Silent Victory
Sunday, October 31st, 2004 Posted in Sporting | 1 Comment »Those who say NASCAR racing is boring don't watch it. Today's race was incredibly dramatic. After today's race there were only three races left in the season, with the championship up for grabs. Championship contenders were dropping like flies, leaving ...
Hello, My Name is Novelist
Sunday, October 31st, 2004 Posted in Writing | 1 Comment »Tomorrow begins the grand experiment. One month. One novel. I'm tired of all the anticipation. I'm ready to sit down and make it happen. I've started a blog to chronicle my month-long novel and word count, which will go by the ...
Vote or Sleep
Saturday, October 30th, 2004 Posted in Politics | No Comments »I've spent the last hour scouring the Internet for information about the political races that don't exactly make headlines. The Minnesota District 4 U.S. House race, the District 66B Minnesota House race, the various Minnesota Supreme Court and Appeals Court ...
iPod Envy
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 Posted in Technology | 3 Comments »The already popular iPod took an enormous leap forward today with the official announcement of a U2-themed iPod and a new color screen photo iPod with a 60 GB capacity. While the cool factor has been advanced incredibly, the new ...
Mike, The Cat
Monday, October 25th, 2004 Posted in Writing | No Comments »That's a beautiful illustration from my first ever book, the hardcover Mike, The Cat, which I wrote in first grade. It tells the thrilling story of how Mike the cat woke up the entire family so they wouldn't be late for ...
Abortion: “It’s the Economy, Stupid!”
Monday, October 25th, 2004 Posted in Politics | 9 Comments »This entry shouldn't even be filed under politics, but it's an election year and I guess that's the default category. But it's so beyond politics. Sojourners has an article from Dr. Glen Harold Stassen exploring how the number of abortions performed ...
“Sorry, Wrong School”
Thursday, October 21st, 2004 Posted in Politics | 5 Comments »Politics and faith are colliding with the election less than two weeks away, and it's happening on the campus of my alma mater, Bethel University. Yesterday while on campus I noticed a giant G.O.P. rig in front of Heritage Hall ...
NaNoWriMo vs. NaNoBlogMo
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 Posted in Writing | 3 Comments »Hey all you NaNo-ers out there (OK, that's really only two of you)! Blogger has just layed down the NaNo gauntlet. They're encouraging people to participate in National Novel Writing Month and use Blogger while they're at it. My thoughts on ...
Christian Fiction For the Rest of Us
Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »David Long, an acquisitions editor for Bethany House Publishers has an interesting blog going: Faith in Fiction, which is exploring the idea of Christian fiction that pushes the traditional boundaries of CBA fiction (Christian Booksellers Association). The blog has been ...
The Ol’ 16
Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 Posted in Transportation | 2 Comments »On Saturday I hopped on the ol' Metro Transit route 16 and rode into downtown Minneapolis for the Twin Cities Book Festival to see Chris Baty speak (author of No Plot? No Problem! and founder of National Novel Writing Month). ...
