please pray...

at 03/25/10 6:07PM

A very dear friend and brother in Christ, Bill Murff, is in the hospital and not doing so well. Please pray for him and the extended Murff family.

Updates can be found here.

-apl

Still praying.

by kailua at 03/25/10 10:47PM
your news clip url below didn't last very long :(

by cmvermont at 03/27/10 1:50AM

I don't know how, but I keep getting on the news...

at 03/22/10 11:53AM *

news8austin
There is a video if you click the link a few paragraphs down.

-apl

All in a day's work, right Adam? lol

by alex at 03/22/10 12:30PM
Any strangers say "hey, I saw you on TV?"

by AlanL at 03/22/10 12:59PM
sounds like you have a backup plan if engineering doesn't work out.

by MrKogi at 03/22/10 1:29PM
You are a mess! Haven't you already experienced your 15 minutes of fame??? And here you are getting more!! Run for Governor!!

by maucknot at 03/22/10 6:11PM
haha...that's crazy!

by windham4life at 03/22/10 10:27PM
"I don't care how cold or how windy it is," LaRue said. "I want to see some of those bands."
Rich, very rich. I like that attitude. Go get 'em Adam!

by kailua at 03/23/10 1:37AM
So silly! :-)

by iheartshoes at 03/23/10 9:41AM

my mind's racing from chasing pirates...

at 03/12/10 9:20AM

We literally jumped for joy when we got these in the mail yesterday!

Hmmmm.... I'll trade you a Vidor Pirate's football game ticket for 'em....:-)

by tgatzajr at 03/12/10 9:23AM
That is so funny! I was just thinking about you Monday. I was driving home from the grocery store and heard her on the radio and when the song was over, the DJ said she will be performing in Houston. I thought - "Man, I bet Adam would want to go to that!" Y'all have fun!

by jenkegley at 03/12/10 9:57AM
Norah Jones ... Norah Jones... isn't that a mid-level major on the bubble for the Big Dance along with George Mason?

by markroberts at 03/12/10 10:38AM
Yay for Norah tickets!

by cathymoore at 03/12/10 10:42AM
Neat-o!

by AlanL at 03/12/10 11:05AM
Ohhhhhhhhh Mannnnnnn! You lucky, lucky, lucky people! Enjoy!

by kailua at 03/12/10 11:26AM
awesome!

by skidget at 03/12/10 12:25PM
fun!

by windham4life at 03/12/10 12:41PM
Oh Norah. Did you not name your car that? Congrats and you will have a blast!

by bah at 03/12/10 1:18PM
I am loving her latest album SO MUCH right now!

by dwatkins at 03/12/10 1:39PM
reminds me of your car...;) oh, just saw brett's comment!

by rainout at 03/12/10 3:59PM
Woot!

by nickomundo at 03/15/10 9:30PM
:]

by adeline at 03/17/10 5:33PM
wish i could go!

by kimsisco at 03/20/10 10:23PM
I only see two tickets..where's mine? :)

by alex at 03/22/10 10:15AM

Vermont WIN. Texas FAIL.

at 03/03/10 2:13PM

For Chris and Noreen...

...

Vermont ranked first, with 96.6 percent graduating [high school]. South Carolina ranked last with 55.2 percent; Washington, D.C., isn't included. The national rate of graduating students in 2009 was 69.3 percent.

Texas' graduation rate has been sliding. In 2001 the state ranked 35th, with 65 percent of students graduating from high school. In 2008, Texas ranked 42nd with 62.6 percent of students graduating.

Politifact.com

I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that nearly half of Texas students are from immigrant families whose culture doesn't yet highly value education. When your mom was teaching ESL students, she had parents tell her that learning was to be done at school, not at home. They objected to the 10 minutes of homework their 1st graders were being given. Perhaps over time this attitude will change. Typically people want to blame the politicians and the teachers and school administrators for failing their students, and the government itself thinks it can hold teachers accountable for these things. In some cases, teachers ought to be held accountable, but the fact is that without parental interest, this is inevitable.

Unfortunately, what I have observed is that instead of education becoming a priority for those "immigrant" cultures, it's actually becoming less important to those who have traditionally valued it. Blame my generation for deciding that it's cool to be an uneducated hick.

by AlanL at 03/03/10 3:07PM
I can remember when Ash was in the 4th grade I volunteered at her school and helped her teacher grade papers. I could not believe my eyes when I saw some of the spelling tests from these children. The words that many of these children tried to spell were not even close to the correct spelling. I remember thinking then, what are the parents at home teaching these children? What are their conversations about? It was a sad situation.

Your post and your dad's post reminded me that many times this happens in our children's spiritual lives. Parents are so busy these days (understandably so) that they expect their children to get their spiritual nourishment only from attending bible classes and hearing sermons. We heard a wonderful sermon last night about "why so many young people leave the faith".

Parents have huge responsibilities! The payoff is sooooo worth it! Love ya!

by cathymoore at 03/03/10 3:20PM
That is so true. The same attitudes affecting learning in schools have definitely affected Biblical learning and spiritual growth. Being a parent sounds scary!!

by adampual at 03/03/10 4:45PM
Ta-daaaaa - interesting, very interesting.
LOL Adam you crack me up. :-)

*You do not know how much I wanted to type an error in there!

by kailua at 03/03/10 9:08PM
And Texans just picked a Rep candidate that has no clue how to fix that.

by sparky at 03/03/10 10:23PM
The dark ages needed ditch diggers too.

by the_gaffer at 03/04/10 7:08AM
Maybe they lowered the standard in Vermont? In California they all graduate! Nobody fails!

by gslover at 03/04/10 11:20AM
I have tremendous concerns for the educational system everywhere. Our son had a elementary principal that could not write complete sentences in her memos! Parental involvement is an absolute must for success!

by gslover at 03/04/10 11:23AM
yes, we just moved across the hall. sooooooo nice to be able to look out the windows. Bascially the same apartment, better updated kitchen and bath. Hope you are well!

by nycami at 03/06/10 11:23PM
Yeah man, that would be great! So I guess the job didn't work out for ya? I'm sure it's all for the best, seeing as He knows what's best for us!

by justjoey at 03/10/10 3:46PM

Cupcake wars!!

at 02/11/10 2:47PM

Hey Cupcake files trademark lawsuit against Indiana cupcake trailer
By Steven Kreytak | Thursday, February 11, 2010, 01:00 PM

Austin’s Hey Cupcake, an early comer to the burgeoning local trailer-food market, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday that accuses a trailer cupcake business in Indiana of copying the visual appearance of its retail trailers.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Austin, said that The Cupcake Camper in Noblesville, Ind., operates out of an Airstream Trailer with a large, three-dimensional cupcake on the roof, similar to one copyrighted by Hey Cupcake owner Wes Hurt.

Austin’s Hey Cupcake located on South Congress Avenue.

The Cupcake Camper in Noblesville, Indiana.

“The level, extent and details of copying employed by the Cupcake Camper are facially apparent,” the lawsuit states. In addition to to being accused of copying the exterior appearance of the trailer, the suit accuses The Cupcake Camper of beginning to sell t-shirts that say “Real Men Eat Cupcakes” after Hey Cupcake began selling shirts that say “Real Men Love Cupcakes.”

Matthew Brereton, who according to the lawsuit is the manager and sole shareholder of The Cupcake Camper LLC, an Illinois corporation, could not be immediately reached for comment. According to The Cupcake Camper’s Web site, there are plans to open a Cupcake Camper in Chicago in the spring.

The lawsuit against Brereton and The Cupcake Camper LLC charges violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act as well as federal trademark and copyright laws.

It says that Hey Cupcake seeks more than $75,000 in damages, although the exact amount is not enumerated.
Hurt opened Hey Cupcake on West 24th Street in March 2007 and relocated it to the 1600 block of South Congress, shown above, later that year. Now, according to Hey Cupcake’s Website, the business has trailers in the Four Points area west of Austin, in Oak Hill and in Lakeway. In 2008, Hurt opened a fixed store location on Burnet Road.

The online menu states that in addition to $2.50 cupcakes, Hey Cupcake sells refreshments, t-shirts and hats.

$2.50 a piece!!! For a cup cake??? That would be $30 for a dozen...TWELVE...cup cakes. Maybe we should join the cup cake war --- start baking and give them more competition.

by joc at 02/11/10 3:08PM
Hey I think I've seen that trailer before, only they had a "breakfast taco" up there.

by gslover at 02/11/10 8:06PM
lol

by cmvermont at 02/11/10 10:23PM
I would pay 2.50 if they were the size of the one on the roof.

by bah at 02/12/10 11:56AM
Interesting! I love Hey Cupcake...best $2.50 I've ever spent, for sure. :). Totally worth it. I think those haters up there need to try it...so...good...now I'm drooling.

by coffee_girl at 02/12/10 8:57PM
Remember "Intel Inside"? These guys took to court a non profit Yoga website that tries to reach angry gang members and teach them how to control their anger. All because their website was "YogaInside." In America you can sue anybody for anything.

by tgatzajr at 02/13/10 8:50AM
hey! how have you been?

by Lovemeforme at 02/14/10 3:26AM
i love cupcakes!!!

by adeline at 02/14/10 6:16PM
I don't even know what to say....

by littlebitty624 at 02/15/10 4:11PM
mmm cupcakes!

by spike427 at 02/17/10 12:32PM
lol

by jenna at 02/19/10 11:07PM
pretty hard to imagine a company in Indiana is confusing Hey Cupcakes' customers in Austin... yes, you can sue anybody for anything in America but that doesn't mean you'll win!

by markroberts at 02/21/10 8:52AM
Funny, I guess there is no peace on Cupcake Lane today!

by kailua at 02/25/10 2:16AM