Muddling Toward Maturity Blog

VIDEO - OPENING YOUR HEART TO THE GIFTS OF THIS DAY

My thanks to Joyce for this video.  It's worth 6 minutes to view it.

 

CHA SUN CHONG AND HER TEAM OF LITTLE VIRTUOSO GUITARISTS

These talented youngsters are from North Korea, the elite of the land.  While others starve, they thrive.  But I do not wish to take anything away from their amazing musicality!  Enjoy and be amazed, especially if you are a mediocre guitar player (at best) like myself.

 

 

VIDEO: PALIN ON THE LEAKERS - "THOSE GUYS ARE JERKS"

Gov. Sarah Palin:  “I never asked for anything more than maybe a Diet Dr. Pepper once in awhile.”   On the media:  "There have been some stinkers..."  Click here to see her 10 minute informal news interview with reporters in Alaska.

Note:  Matt Drudge reports that Greta Van Susteren will air a major interview with Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday night, Nov. 10th, on Fox News Channel at 10:00 PM.

Updates 11/8/08 - The Associated Press covers the story.   Also, Politico reports: "Palin Allies: She's No Diva"  (Me:  Good article!)

Welsh Cell Phone Salesman Sings Opera

I love this. You've got to see this video. It will move you. Someone else wrote the following with which I entirely agree:

Take a minute and watch this....makes your heart feel good!  Watch the faces of the judges as this guy walks out on the stage.   

You can almost see what they are thinking as they pre-judge this guy based on his looks and the fact that he is a cell phone salesman.  

So much for first impressions. I think you will enjoy this.

Christopher Hitchens and Alistair McGrath Debate: "Poison or Cure: Religious Belief in the Modern World"

Last week the Ethics and Public Policy Center and Georgetown University hosted a debate betweenChristopher Hitchens and the Oxford Theologian Alister McGrath   The video is here.

JUGGLING (LITERALLY) TO TEMPO

Chris Bliss juggling to music.  Quite amazing.

"GLADIATOR, AMERICAN STYLE" - GREAT VIDEO

For a powerful expression of what we owe our service men and women for "Operation Enduring Freedom" and "Operation Iraqi Freedom," see this remarkable short video:  "Gladiator, American Style."