archshrk

August 2007

• Thursday 30 | Free food in the kitchen

  Here’s a recent email from our receptionist announcing leftover food in the community kitchen (leftover from a lunch time presentation)

  Come, scavengers, come………..
  I hear you….clicking your email, getting out of your chair….footsteps………
  FYI it was Pat and Oscar’s garlic bread sticks – yum!

• Wednesday 29 | Miss Teen contestant meltsdown

  Miss Teen USA contestant, Lauren Caitlin Upton (17), was asked why one-fifth of Americans couldn’t find USA on a map. What followed was a bumbling answer that would make George Bush proud. Think Miss Congeniality and “Describe your perfect date” (see answer below*)
  Now before we get into the details, keep in mind that [...]

• Wednesday 29 | What Problem

  I’ve been experiencing a problem with Wordpress lately. It seems that any post on PhotoJulia.com that starts with the letter ‘W’ in the post slug returns a blank page when in single view.
  I’ve try different themes, deactivated plugins and optimized my database but no change. And when I say blank, I [...]

• Wednesday 29 | We’re adopting

  Well, not exactly.

  We’ve decided to sponsor an orphaned child in India. One of the couples in our church runs a non-profit organization called Abandoned But Precious Ministries. ABP currently partners with an orphanage – Berachah Eklesiastical Mission and a children’s home – Bethany Children’s Home. These facilities provide 63 children with a loving, nurturing, [...]

• Wednesday 29 | Do you think my bra is too tight. Maybe I shoul…

  Thus begins the email I found in my junk box.

  Actually, it’s the title in the subject line as I have no idea what was actually in the email. Only an idiot would open an email with a title like that, especially if they found it in their spam filter. But the title was enough [...]

• Tuesday 28 | The American Dream

  Brian Thomas of Semper Reformanda Records put this little video together based on Robert Bruce’s Poem The American Dream.

• Monday 27 | Dr Seuss Theology

  More theology by Dr. Seuss…
  I Am I Am
  Exodus 3:14, in the style of “Dr. Seuss” by W. Alan Froggatt
  Dr. Seuss Learns Greek
  Got this from Tyler Williams who got it from someone at Regent College
  And finally, James W. Kemp’s The Gospel According to Dr. Seuss. Kemp finds parallels between the actions of cats in hats, [...]

• Friday 24 | Thank you Craig’s List

  It’s a Craigslist miracle! After many attempts to find a crib that would best suit our needs, we finally found one. The Pali Lucy crib is made in Italy and is known for its high quality. The Baby Bargains Book gave the Pali cribs an A- rating, which was another reason we were attracted to [...]

• Wednesday 22 | Did you want heat with that heat

  It’s been a relatively cool summer here so we haven’t bothered using our home’s A/C much. Actually, we haven’t used it at all since we discovered about a month ago that it wasn’t working properly. And by properly I mean not working at all.

  Last summer, we had the technician out to look at [...]

• Wednesday 22 | What’s my line

  If you haven’t noticed, I like to post fun videos on my site from time to time. Now I don’t make them and they’re usually something someone else found first. Occasionally, I’ll post a video for a song. When I do that, I like to include the lyrics because you can’t always [...]

• Wednesday 22 | A kind word

  Radioactive Jam and I have been discussing my recent blogging blunder and when I asked for prayer, he responded so well.
  Those times when the way forward is way hard?
  Yeah…
  “That when he had failed in his duty, he only confessed his fault,
  saying to God, I shall never do otherwise, if You leave me to myself;
  ’tis You [...]

• Wednesday 22 | Robert Bruce – Poet

  Robert Bruce has released a PDF version of his book, The Well-lit, Freshly Paved, Six-lane Boulevard to Nowhere, and it is a collection of some really good poetry.
  Typically, I’m not a big fan of poetry. Well, let me rephrase that, A lot of poetry I read today isn’t to my liking. Robert [...]

• Tuesday 21 | evil archshrk

  I think this number is a little low.
  So often in life we look for hope and inspiration in the stories from scripture. We look at our own lives and try to find understanding by identifying with those people who loved God and found redemption and meaning in Him. Unfortunately, we most often identify [...]

• Tuesday 21 | Insert foot

  Have you ever writen a post that you regret? Where delete just isn’t enough.
  Sometimes we can write a post with a certain goal in mind only to find that by the end, we’ve written something completely different. Sometimes that’s good. This time it wasn’t. I wrote a post that I regret [...]

• Sunday 19 | Of diapers and dads

  Martin Luther has a very interesting take on changing diapers. It really puts into perspective this act of drudgery for any parent. Diaper changing can be an act of holiness, even as you wipe the filth away. One thing is for certain, however, dads are not exempt from the Lord in changing diapers (according to [...]

• Saturday 18 | Halo 3 Trailers

  Halo 3 is the third game in the Halo Trilogy and will provide the thrilling conclusion to the events begun in Halo: Combat Evolved.

• Friday 17 | Win a Wii for free

  Want to win a Nintendo Wii and lose weight like J.R. Cook? Now’s your chance.
  NetChick is celebrating 10 years of blogging. To celebrate, she’s giving away a free Nintendo Wii. Actually, she’s giving away a gift card from Best Buy or Future Shop equal to the price of a Nintendo Wii because that’s easier [...]

• Wednesday 15 | Baby Name Voyager

  …and other overwhelming tools.
  As any expectant parent will tell you, one of the most daunting tasks is to find a suitable name for your child. Luckily, there are plenty of books, guides and websites in addition to everybody you know willing to help you make that life determining decision. Only that just makes it [...]

• Friday 10 | Coolest towels ever

  We can’t add these to our registry but we definitely plan on getting them. Julia found them online and, knowing how much I love all things shark, sent me an email about them. They’re from CompanyKids.com and come in various styles – but who cares. I mean look at them – SHARKS! [...]

• Friday 10 | It’s not me

  Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O LORD, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things. Wealth and honor come from you alone, for you rule over everything. Power and might are in your hand, and at your discretion people are made great and [...]

• Thursday 9 | All Your Base Are Belong To Us

  Dug this out of the archives and just had to share. Annika found some new material for “All Your Base” and you have to hear (and see) to believe.
  Listen to this John Denver Inspired version. John Denver
  More versions here. The Billy Joel version is my favorite. Billy Joel
  This Queen inspired video is pretty [...]

• Thursday 9 | Site Pimpin’

  Oh, why the heck not…
  Shelli over at This Eclectic Life has asked for a little help. And since she is one of my pseudo regular commenters, and I could use some link pimpin’, I figured I could help out. Besides, there are prizes involved.

  So Shelli’s friend Jessica The Rock Chick at Life is [...]

• Wednesday 8 | KALEO 5.0

  I’m happy to announce that Kaleo Church has launched it’s newest website. Personal style aside, it should prove to be much better at providing information and helping people connect.
  Built on the Ekklesia 360 Church CMS, the latest version of the site has more integration and better serves a multi-site church like Kaleo [...]

• Tuesday 7 | Get Fuzzy Demons

  This is part of a story arc involving Satchel (a dog) who is sleep walking. Bucky (a cat) is has determined the “real” reason for Satchel’s behavior.

  Now, in the spirit of full disclosure, I consider myself a liberal democrat but I still find this funny. People seem to have a problem with the [...]

• Monday 6 | Free Speach for Christians

  A pastor that is currently in the approval process for sponsorship is going to be facing significantly greater persecution. Pastor Nonoy from Philippines is planting churches in the Buddhist nation of Cambodia. He started his ministry by establishing an English language school to get contacts in the community and evangelize. In the [...]

• Saturday 4 | archshrk ranks #1 at technorati

  Thanks to the quick action of Shelly, I learned that archshrk.com has made it to the #1 space on Technorati. While this has been a surprise, you will be happy to learn that it is well earned. Please take a moment to visit Shelly and learn how you can boost your ranking at [...]

• Friday 3 | Of weddings and monsoons

  This past two weekends Julia and I had the pleasure of witnessing the marriage of some good friends. Unfortunately, the first one was in Tucson. Not that I have anything against Tucson (other than the heat, long drive and total lack of freeways) The wedding was like most weddings, average looking people [...]

• Thursday 2 | Ringbacks

  Verizon customers (like me) have a cool feature called ringbacks. Basically, instead of hearing the muffled sound of a phone ringing, callers get to listen to songs and other pre-recorded messages while they wait for you to answer. Pretty cool I thought. I have several ringbacks including They Might Be Giants, Styx, [...]

• Thursday 2 | Not so randumb

  Not too long ago, I added a feature to my site that linked to a random post on my site. Unlike the list of randomly selected post to the left (check them out) this link was truly random. If you clicked on the Suprise me! link, you would find yourself reading a completely [...]