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Archive for March 2006

Unanimous Church Leadership

Friday, March 31st, 2006 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 1 Comment »

Pastor Andy Stanley and author Jim Collins debate church leadership with some interesting comments on the spirituality of leadership. But what's even more interesting is their agreement on the perils of unamimous church leadership: Both men agreed on the dangers of ...

Uncle Mike

Thursday, March 30th, 2006 Posted in Family | No Comments »

Uncle Mike, originally uploaded by Kevin D. Hendricks. This is Lexi being held for the first time by her beaming Uncle Mike during our recent trip to Green Bay. Gotta love that smile.

Loaded Jetta

Thursday, March 30th, 2006 Posted in Transportation | No Comments »

This is why we decided we needed a new car. The back seat of our Jetta was fully loaded on a recent weekend trip to Green Bay with Speak's crate, Lexi's car seat and Mazie's crate.

Club Libby Lu: Connect the Dots

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006 Posted in Children | 1 Comment »

You want a sign of the apocalypse? How about Club Libby Lu? The Washington Post does a story on it that should send every parent screaming. Little girls dress up like Britney Spears--complete with tube tops, low-rise pants and lots ...

Telling People How to Use Flickr

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 Posted in Internet | No Comments »

So Flickr--the photo-sharing web 2.0 darling that was snatched up by Yahoo! and made its mark as a site driven by a 2.5 million member community--is telling its members how to use its service: Flickr is a website for you to ...

2006 Mazda5

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 Posted in Transportation | 1 Comment »

We bought a new car yesterday. It's the 2006 Mazda5 I've been talking about for months, a six passenger mini-minivan of sorts. Last night we traded in our Jetta--even got to watch the dealer driving it away from us (sniff, ...

iPod Car Stereo Hook Ups?

Monday, March 27th, 2006 Posted in Transportation | 5 Comments »

OK, so I'll be picking up a new car in less than two hours, one that does not have a cassette tape player (while I like that my 2002 Jetta still had a tape player, how 1984 is that?). Which ...

Sponsor my Dogs for Bark in the Park

Monday, March 27th, 2006 Posted in Animals | No Comments »

My wife is a dog freak. I knew she liked dogs when I married her, but I think I underestimated the dog person quotient. I'm the person whose number one rule when looking for a dog was that it can't ...

Joining the Netflix Crowd

Saturday, March 25th, 2006 Posted in Movies | 1 Comment »

About a month ago we caved in and signed up for Netflix, the home delivery DVD rental company. For less than $20 a month we can have three DVDs at a time with unlimited rentals. We're finally able to watch ...

A Man Day

Saturday, March 25th, 2006 Posted in Domicile, Transportation | 1 Comment »

Today was about being a man. My wife called today a grown up day, but for me it was a man day. We started off by going out and buying a new car. Well, we didn't actually sign the papers ...