You can click on the becky-greg blog for the full story, but in short…I got the post-doc position that I interviewed for at KU! I am just terribly excited about it and immensely relieved. I am so looking forward to being back in the midwest, although the ice storm today give me pause…
Obama, Religion and Politics February 10, 2008
On June 28th, 2006 Obama made a huge speech in Washington, DC on atheists and faith. It may be the most important pronouncement by a Democrat on faith and politics since John F. Kennedy’s Houston speech in 1960 declaring his independence from the Vatican. Obama offers the first faith testimony I have heard from any politician that speaks honestly about the uncertainties of belief.
I think its important that he points out that “if we don’t reach out to evangelical Christians and other religious Americans and tell them what we stand for, then the Jerry Falwells and Pat Robertsons and Alan Keyeses will continue to hold sway.”
He speaks about his religious experience not to make atheists uncomfortable, but rather to tap into the language of morality of a nation of christians.
Just a warning, this is not a campaign video full of sound bites. This is a long Obama speech where he goes into real detail on some of his social and “moral” agenda. Its very interesting.
My personal favorite quote, “Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason.”
Henkhaus Weather Across the Nation February 10, 2008
It appears that there are some stark differences in the weather that we are all experiencing today, and given that MY weather is clearly the best, I thought I’d be nice enough to highlight these differences for everyone’s mutual amusement. At Noon-ish Tucson Time (that’d be 1pm Midwest time or 2pm for Rach), the current temps are:
- For Greg in Lawrence: 19F, feels like 9F — burr, that’s chilly!!
- For Mom and Dad, Kris and Jennifer: 21F, feels like 8F — burr, still chilly!!
- For Rachel in West Lafayette: 10F, feels like -10F — damn, I hope Rach and Bucky are snuggling somewhere warm together!
- For Kurt in the Frozen Tundra, I mean Minneapolis: -9F, feels like -31F — Holy Mother. How is that temperature even possible. Wow.
- And For ME!!! In sunny Tucson: 73F, feels like (drumroll please) 73F!!!!! – OK, I know you all hate me, but listen, I have it hard too. I need to get going on my run before it hits the heat of the day, 76 is a bit warm to be jogging outside, right??
OK, so lets sum up: Tucson, 73 – Minneapolis -31F. That’s a “feels like” difference of 104 degrees. And by the way, I am eating it up now because this is the one time of year that Tucson weather rules over the rest of the country and I recall receiving more than a few phone calls from Kurt when he lived in Chicago and it was 75 in July and it was 153 in Tucson. So there! Have a nice Sunday everyone, and stay warm!!!
Engagment Photos February 3, 2008
Just letting everyone know that we had some photographs taken of us a few weeks ago to celebrate our engagement and get something we could use for announcements etc.
So here they are, I would be interested in knowing what everyone’s favorite photographs are.
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Enjoy!
