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This is the last post in the old blog using Blogger. The new blog location is http://www.kentkingery.com. All the old entries will be here until they get transferred into the WordPress archive on the new blog.

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New Digs

I've moved my personal site to Fat Cow after hosting a few other sites with them for several months. I'm impressed with the service, the price, and frankly the ease at which I have been able to juggle multiple sites under a single account.

I've been a 1&1 customer for …

Get Your Praise On - Remix

Our children's choir ministry at church is amazing. My younger daughter has grown up in this program, and I never cease to be surprised and delighted (yes, real men can use the word "delighted") when I see the programs these kids put on.

This weekend is the spring …

Shame on the Home Buyer

The "mortgage crisis" is a topic that comes up again and again whenever I'm in a group. And typically the conversation tends to focus on the evil lenders and the evil banks and the evil corporations. It's the poor homeowners, the poor borrowers, the poor mistreated …

Jesus for President - Final Thoughts

It's taken me a while to wade through Jesus for President. No, I'm not a slow reader (I was in the Roadrunners reading group in grade school). No, I didn't get distracted by other books (although I do admit to reading through some back issues of Future Music last week), …

Hillary and the Common Man

There are two quotes I heard today on the news. I'll deal with the first one in this post and the other in a separate post. I started to take on both in one post, but I had a lot to say on each. So, here's the first one:

"I want the congress to have to stand up and …

Love/Hate/Think/Believe/Feel/Wish

Shaun Groves pointed to Twistori today on his blog. In response to that post...

I love...

• Battlestar Galactica
• my wife and kids
• the feel of a new book
• Fridays

• the word "can't"
• Applebee's restaurant
• being overweight
• myself for not spending more time with God

Sometimes less is more

I've always been a big fan of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah". I love the melody and many of the lyrics, and I've performed the Lincoln Brewster version (Another Hallelujah) a few times. I prefer the minimalist covers to the more elaborate productions, and Jeff …

Barack and the Common Man

Here's the other quote from today:

"A big part of why so many folks are struggling is that Washington hasn't been looking out for them." -- Barack Obama

What exactly is Washington supposed to be looking out for? And who exactly is Washington? President Bush? The …

Be Still My Heart

Admit it. You didn't even know it was gone...

Saved by... Mario Lopez?

(I was going to title this post "Lose Weight in '08", but but the year is almost half over.)

It sucks to be out of shape. All through my life I've struggled with my weight and fitness in general, and at the age of 46 I have high blood pressure, type II diabetes, and am …

As mentioned in my previous post, tomorrow is the start of my new fitness regimen. I have to admit that I'm apprehensive about this, but I'm excited about the possibility of feeling (and looking) better at some point. I hate that I've let myself go to this point and …

Long-Overdue Update

I realized today that it's been a little over two weeks since I last posted. My blogging tends to come in spurts as I juggle work, kids, music, and a dozen other commitments or interests. Now that summer is in full swing, I thought I'd post an update on various …

Whimpering...

Well, I'm starting to recover from my workouts this week. I haven't lost much weight (maybe a pound or so), and I'm hurting all over. Today I could finally walk up and down the stairs without a lot of pain, but it still hurts to sit down. Lunges are truly the Devil's …

"The Happening" - Don't waste your time...

Sorry for bursting anyone's bubble about this movie, but save your time and money. Even if someone pays your way, don't go. Your time is worth more than this experience.

Now, having set up the discussion, I'll say up front that I don't normally post to Chipotle. But …

Feed Weirdness

I just noticed today that my feed stopped updating at some point in April. I'm not sure why, but I think I have it fixed now. If you were just deluged with posts, my apologies...

Improbable Phrases

Tonight at dinner, my younger daughter informed us that "My milk smells like dog sweat." I rank this right up there with the classic phrase you are likely to never hear...

"Hand me that piano!"

The ten-year-old mind is a goldmine of interesting stuff...

Haves versus Have-Nots

Paul Soupiset writes today on "Crime, Vandalism, Frustration". He asks the pointed question...

"what is our response when the growing gap between the haves and have-nots creates criminals?"

I had written a very long response which I subsequently round-filed because it …

The Candles Are Out

Well, my birthday is now officially over, so let's review the day based on the agenda I posted earlier:

1. The breakfast tacos were quite a treat, and Taco Cabana never disappoints. However, Annette said that I forgot to remind her (again) how bad the coffee is. …

Closer to AARP

Happy birthday to me! It's #46 today, one year closer to AARP membership and drinking Ensure every day. At this very moment, I'm watching one of those awful "Viva, Viagra!" ads and thinking "Do grown men actually sit around and sing songs like that?". Sheesh!

As I do …