July 26, 2006

Fat

I am fat. really fat. this weekend I reached a pinnacle of 200 pounds. that's a lot for a short guy like me. Since then I've exercised every day. I have an elliptical machine that I do for 20 minutes. And I have a whole dumbbell set and bench in my bedroom. I count going diving on Sunday as exercise as well. it felt like exercise.

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July 13, 2006

We've come a long way

God told McKinley to take the Philippines

"I went down on my knees and prayed Almighty God for light and guidance more than one night. And one night late it came to me this way..."

"...they were unfit for self-government—and they would soon have anarchy and misrule..."

"...there was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God’s grace do the very best we could by them, as our fellow-men for whom Christ also died."

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