MILESTONES

Cathy in the Wright hit 10,000 visitors today. Congratulations! And if you need a surefire way to kill Asian beetles, I’ve got one word for you: Windex.

THE PROCESS OF PREDATION

(WARNING: the following post contains non-graphic sexuality and attempted poetry. Proceed at your own risk.)
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THE HORRORS OF A PASTOR’S LIFE

Jsut got back from a meeting of our fundraising commitee. We had some very important work to tend to tonight: testing out stir-fry and jambalaya recipes for the community festival this summer.

(Editor’s note: Since this blog has a significant Southern readership, I’ll allow you to speculate on what must pass for jambalaya in Wisconsin. Suffice it to say, the recipe that everybody judged to be “too spicy” was the only one that tasted about right to me.)

I am well-fed and happy, though, as my wife puts it, I smell like a sub shop.

AN EMBARRASSMENT OF . . . WELL, NOT RICHES, I GUESS

In a move sure to have heads scratching up and down the Mighty Miss, the St. Louis Rams have signed quarterback Chris Chandler to a three-year contract. The Rams now have three starting quarterbacks.

Kurt Warner is on his way out. You know it, I know it, Bob Dole knows it, John Madden’s dog knows; it’s just a matter of who is willing to give up the fourth-round draft choice it would take to pry him loose. Teams in desperate need of a veteran QB would include Baltimore, Arizona, Chicago, San Francisco, Jacksonville, and Buffalo. I’m saying Warner’s bound for San Fran. Maybe. But St. Louis? I strongly doubt Warner is part of their future plans, no matter what the team says.

THE SCHWARTZENEGGERIFICATION OF AMERICA IS WELL UNDER WAY

While we’ve all been wondering if Hillary’s going to run on ‘08, somebody else has thrown his feathered hat into the ring:

Wrestler-turned-politician Jesse Ventura all but threw his hat into the 2008 presidential ring yesterday - and said he’s already decided to tap basketball star Charles Barkley as a running mate.

And he said he’s not kidding. “Everyone laughs,'’ he said. “They told me in Minnesota a wrestler couldn’t become governor, and I proved them wrong.'’

Erm . . . no. He proved that anybody can get elected governor; becoming governor is something which seemed to elude him. The article concludes:

The former Navy SEAL doesn’t like President Bush or Democrat John F. Kerry, saying he wants an option besides “Pepsi or Coke.'’

Jesse Ventura: in the drink cooler of politics, he’s the half-empty bottle of Clamato.

Thanx and a Tip O’ The Hat to Steve Casburn.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR

Today marks the one-year anniversary of TBP. Year #2 begins where year #1 did, with me convinced the ice-out on Lake Sinissippi is imminent.

Thanks to everybody who’s read, commented on, or linked to this site over the past year. Special thanks are due to Bryan, who was the first person to blogroll TBP; to Dean Esmay, who set me up on Movable Type, and James Joyner, who gave me serious Google juice by continually pointing out that this site contains no nude pictures of Destiny Stahl. Not that it hasn’t stopped people from looking for them . . .

Stick around; the best is yet to come.