then 98 in Seattle without AC.

Not sure how accurate this is, but its pretty darn cool!!

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As I was enjoying the sound of Kelly’s voice in the other room as she talked on the phone with a friend… I heard the subject of politics come up. This surprised me a bit due to the fact that she generally doesn’t talk politics all that much. All of sudden she walked downstairs and said… “Is Barack Obama Muslim?”

I said “No, he is a defiantly a Christian, where did you come up with that?” Her friend’s Grandpa had told her that he was Muslim.

Do we live in a country where even though there is 40 minute video called ‘Reconciling Faith and Politics’ on http://www.barackobama.com we can get issues so confused? Are we that uninformed? Am I uninformed?

This is a testament to the importance of pursuing and living in a diverse community. A place that challenges your thoughts and convictions. A place where tough issues can be discussed as respectful adults.

I feel like I am in that place… though I often take all the knowledge and thought around me for granted. I am known to be quite hard-headed, but I am learning a lot about tough ‘gray’ issues and a lot about myself.

For example… even though I haven’t been able to formulate my thoughts just yet, there is an interesting debate going on at my pastors blog regarding the “Gay Conversation“.

What are you thoughts people? Are we uninformed? If so… why?