Posts Tagged: Christianity


15
Oct 08

Plowing through

Yesterday was a smashing success. I battered through loads of resistance and came out with my MITs done. I’ve already ordered my book.

I’m on a new idea rampage and have several I’d like to pursue. That’s usually slightly dangerous as I end up dropping things I already am working on, and the pattern repeats about every three or four months, so I don’t actually launch anything.

Accompanying the new idea rampage is the inevitable domain name rampage. So many good domain names available, so little time to develop them all! Must… resist…

In other news, Daniel and I went to KTSY’s donor banquet and listener appreciation concert last night. We picked the days we want to sponsor this year: International Talk Like a Pirate Day (which also happens to be our anniversary) and William Wilberforce’s birthday (last year we did Leap Day and Pi Day). :)

The concert part was excellent. The band 33 Miles played, and despite having a harrowing day of travel, did a great job. I particularly appreciated their emphasis on worship and God—unfortunately I’ve seen many Christian bands who seem like they’re mostly there to have fun, be stars, etc. and God is kind of an afterthought. This was refreshing.

Most Important Tasks

  • A bit of client work (another couple of upgrades, and a requested template tweak)
  • Set up my blogging course on a public server and get membership plugin working with it
  • Spend at least one hour on a new theme for a client

The reward

Two domains. :)


27
Jun 08

Why I’m Not a Right-Wing Nutjob

James Dobson.

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Where to start? I guess a good place would be the fact that I am not supporting any particular presidential candidate at this point; I haven’t done enough research to justify support yet. I’m a long-time conservative, but I’m getting more moderate by the year (in part thanks to stupid conservatives). It’s also possibly relevant to this post that I’m pro-life, so naturally I disagree with Barack Obama on the issue of abortion.

However, that’s not what has me irritated at the moment. No, that special honor goes to James Dobson and Tom Minnery of “Focus on the Family Action.” I’m familiar with the Focus on the Family organization (hey, they make “Adventures in Odyssey,” my favorite kids’ radio program) and I’m guessing the “Action” suffix means that this is their political activism arm.

Well, if what I heard today is what constitutes political activism, I really wish they’d either give it up or do a better job of it. Continue reading →