Reliving the Glory of Pirates!
Monday, March 1st, 2010 Posted in Just for Fun | 1 Comment »I've talked about my love/hate relationship with video games before. I tend to get addicted and slip into a self-destructive cycle where I put off important responsibilities and make excuses just to play some more. I did that quite a ...
Haiti Update from Lauren Stanley
Monday, February 15th, 2010 Posted in Society, World News | No Comments »Last night I went to hear Rev. Lauren Stanley speak about the relief efforts in Haiti (after catching the end of the Daytona 500, of course, which made me a little late). She is a missionary of the Episcopal Church ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
You Can Change the World: Mama to Mama
Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in Society | No Comments »My wife has been on a craft kick the past few months like I've never seen. One of the coolest projects she's talked about lately is called Mama to Mama. The idea is for crafty people (i.e., not me) to spread ...
Explaining Food Riots in Haiti
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Society | No Comments »Interesting (and lengthy) article explaining the causes and realities of the food riots in Haiti: "Haiti doesn't suffer from a lack of food because there's no food, no! It is because the rich don't understand the poor." -Sylvie St. Fleur A lot ...
