I’m so behind on my daily links that all I know to do is completely bombard you and then laugh maniacally and run away.

You’re welcome.

– I loved this post of Jon’s so much.

– You know how something can strike you as completely hysterical even though that something is a little bit weird and you’re not even entirely sure why it’s so funny?

That’s exactly how I feel about this.

– That Shaun – always skirting around the tough questions. *ahem*

– Want another chance to win Travis Cottrell’s new “Jesus Saves LIVE” CD? Here you go.

– There’s a great engraved tile giveaway going on at Kaye’s.

– It’s not even football season yet, and I’m already thinking about basketball season. Oh, it DOES LOOK PROMISING (and thanks, Daph, for the link).

– And speaking of basketball season, I completely neglected to mention the winner of our group’s NCAA Tourney Challenge. You know, back in MARCH. Anyway, the winner was Kat, and if memory serves she was NINETY SIX PERCENT accurate with her picks. She’s a superstar.

– Kelly is doing a bloggy home tour every Friday – if you love to decorate, you will be in hog heaven.

I just couldn’t resist the Razorback pun. I COULDN’T.

– Finally: YAY, KRIS!

(I actually screamed when he won.)

(BECAUSE I’M FOURTEEN.)

Edited to add: I forgot to include something. A couple of weeks ago I did an interview with Candice from Start Your Family. And I told Candice I’d mention it here. So now I did. :-)

– Over at the Praise Baby blog, you can win some real-live, grown-up CDs: Casting Crowns, Third Day, etc. And all you have to do to win is to leave a comment. Head over to the Praise Baby blog to enter.

– In light of the Compassion Bloggers trip to India and all, here’s a friendly reminder that if you’re a Compassion sponsor, you can write to your sponsor child(ren) online.

– Pete’s first post from Kolkata took my breath away.

– Shannon went shopping for a shirt. And I had no idea shirt shopping could be so funny.

– Twitter makes the world very, very small. Jack Gray tells us how (I laughed out loud about six times when I read this, by the way).

– Compassion Bloggers leave for India in six days!

– Yesterday my friend Bubba sent me a text that said, “Have you seen the video of Susan Boyle?” My answer: “Who’s Susan Boyle?” Two seconds later my phone beeped with Bubba’s reply: “Google her.”

In the last twelve hours I’ve probably gotten six emails about Susan Boyle (thanks, sweet emailers!), and when I finally watched Susan Boyle’s video, I sat right here at the computer and cried.

– As most of y’all know, there were some tea parties yesterday. I read all sorts of stuff about the tea parties this morning, and I especially loved this post at This Ain’t New York and this post by Melanie. Regardless of your political leanings, you have to agree that it’s a mighty fine thing indeed that American people have the right to assemble and speak their dadgum minds.

By the way, yesterday afternoon I called Melanie approximately 15 times to get the latest play-by-play from P (let me tell y’all something about P: HE IS HYSTERICAL), and every single update brought me untold laughter and joy. Good grief I wish we were neighbors.

– Ever heard of The Noticer Project? Very, very cool. (via Annie)

– This post by Jon? Made me CLAP MY HANDS.

I’m a little focused on house and home today, so here are some house-y and home-y links.

– I LURVE this post on the importance of family rituals. Such great ideas. (via Nester)

– I’m always fascinated by how other people seem to find all sorts of wonderful treasures at yard sales, and Rhoda is the champ. All of her finds are great-looking, and I’m well-aware that I could have gone to the same exact sales and come home with, I don’t know, a broken wooden spoon.

(You ever feel like you’ve lost your decorating mojo?)

(I feel like I’ve lost my decorating mojo.)

– Um. Southern Living is giving away a house.