Ann Coulter has been booted from the list of ASI speakers. The only verification I could find is the Harding ASI page that used to have speaker bios has been changed to "coming soon." update here

From The Huffington Post: [The President] also unleashed a torrent of facts and figures: "The Department of Transportation has provided more than 400 trucks to move 1,000 truckloads containing 5.4 million Meals Ready to Eat -- or MREs, 13.4 million liters of water, 10,400 tarps, 3.4 million pounds of ice, 144 generators, 20 containers of pre-positioned disaster supplies, 135,000 blankets and 11,000 cots." It was as if by piling ...

PostSecret is a web site that posts people's anonymous secrets, mailed on homemade postcards that are often touching pieces of art in themselves. My favorite one on the site, though, was only type: "I have made six postcards, all with secrets that I was afraid to tell the one person I tell everything to, my boyfriend. This morning I planned to mail them, but instead I left them on ...

Everyone keep my friend Nathan Stilwell (whom many of you know from Harding), who just moved to New Orleans, in your thoughts and prayers as he and his wife have been displaced by the hurricane. You can read more about it here.

More on the Harding Ann Coulter/Zell Miller debate in the blogosphere : Jimmy's Thoughts Dave's Letter Kimberly's Letter J.A.'s Thoughts Who are the Trustees? Melody Karol Coehoorn, who thinks the anti-Coulters are hypocrites but won't allow anonymous posters to comment; Melody's revisited thoughts Val says don't worry, be happy These are just a few of the posts on this subject. Find more here.

My present, as always, will be late.

It's true. Today I ordered a honey mustard chicken sandwich and received a bag with "H Master" written on it. Apparently that was Spanglish for "honey mustard," but I chose to believe it meant I Am Master of the Sandwiches. Bra ha ha.

I know this blog is me, trying to be positive, but this place just really gets on my nerves. 1. Evil cashier woman snottily asks for a smaller bill and gives me an evil look if I pay with anything over a $5. 2. Evil cashier woman yells "must buy $3!" if I'm using a credit card. 3. Evil cashier woman gives me a smirk whenever I use my credit card ...