A Boy Draws
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Art | No Comments »I came across this picture in a CNN article today that gave the numbers of the tragedy. The stories are always more interesting, like this boy drawing in a makeshift camp at Champ de Mars in Port au Prince. I ...
One More E-mail Newsletter Plug
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Blogging | No Comments »OK, one more e-mail newsletter plug. I just set up a fancy new e-mail newsletter (using MailChimp!) and you can subscribe here. Why should you sign up? Good question. 1) I'm a firm believer that e-mail newsletters should offer something valuable. At ...
Don’t Give, Don’t Get: Israel’s Organ Donor Law
Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Health, Society | 1 Comment »I heard a very fascinating report on NPR last week about a new organ donor law in Israel. In response to an extreme shortage of organ donors, Israel decided to take drastic action and enacted a law that seeks to ...
Why Haiti Matters: Compassion by Connection
Thursday, January 21st, 2010 Posted in Society, Technology | No Comments »As the Haiti earthquake has come and gone I still find myself transfixed by the coverage. Short bursts of 140 characters, video clips, pictures, news articles. As stories come in it's hard to ignore. And it's not the bird's eye ...
Interview with Jonathan Blundell, Author of St. Peter’s Brewery
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Books | No Comments »Way back before Christmas (seems like years ago) a friend of mine, Jonathan Blundell, announced that he'd published a novel. Intrigued, I ordered myself a copy and finished it before the end of the year. It's called St. Peter's Brewery ...
Post-Apocalyptic Double Header
Monday, January 18th, 2010 Posted in Movies | 2 Comments »So yesterday I splurged and blew some Christmas money on a post-apocalypitc double header. I went to see The Book of Eli in the afternoon and The Road in the evening, both post-apocalyptic movies released recently. I enjoyed both of ...
Color4aCause: Kids Color to Help Haiti
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Art, Society | No Comments »By Friday morning the flood of stories from Haiti started to get to me and I wanted to help. I'd already donated, but I wanted to do more. So I started thinking of crazy ideas. And I tweeted like mad ...
A Soundtrack & a Prayer for Haiti
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 Posted in God, Church & Stuff, Music | No Comments »We could all use some joyous piano rock. Especially after this week. Which works nicely because Ian Axel's "This is the New Year" is the free weekly download from iTunes. I think they switch out the freebies on Tuesday, so you've ...
I Have an E-mail Newsletter?
Friday, January 15th, 2010 Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »I've been toying with this idea for a while, but I finally got it together and started an e-mail newsletter. You can subscribe here! I plan to send infrequent updates about some of my crazy projects. I promise you won't ...
Reflection on the Earthquake in Haiti
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Posted in Adoption, World News | 1 Comment »There is an endless stream of tragic stories coming out of Haiti right now after the devastating 7.0 earthquake that flattened Port-au-Prince. These 'mega-tragedies,' if you will, seem to be happening more frequently than ever before. I'm sure that's not ...
