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50 words or less: "thoughts" is the personal blog of Kevin D. Hendricks and has covered writing, pop culture, technology, spirituality and navel-gazing since 1998. Kevin does writing and editing with his company, Monkey Outta Nowhere, and in case you couldn't tell these thoughts reflect his personal views.

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Archive for September 2003

Homer, I found this behind the radiator.

Monday, September 29th, 2003 Posted in Domicile | No Comments »

We have heat. We finally turned our heat on today, after the temperature in our living room dipped to a chilly 58 degrees Fahrenheit this morning. I had somebody scheduled to inspect our boiler this morning, and I wanted to ...

The administration has declared recycling a felony and Smokey the Bear is now Choppy the Lumberjack.

Monday, September 29th, 2003 Posted in World News | No Comments »

OK, I'm a bit confused about two current events. The first is the one that's been all over the news today, Robert Novak's July Chicago Sun-Times column based on a White House leak that blew a CIA operative's cover. Though Novak ...

Treason season started early this year

Monday, September 29th, 2003 Posted in World News | No Comments »

OK, this isn't a confusing current event, more like a heart-breaking event that I just read about while checking the news. Two American M-16 rifles were recovered today from captured Iraqis. The rifles belonged to two U.S. soldiers who were ...

Hey, Miss Doesn’t-find-me-attractive-sexually-anymore: I just tripled my productivity!

Monday, September 29th, 2003 Posted in Daily Grind | No Comments »

Today was a productive day. I should have done my day in the life of the unemployed today. It would have been so much more impressive. I finished the templates and basic coding for a web site I'm designing. I ...

This industry moves so fast it’s really hard to tell.

Saturday, September 27th, 2003 Posted in Blogging | No Comments »

Why am I never happy with things the way they are? I have to have the newest, coolest, bestest. It's more than apparent with these thoughts. They started with me copying someone else's cool idea. I've updated the design of ...

A Holier-Than-Thou Nut Job

Saturday, September 27th, 2003 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

"Loving Bush: Day 2" by Anne Lamott: "Even though I'm addicted to hating the president, I'm trying to forgive him—as Jesus would. It's not easy." Only Anne Lamott could talk about bringing the love of Christ to the realm of politics ...

She’s just kidding Mr. Lord!

Friday, September 26th, 2003 Posted in TV | No Comments »

CBS's new pseudo-spiritual drama debuted tonight, "Joan of Arcadia." In some ways it's "Touched By An Angel" for a younger, hipper, and more spiritually tolerant audience. Of course they gave it the worst time slot possible, Friday at 8:00 p.m. ...

Wahoo! Three day weekend!

Friday, September 26th, 2003 Posted in Employment | No Comments »

A day in the life of the unemployed: 7:00 a.m. - Alarm goes off 7:08 a.m. - Snooze goes off 7:16 a.m. - Snooze goes off, wife gets up for work. 7:20 a.m. - I get out of bed, take the dog outside 7:22 a.m. ...

Don’t blame me. I voted for Kodos.

Thursday, September 25th, 2003 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Politics is beginning to get very interesting. I think the 2004 election is going to be a doozie, and it certainly helped that the last election reinforced the importance of voting (I suppose for some people it did the opposite, ...

The problem, Homer, is that the mind is always chattering away with a thousand thoughts at once.

Thursday, September 25th, 2003 Posted in Music | 1 Comment »

I've been reading the autobiography of Johnny Cash since the news that came that Cash died. It's incredibly interesting how he incorporates his faith into his life. He's certainly fallen flat, and he admits that, but he's found grace. Another interesting ...