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28 September 2005

when you move from the north to the south you learn a lot of interesting facts. . .like people in the south think the civil war is still going on today. poor losers. you also learn a lot of new terminology and pronunciation. eventually this starts to wear on you and before long you find yourself addressing a group as "ya'll". to find out where your speech patterns are rooted, check out this site and take the test. my wife scored a 39% which apparently is on the yankee side. i scored an even 50% so that makes me normal (?) i guess.

new poll. though i am a loyal osu fan, i must give the advantage this year to the msu spartans. they certainly seem to be the best team in the big 10. i predict they will win an outright big ten championship this year. purdue blew their shot last week.

more later. . .

peace and java

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new design

26 September 2005

if you've been here before, you've probably noticed that the site has a new look. hopefully it is more pleasant to the eye and easier/faster to navigate. also, i hope you've had the opportunity to view the family intro. some only watched the first part and missed the "punchline" at the end. hopefully you weren't one of them.

much going on recently and haven't taken pause to blog until now. the chief thinks i'm a giants fan since i wear orange shirts now. nothing could be further from the truth. . .but i know how such an idea would seem obvious.

speaking of sports, check out the osu buckeyes. keeping the iowa offense to negative 9 rushing yards is pretty sweet. also, if you missed episode 3 of pcpodcasting, you missed my accurate prediction that wisconsin would defeat michigan this past weekend. that is also a beautiful thing. sad to see washington lose to notre dame, but ty is still a great coach.

racism is such an interesting thing these days. not sure who is fostering it, but for some reason i'm noticing that there is an increase in the perception that caucasians are racists and treat minorities improperly. i witnessed this at the burger king counter in dia a few weeks ago and then yesterday at a church reunion in ohio. in both cases, the person of color was obnoxious and rude to the caucasian who wasn't sure what the deal was. chief was with me at the first one. we were all a little confused, but i guess racism and reverse discrimination is still out there and tends to lead to volatile moments. my response to this is "just calm down, settle down. . .put that down!"

i'm tempted to send this story in to readers digest. i told my 7th graders that i have been in school for 23 years. the point was that i have observed several stall techniques in my educational experience. some of the 7th graders not knowing that college and grad school are also considered "school" asked which grades i failed.

told landon that we were going to have another baby. he said he didn't want us to have another baby. then he asked what the name would be. i told him if it is a boy it would be dalton. he asked what the girl's name would be and i told him i didn't know. he decided a girl should be named bogie. i told him that grandpa would like that name (since he is into golf) and then it struck me that bogie is one past par.

more later. . .

peace and java

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ministry trip day 1

8 September 2005

we made it safely into colorado. . .despite a leaky cabin on our flight here. nothing inspires confidence like a non-stop drip in the middle of the airplane.

we were able to cover most of the area we worked tonight, which wasn't expected. we covered a lot more ground that anticipated. many seemed very open and receptive to the information. the goal has been to spread the word quickly via doorhangers as opposed to door-to-door visiting, however some of the team have had opportunities to talk with people out in their yard. i was asked by a kid if i was from somebody's house. when i told him i was from michigan he just stared at me like i was trying to pull a prank on him. me being from michigan is sad enough, but no prank.

finished the day by getting into the hot tub at the hotel (suffering for Jesus). it felt good on the feet and neck. pool had too much chlorine. . .oh the dangers we face out here in the wild mission field.

perhaps i will have some pictures tomorrow. . .but so far i haven't taken any. lots of others have taken pictures. . .mostly of all of us sitting around. we did miss an opportunity to get a picture of marcia asleep in the van. we could it next to the pic of tracy on the africa trip.

almost ended up driving an suv. . .maybe even a santa fe. sorry daniel.

more later. . .

peace and java

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school is back in session

4 September 2005

we all survived the first week of school. . .and i survived a week and a half of hebrew. hebrew is a sultan language. one of the great things about hebrew is that the letters aren't nearly as close to english as greek. so it is like a secret code. i'm sure more guys will understand the thrill of this than girls, but suffice it to say, it is a lot more fun to learn it as a code than as a subject in school.

so i give my students a day to ask me any question they want. 8th graders asked some great questions: from which one of noah's sons did moses descend, why do some translations say song of songs instead of song of solomon, etc. 7th graders asked some interesting questions as well: what is your favorite number, how much do you weigh, why do you hate cats, etc.

tomorrow is labor day (aka 2nd mothers day), then comes school camp, then i head back out to colorado to help with the opening services of the high country baptist church.

episode 2 of pcpodcasting was released last week. check it out here when you have 17.5 minutes or subscribe to the podcast by adding this feed to your aggregator.

there is much more to post, but not enough time. don't know when i'll post again.

more later. . .

peace and java

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