Here’s the latest, just on me, just so your in the know. I like to use the list format on my other blog of personal updates so I’ll do that here:

This week my wife and I bought a house. It’s exciting and overwhelming. I’ve blogged about the decision on here a little bit, but probably not enough for you to know all the reasons we came to this decisions. More on that as time goes on.
We just moved into the new house and as of right now don’t have internet …

I’ll probably be linking to Lisa @ Corporate Babysitter a lot more as I continue to explore the ins and outs of raising my child in this extremely consumeristic world, but until I do, I recommend you check her out for yourself. Here’s a quote to get you started:
Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat thinking about the corporate dollars spent on new ways to manipulate my children. In a world of mounting personal debt and limited natural resources, is this akin to offering a kid a lollypop …

Again, no real theme here, just thought this was an interesting video. I’d be curious what your take on it is:

Bonus: Homeless Vehicle Project

Children For Sale

$1.25 a pound. Less than that if a neighbor can’t afford it. George’s
house was in complete disrepair. Shutters were broken and out of place
bricks sat stranded on the front porch. His house was in huge need of
about $20,000 of work including a new paint job. Or is it a need? Maybe
they see the true need, and that is to love their neighbor as
themselves. To refuse a new house uplift because there are those who
can’t pay $1.25 a pound for tomatoes. -Daniel

I was spurred on to post this because of a recent conversation with my wife. I’ll start by just saying, guys, who are automatically given the upper hand in our current power structures, need to be intentional about relinquishing that authority and opening opportunity for women to be included.
There’s a great post by Heather at Emerging Women that has tips for encouraging women leadership (ht. Mark):
1. Include women’s voices and perspectives from the beginning. Don’t plan the event, outline the book, organize the tour, and THEN try to find a …

I speak to you as a man — a Wampanoag Man. I am a proud man, proud of my ancestry, my accomplishments won by a strict parental direction (“You must succeed – your face is a different color in this small Cape Cod community!”). I am a product of poverty and discrimination from these two social and economic diseases. I, and my brothers and sisters, have painfully overcome, and to some extent we have earned the respect of our community. We are Indians first – but we are termed “good …

I’m all for fair wages and unionizing and what not, but I could care less about the writer’s strike.