My Sister 1, Al Gore 0

Filed in Politics, Science Tags: Global Warming, Photos, Weather

While Al Gore was in Europe, predicting that “the entire North Polarized cap will disappear in 5 years” due to global warming, the southern California desert was getting blanketed in snow.

Global-warming induced snow storm in southern California, 15 December 2008Photo © Julie Shropshire
Irony, thy name is Al Gore.
UPDATE: Thanks for the mention, Gateway Pundit.

Karen’s WebNursery

Filed in Personal Tags: Family, Fatherhood, Marriage, Photos

Just a quick note to let everyone know that Karen’s WebNursery is now online. We should have birth announcements and pictures in the mail to everyone in about two weeks.

McCain on Palin: “So Long and Thanks For All the Fish”

Filed in Politics Tags: Elections, Republicans

…and by “fish” I mean, of course, all of the conservative voters McCain reeled in by naming Palin as his Veep.
When asked by George Stephanopoulos, McCain refused to say whether he would support Sarah Palin if she ran for president:

“Listen I have the greatest appreciation for Gov. Palin and her family and it was a [...]

The Vatican and Stem Cells: A Tale of Two Headlines

Filed in Religion, Science, Social Issues Tags: Christianity, Clone The Truth, Cloning, Media Bias, Sanctity of Life, Stem Cells

The Vatican recently issued a statement on bioethical issues, entitled Dignitas Personae (The Dignity of the Person), which serves as the authoritative ruling for the Catholic Church in condemning, among other things, embryo-destructive stem-cell research and human cloning.
The foundational tenet for the ruling is, as astute readers may surmise, the inherent dignity of the human [...]

In collaboration with the Clone the Truth campaign, I am committed to ensuring that the truth about adult and embryonic stem cell and related research is made known. I am likewise committed to ensuring that the deceptively worded and ill-advised Amendment 2 is repealed.

WordPress 2.7

Filed in Web Development Tags: Geekery, Web Site, WordPress

The latest version of WordPress, 2.7, was released earlier this week. The release, code/nick-named “Coltrane”, brings several major back-end improvements:

Lorelle lists several reasons to upgrade immediately. Ryan Boren discusses the release, including what features were moved to the 2.8 (or later) blueprint. He also notes that WordPress 2.7 was downloaded 100,000 times in the first [...]

Lily and Karen: Separated at Birth?

Filed in Personal Tags: Family, Fatherhood, Marriage, Photos

I mentioned previously that Karen looks just like Lily did when she was born, except for their hair. Well, let me show you just how much alike they really look:

Can you tell which one is Lily, and which one is Karen?Photo © Chip Bennett

Welcome to the World, Baby Karen!

Filed in Personal Tags: Family, Fatherhood, Marriage, Photos

This morning, at 8:09, we welcomed into the world Karen Elizabeth Bennett:

Karen Elizabeth Bennett (Karen 00 Months Flickr set)Photo © Chip Bennett
She was born via c-section at 8:09am; she weighed 6lbs, 10oz, and was 20″ long. Both baby and mommy are doing well, and are recovering.
Nana and Papaw brought her Big Sister Lily to the [...]

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