ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

A friend sent me the above artwork. While I love my friend and not sure why they sent it on, I don’t think it is funny. I don’t care for these four powerful symbols being combined in such a manner.
I don’t like Obama’s policies and think he would be a disaster for this country. His [...]

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Visit Wordle
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A friend sent me a facebook message asking
In Besens post on David Bianco (Benkof)*, he says he’s met with you and Alan… Was he actually decent and respectful, if I may ask?
I have been asked that a few times and I always think of the two cartoon characters pictured in this post. As a kid [...]

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La Shawn has a very interesting post about a condition known as Synesthesia.  Basically synesthesia is the combination of two senses (more?) that are activated from one stimulus.  I saw a 20/20 piece on this years ago and found it very interesting because like La Shawn, I just thought that was how everyone experienced music, [...]

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I was in DC last week for a Pastor’s conference. It ended Friday around 2pm and our next meeting was really a birthday party at 6pm. In between I took a nap and then went to Barnes & Noble. While there I saw a book by Augusten Burroughs called A Wolf At [...]

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Click on the photos to be taken to the uploaded versions on Flickr. These are photos not scans so they aren’t perfect lighting but since they are black and white, it doesn’t take to much away.
I just need to get a scanner some day. I titled these as breaking out because there is [...]

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I watched the above video.  I love the Anime style.  Don’t like it when it is abused but as an art form… its really fought for a place and found it.  I think the above video, while a simple sketch (not the finished product) show tremendous potential for dramatic story telling.  The contextualization of this [...]

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The Long Brake declares “Free Is The New Future” and links to a free song download from the band Coldplay.
I am/was not a big big Coldplay fan. I have always thought they were creative and thoughtful but not a “fan.”  However, I think The Long Brake may be correct.  I hope so at least.  I [...]

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I just added Stuff Christians Like, to my reader and am enjoying it quite a bit. Here is an excerpt from his recent post on “#185. Good Enough for the Church …”

… At the heart of it, the reason the church is not known as being a global leader in creativity and excellence [...]

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It hasn’t been five months but only five days.  I am not back to blogging like I used to blog but I am thinking that I would like to leave the option of posting photos, art, fun videos I stumble across.  Like the following video … Phil is a great singer.

It has been awesome to [...]

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