Honoring Soldiers And Their Families

The freedoms we enjoy often come from the sacrifices of the men and women in uniform. But many times the mission abroad leaves the families back home with their own struggles.

Sunday the National Guard paid tribute to the contributions of both the troops and their loved ones.

ABC News Channel 20's Mike Brooks takes a closer look.

One of my friends, a soldier named Ryan Keeter, is featured in the video on the following page. Go to Springfield, Illinois WICS ABC 20 Newsroom. This quote is from that page.

Let Me Rule Your Heart by Rubber Universe

My friends Gina and Robert are two members of a band called Rubber Universe. I met them through work, but they are both accomplished musicians and damn fine people. Here's an animated video to their song Let Me Rule Your Heart. Check it out.

SoNotTheNews.com :: Your site for stuff that is not the news!:

There's a lot of good news sites out there for those people who want to get the news. But if you want something that is NOT the news, look no further than sonotthenews.com; your site for stuff that is not the news!

Strength of Will by Antonia Phillips

My friend Toni has a new poem just posted online. Here's a snippet:

We know not when we do,
We know not how we say,
We know not where we want,
We know only know that we are.

Read the full entry called Strength of Will by Antonia Phillips at Poetry.com.

I Used To Love Her (Coming Soon)

An old friend from college is in a movie coming out soon. He's got a lot of music and spoken word projects I should have linked to by now, but here is a trailer for the movie. Mel "Romeo" Roberson is the male lead who utters the title line "I Used To Love Her". Go Romeo, go!

Update: Though I just saw this trailer on Romeo's Facebook page recently, it would appear that the movie itself has already been out for just under a year. IMDb.com placed it's release on June 5^th, 2008.

Jer86gn on Pixerbog.com

My buddy and coworker, whose username is Jer86gn, has an account on Pixerbog for sharing his pix from his cell phone camera. He used to use Popug and I've written about his shots before.. Check out his latest shot on Pixerbog.com and view his profile page.