ETC: Everyday Thoughts Collected

A documentary of the lone survivor
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Voiceover … “Tonight on Spider Survivor Stories …”
::: no intro ::: sudden close up of a lanky but still fierce Spider :::
::: Throwing four of his eight legs up in exasperation ::: “It all happened so suddenly! ”
::: camera change to right profile shot catching a nice reflection of the [...]

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Mercy Me may be my new favorite Christian Band.
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I have stated before that I believe the old axiom,”There are no stupid questions” is a stupid axiom.  Of course there are stupid questions.  Like this one:
Hmmm…. I wonder what it would be like to surf my truck off the road, run over a fire hydrant and smash into a telephone pole?

See, that was really [...]

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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 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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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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Last week I woke up singing “Into The Ocean” by Blue October.  I looked up the lyrics and the following verses stood out to me.
Where is the coastguard
I keep looking each direction
For a spotlight, give me something
I need something for protection
Maybe flotsam junk will do just fine
the jetsam sunk, I’m left behind
I’m treading for my [...]

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Honestly, when I first heard about this situation I didn’t believe it.  Although I don’t know Peter extremely well, I have met him and had quality conversations with him. The guy is usually very nice, smart, eloquent, calm, understanding … I couldn’t believe this statement of “exporting homosexuals” had come out of his mouth.
but [...]

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Josh posted the above video of John Piper denouncing the prosperity gospel. I started reading his blog a few weeks ago.
I am not against money, expensive things and the proper stewardship of it. The Bible shares an example of a woman pouring extremely expensive perfume on Christ’s feet to anoint Him. But [...]

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