perfidy

Can anyone tell me if the above referenced song from the early 1990s was New Edition, Boyz II Men, or Bell Biv Devoe? Bless my heart, I can't remember!

Check out Spirit of America, a nonprofit organization whose mission is

to expand the abilities of Americans serving abroad to improve the quality of life of people at the grass roots level. Our objectives are to:
• Increase the reach, scale and impact of the informal humanitarian activities that take place on the front lines in troubled regions.
• Contribute charitable goods that can have a positive, practical and timely impact in the local communities where American personnel are involved.
• Improve foreign perceptions of the American people and our presence abroad.

When I harp over and over on the importance of winning the "hearts and minds" of the people we libervade (not to mention the people we just sell stuff to), this is just what I'm talking about. Better yet, blogger "Armed Liberal" of Begging to Differ is their new COO. Sweet! (and good luck to him.)

Last week I was at a wedding where all the bridesmaids exchanged their silk shoes for flip-flops at the reception. The kicker is that the flip-flops light up when you walk. There's a little capacitor or something in the sole that converts kinetic energy into electricity and causes an array of LEDs in the strap to flash in random patterns of purple, pink and white with each step. My wife was in the wedding party; she got a pair. In addition to being super-fun, they're also mad comfortable. They were $7 at Wal-Mart.

Can you imagine what a US Marine could do with 100 pairs of child-sized self-powered light-up flip flops in Iraq?