Wow. What a crazy column.

Just read a charming column from the Left arguing that the First Amendment and Free Speech should be eliminated so as to silence opposition to their views on abortion, climate change, and politics.

No, it wasn't a satire piece, it was a professional site not a blog and no, I won't link to it and swell their site statistics.

What a bunch of loons.

A Busy April Night

I biked to the store with Junie and returned with two full backpacks (and one large bag) of household staples like cat food, laundry soap, and margarita mix. I really need to buy a rear basket if I want these bikes to remain practical for more than recreation.

We grilled steaks, fresh asparagus, and sliced potatoes for dinner while the three youngest played on the trampoline. We've already grilled out more this year than all of last summer.

The food was grand, but the kids seem to have forgotten all their manners at the dinner table. It was like eating at a frat house. Not cool.

Dartball

My Big Grandpa had scads of dartball trophies, a board in his garage, and a bunch of darts that I remember well.

 Yesterday Lisa and I went out to dinner with my sister Chrissy and her new boyfriend. I'd been looking forward to it all week, and it lived up to the hype. A good time and good food, and he seems like a nice guy.

LOL

 

The new Trailer for The Force Awakens

I'm no Star Wars nut, but that new trailer has sealed the deal: I'll see it opening day, preferably at The Avalon.

Junie's Catechism Art

A sign LK made to give to her catechism teacher today. The box in the corner is the cloth Veronica used to wipe the Lord's face

Finally discussing Roe v Wade in Constitutional Law - at Marquette

150 years on - Lincoln is shot

Respect and love, on this, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's shooting. May you continue to rest in peace.

A crowd honors Lincoln outside Ford's Theatre on the anniversary of his shooting

The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Very entertaining.

LuLu's  asthma flared overnight and since she was a zombie in the morning I kept her home from school (a rarity here). But as a consequence, with Lisa gone helping her step-mom, I missed an event at Marquette I wanted to see. No one's fault but mine, but I'm disappointed.

This culture - or at least the media that represents it - is addicted to manufactured outrage. Good grief.

 While we were eating dinner outside I saw The Squirrel - the fat, cocky spawn of Satan that has terrorized this neighborhood for years and destroyed the gasket on my driver's side window - casually roaming around INSIDE my van. #mortalEnemies

The first robin of the year

First Robin AND first grill out of 2015, plus for the first time ever I have the laptop outside so I can work on my brief and still enjoy the day! Whoohoo!

I took a bike ride to the library with Junie but it closed just as we got there, and KK is waaay too crowded on the weekends to comfortably ride on the sidewalk with a seven year old. So not the greatest trip. While we were gone YaYa and LuLu took their bikes out to Walgreens. Quite the mobile family now.

Uncle George

I got word this evening that my Uncle George (my Godmother's husband) had a heart attack Thursday and is in critical condition. Prayers for him are appreciated.

@ Gold Rush Chicken

 I biked here with Junie to pick up dinner. Now, how to haul this home without a basket. D'oh.

 Quite the thunderstorm out there. LOVE this weather.

Appamatox - 150 years on

150 years ago today, in a small village west of Petersburg, Virginia, the bloodiest war in American history effectively came to an end as the great Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of Robert E Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia.

A Memory of Lisa's Childhood

Lisa used an identical bag as a child when she went by her Grandma K---. (albeit with the name Lisa on it, not Rebecca lol)

My Eisenhower Scrapbooks

Here are some screenshots of a great present Lisa's friend JJ bought me for my birthday last month: three authentic scrapbooks from the 1950's, each chock full of clippings of Da Man, Dwight David Eisenhower.

#197 from my ward.

 

150 years ago today, Gen. U.S. Grant, sensing the end was near, sent his first letter asking for the surrender of Robert E Lee. It was not accepted, and the bloodshed went on for two more days.

RIP James Best

 Rest in Peace Roscoe

The Badgers Lose the National Championship

 Coach K is the definition of class. If you have to lose, lose to the best.  

Still a heck of a season. #Bucky #Badgers