Ten things:
1) I tried out for Jeopardy Tuesday night in an online contestant search. I figured, nothing to lose. I can tell you who shot Bobby Kennedy but can't tell you what I had for breakfast yesterday.

2) We've subscribed to a newsletter called Voice of the Martyrs and it is designed to keep Christians aware of the sufferings of our brothers and sisters around the world. It's not fun to hear about what they are going through for the sake of Christ but awe-inspiring (and challenging) to read about their joyfulness in the midst thereof. Check them out at http://www.persecution.com.

3) My boy's new word is "shoes". Finally, a word that I taught him how to say.

4) I think we have a Tar Heel in the making. My boy has a Carolina board book that has pictures of various Carolina uniquities (is that a word??) such as the Bell Tower, the Davie poplar, etc. Close to the end it's got a page with the alma mater and fight songs. We sing them a lot, so now he'll bring me the book open to that page and yell "Rah, rah, rah!" at the top of his lungs.

5) My 12-year-old cousin Ben plays lacrosse at school and is apparently very good, maybe scholarship material. Dook's lacrosse team isn't getting good press right now, rightly or wrongly. Hoping Ben doesn't choose dook lax.

6) Does anyone else love Mexican queso fresco as much as we do? We use it on everything. My boy eats it in chunks and says "Num num!" (Yum, maybe?)

7) Here's hoping the Senate passes bill 1033, the bill for immigration reform. I read an article in this week's Newsweek in which Sen. Tancredo (Colorado, I think) heard about a high school honor student in his state that couldn't get into college because of his illegal status and subsequently tried to get the student and his family deported. Didn't work. Boo-yah!

8) While we're talking about immigration, what's up with them wanting to build a wall along the border? Who are they kidding? From By the Lake of Sleeping Children: "A group of German delegates attending a multinational conference on immigration in San Diego was taken to the new stretch of fence along the border. They peered through the fence at the Mexicans peering back at them. The hosts, various well-meaning Saviors of the American Way, thought the practical Germans would be impressed with the brilliant engineering of the fence. Imagine their alarm when the TV cameras went on and the German spokesman, visibly distressed, turned away from the border and said into the mike, 'We tore down our wall,' and walked away."

9) You should read the book mentioned in #8. It's written by Luis Alberto Urrea, a Mexican-American writer. It's very enlightening, funny, and in some parts, heartbreaking. By the Lake of Sleeping Children.

10) Tonight is weigh-in night @ Weight Watchers. Last week I'd lost close to 5lbs. Hopefully the downward trend continues.....