Matthew 28:6 (KJV)

He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.

John 3:16 (KJV)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Ah, Chicagoland, where one can experience all four seasons in as many days… Monday was spring – upper 40°’s, Tuesday 70°, Wednesday 31° and snow!, Thursday 39.6°…Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall all in four days…

Snopes brings us the Dalai Lama’s personality test.

Sanjaya is still Dancing Cheek to Cheek and Gina’s “Smile”(ing) though her heart is breaking. What a song to have to sing as your “swan song” when voted off Idol… Good luck in the future Gina, my fellow Illinoisian…

Ann Althouse is photo- and video-blogging her vacation in Austin. This is an interesting looking place.

The Anchoress points us to an essay by CBS’s Dick Meyers about “the scolds” and discusses Terrorism on Ten Speeds in San Francisco. I am so glad this “ride” did not occur when we were there last summer.

Basil serves up hot links every day.

Beldar discusses the difference between “bought” and “sought”.

Betsy discusses the advantages of being in the last two years of the second term of the presidency. The NYT title of the linked article? Bush Defies Democrats with Recess Appointments. Didn’t the Democrats first defy Bush by refusing to consider his nominees? Reading further into the article, the Times concedes that recess appointments are indeed allowed by the constitution and noted that:

The Bush administration withdrew Mr. Fox’s nomination for the ambassadorship on March 28, after it became clear that Democratic senators were lining up against him to settle a score.

Release date: 7.4.7

This is a Michael Bay / Steven Spielberg live action project starring Shia LeBeouf of Holes and Even Stevens, Megan Fox of Hope and Faith, Josh Duhamel of Las Vegas and Crossing Jordan, also starring Rachael Taylor, Jon Voigt, Tyrese Gibson, Anthony Anderson, and John Turturro.

The trailer *and teaser * look marvelous! I was watching The Riches last night and saw the commercial for the first time. As the mother of two sons, Transformers are a part of life.

* links are to Quicktime – for other options, Yahoo! Movie page for Transformers.

The teaser tells us that Mars Rover Beagle 2 did not crash after all, the last transmission showed a large, mechanical man bending over and then the transmission ended abruptly.

The trailer lets us know that there are both good and evil transformers, some have come to help us, some have come to destroy us…

The CGI is beautiful. This will almost certainly be a “buy” for us on DVD when it comes out.

Lyrics from the animated TV show:

Transformers
More than meets the eye
Transformers
Robots in Disguise
Autobots wage their Battle
To destroy the evil forces
Of the Decepticons