ring the bell

awhile back i mentioned at the view and on the blog that the coalition of immokalee workers had been fighting with taco bell for a one penny per pound raise on the tomatoes they picked for taco bell. the immokalee workers had been had been picking tomatoes for 1970s wages and had been unable to convince taco bell to give them the slightest raise or improve the working conditions at all. churches across the country had joined with the coalition in boycotting taco bell in the hopes of convincing them to do the right thing. after years of protest taco bell and yum foods decided to give the workers the raise and improve conditions. you can read more here.

so if you have been boycotting taco bell in support of the immokalee workers you may now eat at the bell in peace. i don’t even like taco bell and yet i plan on taking my boys to eat there tomorrow.

run for the border

awhile back i mentioned at the view and on the blog that the coalition of immokalee workers had been fighting with taco bell for a one penny per pound raise on the tomatoes they picked for taco bell. the immokalee workers had been had been picking tomatoes for 1970s wages and had been unable to convince taco bell to give them the slightest raise or improve the working conditions at all. churches across the country had joined with the coalition in boycotting taco bell in the hopes of convincing them to do the right thing. after years of protest taco bell and yum foods decided to give the workers the raise and improve conditions. you can read more here.

so if you have been boycotting taco bell in support of the immokalee workers you may now eat at the bell in peace. i don’t even like taco bell and yet i plan on taking my boys to eat there tomorrow.

mush!

when i arrived home tonight my kids said “you’ve got to see this.” of course, i couldn’t see whatever it was right then because it was time to eat. so we waited and then the “you have got to see this” moment came up in conversation. after i hear what it was i said “i’ve got to see this.” here’s what it was. this afternoon pamela and the boys went walking to the park with montana. just for a lark adam asked his mother if he could try to get montana to pull him on his skateboard. so he grabbed the leash and let out all sixteen feet of it and then shouted for noah to run in front of montana and thus get her to chase him. montana shot off pulling adam behind her. she was a blazing blur of 1 foot high red fur with a screaming and smiling eleven year old dragging behind her. after supper i got to see it first hand and i want to testify that it was hilarious. who knew that basset hounds made such good sled dogs? i’ll try to post a picture of it here soon.

btw, noah, my youngest, has joined the blogosphere. here’s his blog.

rest easy

i know that some of you have been worried about my standing in our student ministry march madness bracket competition (wow that’s a mouthful). you’ve probably been having sleepless nights and anxiety attacks over the fact that i was second from the last. free not my friends. i have slowly started my climb back to the top. i’m presently ranked 6th out of 9 participants (an improvement of two spots) and my outlook is looking good. i feel a rally coming.

for those who are curious here are the present ranks (the ranks are below the white space – which i don’t understand why it is there i must have coded something wrong but i can’t figure it out. if you figure it out please email me or comment and tell me what to fix because it really bugs me. otherwise you can just use the white space to doodle on. go ahead. pick up a sharpie and draw something in the white space. do it right now.):

name score correct best score best correct
eddie hirst 212 34 247 36
stephen miller 206 35 220 36
sam jones 202 34 237 36
stephen ware 202 33 237 35
steven sparks 200 35 249 38
me 199 34 248 37
kevin lee 189 34 189 34
alan lusk 170 31 219 34
blake wallace 168 31 168 31