Sonshine 2005
Thursday, July 28th, 2005 Posted in Music | 2 Comments »I tried to write a killer recap of my 2005 Sonshine Music Festival experience like I did last year, but it just didn't happen. At this point if I don't get something out soon I'll be experiencing Sonshine 2006 before ...
Christianity on Primetime
Wednesday, July 27th, 2005 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 1 Comment »CNN's 360 Degrees with Anderson Cooper featured T.D. Jakes, Joel Osteen, Rick Warren and Jerry Jenkins on its show a couple nights ago in four separate stories about religion. Too bad the coverage was a mile wide and an inch ...
Stray Cat
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005 Posted in Animals | 2 Comments »As if my day wasn't already exciting, we came home to find a cat in the backyard. It took off when we got out of the car, but it later showed up on the deck. Eager to check it out ...
Losing and Replacing Fascia
Tuesday, July 26th, 2005 Posted in Domicile | No Comments »So last night we slept with the windows open for the first time in a long time. Once we shut the lights off and everything got quiet we heard and odd rapping sound. We listened to it for a few ...
Online Piracy; It’s not Just For Music Anymore
Monday, July 25th, 2005 Posted in Business & Marketing | 3 Comments »Last week I had the disturbing feeling that my work had been stolen. Everyone makes a big deal about music piracy, which is indeed a big issue (I just wrote an article about it for a teen web site, which ...
Babies, Babies Everywhere!
Thursday, July 21st, 2005 Posted in Children | 4 Comments »Even before my wife and I started trying to have kids everyone around us was having kids. I didn't think much of it, since most of them were older. I think at one time last fall I knew 8 couples ...
Pre-Pay at the Gas Station
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005 Posted in Business & Marketing | 12 Comments »Gas stations must have the absolute worst customer service ever. Many of them make you pre-pay (at least the ones near my house) which is annoying. Normally I just pay at the pump and it's not an issue. But today ...
George W. Bush is not Lord
Tuesday, July 19th, 2005 Posted in Politics | No Comments »Gotta love the Christianity Today editorial, Worship as Higher Politics. I'm glad somebody else is saying this. George W. Bush is not Lord. The Declaration of Independence is not an infallible guide to Christian faith and practice. Nor is the U.S. ...
Home Again
Sunday, July 17th, 2005 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »I'm back from the Sonshine music festival with the youth group. It was hot. Melting eyeballs hot. Hopefully I'll write a snide review soon that draws lots of weird comments like I did last year. Though I will say this: ...
Music to an Expectant Father’s Ears
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005 Posted in Children | 1 Comment »I heard my baby's heartbeat today. Woo! They use this old 1970s style microphone thingie, which seems so technologically backward, but I heard that fast, loud beat. So cool. The expectant father doesn't get much actual evidence in the first trimester of ...
