Grateful

Reading a short (free) ebook called “The Power of Gratitude” and while I think a lot of the content was hokey, I believe in the recently featured benefits of being conscious about gratitude, so I’m doing the exercise.
I’m grateful for…

A weight average that has stayed good over Thanksgiving week
The ability to have my pets [...]

“Christian” t-shirts that make me smile

Spreadshirt is one of my three favorite t-shirt sites (the other two are Threadless and ThinkGeek, rather predictably), and they’re having a contest that ends today, so this is my entry. I’m always up for a contest, especially one that has relatively few entries (and don’t you all go entering and ruining my odds, hear?!). [...]

I’ve figured it out!

Okay, that headline is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, because I know my own tendency to change my mind on a whim. But I’m also somewhat serious. I think I’ve figured out what I want to be when I grow up.
I want to be a philanthropist.
I’ve been reading Bill Clinton’s excellent new book, Giving. [...]

40 Days and mixed-up motivations

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;
a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.
Proverbs 11:28 (The Message)
We’re doing the 40 Days of Purpose (going through The Purpose Driven Life in groups and in the sermons) again at The Experience.
Even though I’ve been through it twice already, I’m looking forward to it. [...]

If you want gas prices to go down, use less gas

I’m both amused and annoyed by the various schemes going around by email to lower gas prices. I got two today: one that’s calling for a don’t-buy-gas day and one that’s calling for a boycott of a specific chain.
Clearly people don’t really get the whole supply-and-demand thing. Demand is still demand, regardless of [...]

Ordinary object-hacking trancends the language barrier

I don’t speak Czech, but that didn’t keep me from really enjoying this book of new uses for familiar objects. I particularly enjoyed 17, 21, and 25…

A reminder about my personality

Just in case I forget (again), I’d like to state for the record (and hopefully for future reference before I sign up for something contrary to this note):
I do not like open-ended projects. I like finite tasks, things that can be checked off a list and marked “done.”
Any chance I’ll remember this the next [...]

Doing life together

Be advised: this post is pretty long and a bit “out there.” Now you can’t say I didn’t warn you.
I have a few random things that I get excited about, things that make everyone else think I’m crazy. One of these things is the concept of communes. I don’t mean communes in [...]

Nothing But Nets

I’d vaguely heard about the campaign for malaria-deterring mosquito netting in conjunction with Millennium Promise, but I was recently reminded by a post over at the UN Dispatch blog. The effort has seemingly taken on new life after Rick Reilly wrote about it in his Sports Illustrated column (very much worth the read). [...]

Random reflections on relationships

Because I am a sucker for fun memes…
Rules: Randomly list 9 people, preferably people you know. Do not read the questions below the list until you create your list. After your list of 9 people is complete, go back and answer each question, referencing your list.

Daniel
Leanna
Nadine
Tricia
jen
Starlight
My mom
Chelle
Cindy

how did u meet number 3:
She just showed up [...]