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Twitter?
Is there anyone here who loves Twitter and can explain the attraction to me? I've come to the conclusion that there's going to be no getting around it at work, so I should probably figure it out. But I don't even know where to start. -
Tales from My Travels
Since my busy time at work got postponed, I went ahead and took a week and a half off a couple of weeks ago, and then also had the long Fourth of July weekend. And in that time, I went to Austin and Waco, where my sister and brother live, respectively (and respectably -- well, in my sister's case; I'll let you judge for yourself on my brother). And ( Read more... ) -
Question
Do you think that, if you saw Jared Padalecki on the street (and didn't know him from movies or TV) you would think he was good looking? I didn't really think he was all that good looking to begin with. In Gilmore Girls, I thought he was sweet and cute, but it seemed like he kind of grew out of his looks. Now I don't know how I could have ever ( Read more... ) -
Another good excerpt from "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller
"I think my desire to believe in a god other than Jesus had mostly to do with boredom. I wanted something new. I wanted something fresh to think about, to believe, to twiddle around in my mind. I understand the plight of the children of Israel, to be honest. Moses goes off to talk to God, he doesn't come back for awhile, and so the people demand a ( Read more... ) -
Whoo hoo!
I'm on vacation! For tomorrow and all of next week and the following Monday! Whoo hoo!
(But please don't ask me what I'm going to do. I hate that question because I'm completely boring and planning to do my best not to *do* anything.) -
Blue Like Jazz
I am reading Donald Miller's "Blue Like Jazz" right now, and liked this section a lot and want to be able to remember it and come back to it. And since I'm typing it in anyway, I might as well share it. I'm not far into the book, but if the rest is like the first three chapters, then I recommend buying your own copy.
( (He's talking, to begin with here, about a Bush protest he attended.) ) -
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Aw man, with the freakin' big bang stories all over the place, just two days before the busy time to end all busy times starts and won't let up until JULY. What do I read first? How late can I stay up and function in the morning? If I read rather than study, how many people will be listening when I don't know what's going on and start making it up ( Read more... ) -
You tell me?
OK, possibly it's been so long since I posted anything that you can't even remember what you hated about it, but good criticism is hard to come by. So I signed up for that anonymous writing feedback thing. Let me know what you think, and I'll try to do better when I finally do write some more. (Personal attacks are perfectly permissible. I promise ( Read more... ) -
Here we go again ...
This is not nearly as gross as the fly infestation, but it's just as weird. Maybe weirder ( Read more... ) -
CS Lewis on pride and humility
This was what I was reading from Mere Christianity this morning. It fits in exactly with what I've been thinking about on pride and self-absorption.
"Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will be what most people call 'humble' nowadays: He will not be a sort of greasy, smarmy person, who is always telling you that, of course, he is ( Read more... )