Archive for December, 2007

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I can’t stress enough that our cars are not investments but liabilities. An investment is something that has potential to increase in value over time. The overwhelming majority of cars will not increase in value over time. I imagine [...]

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I am Legend

I am Legend
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Based on a novel by Richard Matheson
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What if disease wipes out every living being in the world and the only person left is you and your dog? In this adaptation from a Richard Matheson novel, Robert Neville (played by Will Smith) finds himself the lone survivor of [...]

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For my last message of the semester, I gave a Christmas message out of John 10.10: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” It is not a traditional text on the Christmas season, but to me it encapsulates why Jesus came.
Using [...]

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Coffee IS good for you

I am an apologist when it comes to coffee drinkers and caffeine consumers everywhere. While I recognize that like all things, too much of it can be harmful, I am glad to hear of the continued research that shows the positives of both caffeine and coffee.
It is unfortunate that many people (including those who do [...]

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But we don’t go there for the coffee…
I’m finally noticed
A snob or connoisseur, you be the judge
The cost of our addiction just went up in price
Free Starbucks Next Week

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The Gospel of John has served as an important book in the past several years in forming and influencing me. Of late, I have spent time learning about and from John the Baptist, an important figure in all the gospels, who serves as the first of seven witnesses in the gospel of John. Here are [...]

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I used to think of encouragement in leadership as letting people know in a gentle way that they could do better. When people affirmed me or when I affirmed others, it was under the category of being nice—not leadership.
In the past two years, God has been giving me a more profound picture of how affirmation [...]

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I’m finally noticed

It’s no secret that I visit coffee shops fairly often. In the last two weeks, I received 4 gift cards to Starbucks, so I’m fairly certain that people know this about me. Of course, my favorite cup of coffee is a Cafe Au Lait from Peet’s Coffee and Tea. Layla and I have a weekly [...]

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My state-wide exposure
Thank You, Thank You
Unintended Consequences of the Internet
Move over Chicago
We caught them… I think…

For the past year, I’ve had a frustrating experience with my AT&T Internet. The line is inconsistent and drops often. I have called technical support numerous times, spending hours on the phone, going through the same motions time after time, and yet my issue never got resolved.  I have even had technicians come out to [...]

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