The Boston Globe has posted an amazing set of pictured The year 2008 in photographs (part 1 of 3).

Wow.

Some of the photographs are achingly beautiful. Others are downright brutal.

So many paint pictures of loss and suffering, the magnitude of which I can only imagine.

I have some unpleasant things going on in my life right now, over which I am losing sleep and have others praying fervently for me.

However, my problems seem so insignificant compared to what has happened, or what is going on in the world right now.

I have so much to be thankful for. God has blessed me in so many ways. And He will continue to provide.

President-elect Obama is looking to axe the controversial daylight savings time (DST).

I’ve always had a great sense of time so I have never had a problem with DST. However, I do get a bit sad every spring as we lose an hour.

How about you? Do you think we should join the ranks of Arizona and the majority of the world by eliminating the practice?

Via Boing Boing.