Sore at John Shore – all he did was write well

“Why don’t you write more like John Shore?” my wife Alana asked.
She had just read his post here http://johnshoreland.com/2008/04/28/if-we-were-descended-from-apes-at-least-i-wouldnt-have-to-work/ . 
“I’ve been reading your blog. Most of the time you write about what someone wrote on their blog. You should write more like the columns you used to write,” she said, hearkening back to days when I [...]

Yes, free ice cream and I didn’t tell you

Somehow over at John Shore’s blog today we descended from Adam into lactose intolerant hell.
It happened here http://johnshoreland.com/2008/04/28/if-we-were-descended-from-apes-at-least-i-wouldnt-have-to-work/#comments .
We just got to having too much pun and then I sprang the news about Ben & Jerry’s Free Ice Cream day described at www.benjerry.com.
I thought everyone knew.
On one of the local morning newscasts, the story ran just [...]

Randomonium and random thoughts

I want to lead off this blog entry with a most excellent joke my son played on his teacher.
Yes, my son, 10 – got another straight A report card in his fifth-grade class. This after the school skipped him ahead from third grade to fifth.
So anyway, the child recently studied the periodic table of the [...]

Pray Naked

I’m just messing around on a Sunday afternoon when traditionally I’d be napping.

The tune and lyrics to “Pray Naked” keep running through my head relevant to putting up a front toward God or others.

Thankfully, the lyrics are brief so read them and hang on please until I make my point.

No matter who you areNo matter [...]

Writing links

Here’s the promised update of writing links leading off with a website featuring a multitude of links:
http://internet-resources.com/writers/
The quickest way to find these helpful sites is to go to google and type in writing links and then sort them yourself.
I just wanted to pick a few of my favorites – actually in my web browser’s favorites – [...]

More on write and wrong

Writing still gets me.
While working in the call center today I read a compliment/mention at John Shore’s blog.
He gave good advice on becoming an idea factory.
I advise anyone seeking to write to regularly read his blog. It’s efficacious.
Actually, I have a whole list of blogs and websites that once again need to be put into some readable [...]

God and I share moments like this

Still reading the .pdf Jim posted here http://lordibelievehelpmyunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/04/and-every-one-of-them-words-rang-true.html and thinking I’m not nuts after all. 
A lot of the ideas presented ring true through experience, especially since I read “Practicing the Presence of God” years ago and combined it with the worldview of “All of life is sacramental.” Combine that with the greatest commandment followed by [...]

Taxing tax time

For myself, taxes were filed and huge refunds sent me long ago.
I’m even now considering what to spend the nifty economic stimulus funds on – oh say, something foolish like rent, food, gas or daycare.
Okay, maybe Chuck E. Cheese’s since the little tax deductions will be responsible for an estimated $600 in stimulus funds.
I guess [...]

Fun fonts to face

Just to add some clarity to Jim’s blog here:
http://lordibelievehelpmyunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/04/blog-of-different-color.html
The typefaces used in the study he mentions are:
This typeface is Arial. ARIAL

This typeface is TIMES NEW ROMAN

This typeface is COURIER NEW

A few other typeface I like are:

Comic Sans

(Not to be confused with sans comic – that sad state of affairs when a comedian is booed off [...]

More music, less contemplating

There’s so much major stuff going on in my life – bankruptcy, divorce, prayer and adjusting to prescription medication, that I just could not blog synchronizingly Monday with the other bloggers talking about church.
Sleep-deprived, ambling through the day seemed like enough while trying to keep my daughter, 6, from taking advantage of me.
I had planned yesterday [...]