My dad got up on stage at the Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry and belted out a tune. See it on YouTube:

I’ve made a couple changes to the site but you shouldn’t be able to notice what they are.

1. I’ve moved hosting providers. I used to have my own linux co-located in a secret datacenter somewhere in LA. However, my free-loading days are over and I had to move to hosting provider. I’d tell you which one but I want to see how good they are before I start plugging them.
2. I’ve migrated the blog from MovableType to Wordpress. So far, I’m impressed with Wordpress. I’m not much of a blogger but it’s got a lot of features I find useful.
3. I’ve moved my mail to Google Apps. It allows me to use the Gmail interface for my mail and get Google’s SPAM protection. So far, so good.

Hopefully none of these changes you will actually notice, because if you do then I didn’t do my job very well.

In a NY Times article, the President-elect of the Christian Coalition, Rev. Joel C. Hunter stepped down from the post he’s had since July. What was the reason? He wanted the group to focus more on poverty and environmental issues. However, “He said that many evangelical leaders hewed to narrow moral issues because they were ‘deathly afraid of being labeled a liberal by other Christians, the media, talk radio.’

Since when are Christians afraid of fighting poverty and being custodians of our planet? How did these become taboo topics? I sure hope that someday soon Christians will wake up and realize that a couple bad eggs have steered them off the path and remember what it truly means to be Christian.

Since I’m moving out of the 323 and into the 310, I figured it was time to move my cell phone as well. So, if you don’t have my new cell number, send me an e-mail and I’ll send it to you.

Check out this clip from Robot Chicken.