November 2009

No Impact Man

My wife and I just finished the book “No Impact Man“, about a family that attempts to live a year creating zero environmental impact. Rarely do we read a book concurrently, but this one’s proven to be awesome for discussion. I kept the fact that there’s a documentary film being released on it soon from [...]

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Lone Rangers

I grabbed a late night bite with Mr. Broken-but-usable JD yesterday.  The jerk called me a lone ranger. About fifteen years ago when I first entered the doors of a church I was called a lone ranger as well. Trying to not look stupid, I rarely talked to anybody about my spiritual journey.  On my [...]

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

Donald Miller is back with a new one, and I’ve got to say as good as blue like jazz was, I like his latest musings even more. Miller explorers the power of stories as he journeys through making a movie based on his life. The primary premise of the book was that a story is [...]

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Blogging for Dollars

Friends ask me all the time about making money blogging. First off I don’t blog in order to make money, it’s something I do anyways, much like using toilet paper. Second of all, I’m a far cry from an A-list blogger and suffer from bouts of inconsistency like the bulk of bloggers out there. I’ve [...]

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Short story time…

Deconstruct this. You’re in a large room hanging out with a bunch of people. They don’t appear familiar but you’re having a great time. Someone enters the room and begins the gathering. Everyone in the room takes turns sharing, mostly meandering about their past sins and tragic mistakes. This scene of friendly chatter followed by [...]

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