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This week’s poll question is of political nature (I am an elected official, so it’s only natural!).
So when do you think Hillary Clinton will drop out of her bid to win the Democratic nomination? This poll closes the evening of May 13, so vote soon!

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How would you like to be this dude?

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My brother Adam is Worship Arts Pastor here at New Hope.

He blogs like I do.

Only, I don’t accept advertising, he does. Here’s a screenshot of the advertisement I found at the bottom on his site today:

I thought that was absolutely hilarious! After I showed him this ad, he stated he was going to remove all ads from his blog.
What a riot!

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Mrs. Clinton has all but already lost the Democratic nomination (unless the Super Delegates decide to change the people’s vote), so why is she still fighting?

A recent poll showed Clinton and Obama’s continued fight is severing the Democratic Party. Is this good for the dems?

And here in NE Indiana, Clinton will be here sometime today and President Clinton was in Fort Wayne a week ago, and Obama has been nowhere to be seen. What’s up with that?

What’s your thoughts on the Democratic bout for the nomination?

Is it time for Clinton to just bow out gracefully, or should she go down fighting to show she’s one tough cookie?

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Last week, I installed a battery backup sump pump. This pump will go off only when the power is off (meaning, the normal sump pump won’t be pumping).
In doing this, I noticed my other sump pump pit (ejecting washer machine water) isn’t working, and it is overflowing (via an overflow pipe)into the sump pump. So I need to replace the other pump, too.

This battery sump pump was the first step to finishing our basement. We weren’t going to invest in finishing if there was a chance of a basement flood (I’ve had two basement floods since I’ve been there–both due to electrical outage (and of course, I have NIPSCO power, so not only do I have really frequent outages, but it takes forever to fix–and on top of it all, I also pay incredibly high rates–about twice that of Auburn Electric.)

Next project up: washing machine sump pump. Then, either stair treads or windows, not sure which we’ll do first.

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Last weekend, Emily and I went to Fort Wayne to see Ryan Frisinger in concert. Frisinger is a local musician and worship leader from the Angola area (I think perhaps Fremont?), and the experience was wonderful.

I enjoyed his worshipful attitude and his willingness to just sit there and play worship music.

Perhaps most enjoyable of all, Frisinger used his influence to encourage people (peers) who were perhaps not following Jesus very closely to renew their commitment and get back in line with his will for their lives.

I appreciate Frisinger’s willingness to speak the truth, to say it like it is, and to follow the Holy Spirit’s promptings in a general direction of the concert.

This was my first Frisinger concert, although I am pretty sure it will not be my last. If you ever hear of Frisinger playing in your area, I encourage you to check him out. (I heard a rumor he’ll be appearing on Carson Daly soon, too!)

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My brother-in-law, Josh Doyle, (former front-man for Dum Dums), has released an EP (kinda like a mini-album) for free download.

In classic Seth Godin fashion, Doyle releases these viral beats for free. You don’t want to miss out on downloading this free music. Keep an eye on him as he releases a new album soon…

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Yeah, it stinks at New Hope today. Physically stinks.

No, I don’t have bad gas.

We have an issue with our ejection pump, that when the wind blows from the east, it pushes the smell (poop mixed with pee mixed with toilet paper) up into the air. It’s pretty nasty.
So twice today, I have gone on Lysol duty to deodorize the culprit room. Here’s the low-down:
1. Grab a can of Lysol.
2. Stand outside the culprit closet.
3. Take a deep breathe.
4. Open door 2″, insert Lysol, spray for 30 seconds.
5. Close door, quickly run away.
6. Resume normal breathing pattern.

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I have installed a new anti-content theft plugin on this blog. Please let me know if you notice anything not working.
Darn plagiarizing auto-bots!

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You know it’s been a slow week on my blog when the most popular post is RAX Roast Beef.

Yeah, that’s no joke–that has been the most popular post over the past week. I must have a rather dull life if people are finding me because of RAX Roast Beef.
But at least someone still visits my lonely blog.

BTW, I’m still looking for people to run the Fort Wayne Half Marathon with me, or the 4 mile run/walk the same day. Let’s do this! We can become more fit–don’t just talk about being more fit, make a commitment to actually do something about it.

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You may know Ben Stein as the boring economics teacher from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Or perhaps you know Stein from Comedy Central’s Win Ben Stein’s Money.
But perhaps what you didn’t know is that Stein was a high-level political speech writer for Presidents Nixon and Ford. He was even long-rumored to be Deep Throat following the Watergate Scandal.
Yes, Ben Stein is an accomplished man…a man of many varieties. How many former high-level political people do you know who had their own show on Comedy Central–How many speech writers can you even name?

Anyway, this spring, Stein will release a documentary, Expelled, which examines how the pro-evolution crowd sees Intelligent Design. The documentary explores the persecution of Intelligent Design scientists–and anyone who questions evolution as fact. The pro-evolution science industry has effectively silenced any other viewpoints.
Stein’s argument is that there should be academic freedom in the classroom to explore the many ‘holes’ in evolution.
He points out that if evolution is correct, it leads to genocide. Stein suggested an alternative title to the documentary as From Darwin to Hitler. Think about that…that’s kinda scary to think about the implications of such a theory.

Anyway, this should be an enjoyable documentary. I appreciated watching the trailers (be sure to watch ‘Super Trailer’).

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