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Xmas Follow Up


Three years ago, I wrote a quick post about Keeping Christ in Christmas. I recently came across some new information that makes that post a little more interesting. A book I’m reading about how the Bible came into existence in it’s current form talks a lot about how scribes often used abbreviations for common words. [...]

Someone Else’s Life


Another Fun Meme. I’m not sure why I’ve enjoyed these so much lately, but here it is. Feel free to play along. The rules are as follows. (1.) Boot up your iPod or open up your mp3 playlist on your computer. (2.) Put it on “shuffle” (random song selection) (3.) For each question below, answer [...]

Christmas Meme


Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your family and friends. Okay, here’s what you’re supposed to do, and try not to be a SCROOGE!!! . Change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person that sent it [...]

Nagoh Tagged


My buddy Greg tagged me on his blog Friday, and I haven’t posted anything in a while so I’m playing along. 4 Random Things I Like About My Significant Other Her smile. She’s kind, caring, loving, and everything a good wife and mother should be. She knows what I’m thinking without me saying it. She [...]

Coin a Phrase


Almost three years ago, I wrote a post called Digital Dark Ages, where I described my concern about the volatility of digital documents. Today I read the following article, http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/1027data.html, that warns of ‘digital dark ages’ resulting from the ephemeral nature of electronic data. Apparently, I’m ahead of my time. Now I need a research [...]