Here's two people in my life who made it out for the event My 12 year-old daughter Bonnie (on the right) and my nine year-old sister Kelly (on the left).
Tomorrow is my birthday, so I'll be taking the day off from blogging. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
If you want to do anything for my birthday, be sure to attend tomorrow's benefit event for Nettie Britts in Greenville, or send a check to the address below if you can't make it:
RONALD REAGAN BIRTHDAY COMMEMORATION
Attn: Dean Allen
8 Rutledge Avenue Greenville, SC 29617
While we hope you've marked your calendar already, the calendar girls are here to remind you one more time that the annual Carolinas AGC legislative reception will be held this evening from 6 to 8 pm at the Koger Center.
We're just a week away from the big annual Carolinas AGC legislative reception, which will be held on Wednesday, February 3.
While the cake refers to a 40th birthday, that is NOT how old she really is. However, I am not at liberty to say how old she really is. Something about getting drug into a swamp and beat to a pulp ...
Robertson, the host of the "700 Club," blamed the tragedy on something that "happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it."
The Haitians "were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and whatever," Robertson said on his broadcast Wednesday. "And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, 'We will serve you if you will get us free from the French.' True story. And so, the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.' "
Faith in Christ, for me, is similar. It’s intimate. I’m more comfortable giving quiet prayers, intimate prayers. Often alone, in fact. I speak of faith the way I speak of personal matters. Of course there is a time for proclamations, but that’s the key, isn’t it? There’s a time. And a prayer isn’t a proclamation, it’s a prayer! It’s sometimes annoying to hear a prayer that is actually a sermon disguised as a prayer. I always picture God standing there listening, confused, asking the guy praying whether he was talking to Him or somebody else.
It was a long day at the State House, talking about a couple of issues important to the Blogland - and the people of South Carolina - with a lot of legislators.
The project, planned for completion in April 2011, is ahead of schedule, he said. However, Capps declined to say when the work would be finished. "It's our intention to beat that completion date," he said.
The $11.6 million redesigned Remount Road interchange that is part of the project was recently completed in 126 days, which beat the contract for that work by 24 days. The new interchange is the "first major milestone" for the project, he said. The interchange has reopened except for a newly designed part that will connect along I-26 west from Remount Road to Aviation Avenue.
"Remount Road is going to be much better," Capps said. The interchange has taken on even more importance as a vital artery to the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner assembly plant in North Charleston, which is expected to employ at least 3,800 people
Although the I-26 work is ahead of schedule, worker safety continues to be an issue, and Capps said the public can help with that problem. So far, seven work vehicles have been hit and one employee struck but not seriously injured, he said.
When the work gears back up in early January, Capps urged drivers to follow the posted, reduced speed limits in the work zones. "Every person driving through this project is part of our safety team," he said.
Less than 24 hours before the re-opening, Father Titus Fulcher - my priest - and our cantors came out to bless the new overpass, offering prayers for the safety of our workers and motorists, as well as the successful completion of re-opening operations.
I'll be rocking with Tesla at the Music Farm tonight. Tickets are still available, so come join the Blogland for a hell of a great night!One of their classic hits - Edison's Medicine:
... and something from their new album - I Wanna Live:
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