Conservatives think the media's biased, liberals think the media's biased. For instance, conservative people think an obvious hotbed of liberal drivel is the NY Times. But I read some liberal commentator who pointed to an example of blatant conservative bias in the very same newspaper. So what's the deal?

Well, I was listening to NPR the other day--which purportedly is a bastion of liberalism--and they were talking about the furious debate that was going on in Massachusetts regarding gay marriage. A reporter was reporting/commentating and he made a comment regarding the "other side" and since I agree with the liberal bias idea to some extent, I assumed that he was talking about those taking the anti-gay marriage stance. But he wasn't. I would have found it easy to chalk that comment up as liberal bias had it been referring to "fundamentalists" but when I found out he was talking about the pro-gay marriage crowd I found it very difficult to think of that as conservative bias--because of my own bias.

Here's what I think. If you are predisposed toward a certain direction, you're going to pick up lots of so-called biases against your viewpoint, whether they are real or imagined.

Feelings. They're good, they're bad. They're up, they're down. What do you do?

Experiences with God are great. There've been several times in my life where God has seemed very close. But of course, that feeling has gone away. There's got to be a commitment to Him that doesn't depend on whether He feels like He's right beside you. Because He won't, often.

But He's there. I know He is. It doesn't matter if I'm crying because of His nearness or if I'm crying because I feel all alone, He's there. He'll stay.

So...

I've been dominating Tom's computer for the last 35 minutes. I'm at his house in Indiana.

Boy, it was nice to sing again. The wedding was very nice, the vows were cool (sappy, to Tom). I think they made them up themselves. That may be an idea to tuck away in the ol' brain.

They had two preachers, so it went a little longer than what I'd characterize as my "optimal wedding length."

And last night I got a great night's sleep.

And Kon's happily married.

And I got some (a little) homework done.

And I didn't know very many people at the wedding at all, which was a little awkward.

And (surprise!) Jewel still giggles.

And (double surprise!) Tom still likes to eat.

And (get ready to be dumbfounded), David still likes cars.

And it's really, really cold around here.

But it's the Midwest and February. What do you expect?