Archive for November, 2006

Best Class on Prayer that I’ve ever Heard

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

I’ve been carrying around a cassette tape of a class on Prayer given by Bob Brown at the Huntsville Spiritual Development Conference in 1989 for many, many years now. Last night, I hooked up a cassette player to my laptop and converted it to a nice mp3 file for archival purposes. It seems […]

Reviews::Books::To My Son in Uniform

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

To My Son in Uniform
Very, very good set of essays from a former Marine to his recently enlisted son about life, love, and citizenship. The chapter on sex before marriage (”Your” Sex Life in Service) is one of the better arguments that I’ve ever seen for not only abstinence but monogamy after marriage as […]

Reviews::Books::Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

How do you describe a “page turner” that doesn’t demand you read it all in one sitting?
This book poses an odd dilemma for me because there was literally no way that I was going to abandon this one once starting the first page, and yet I never felt the compulsion to read until […]

Slices of Small-Town Southern Life

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

For anyone who grew up in the South as I did and has since migrated away to larger cities or even out of God’s country altogether, SeeJaneMom, nails that disconnect you feel upon returning.
This quote alone takes me back to a Sunday morning some months ago while driving to worship when we passed a young […]

Reviews::Movies::Thank You for Smoking

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

I just finished watching Thank You for Smoking. Review on my movie review page.

New Photos!

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

I’ve been cleaning off the photos from the digital camera, so there’s a couple of new photo albums up on flickr now.

Betsy’s First Snow

Eli’s 6th Birthday Party

The Polar Express

Bionicles Through the Years

Reviews::Movies::The Upside of Anger

Friday, November 17th, 2006

I just finished watching The Upside of Anger. Review on my movie review page.

Reviews::Movies::No Way Out

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

I just finished watching No Way Out. Review on my movie review page.

Reviews::Books::Guests of the Ayatollah

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Just finished reading Mark Bowden’s Guests of the Ayatollah. Review here.

Wendy’s Famous!

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

She’s one of the four finalists for best hairstyle in Memphis; scout’s honor. So, please, go and vote for her to win the coveted “Super-Hair.net Hair Wars City Champion”.
She’s currently tied for first.
UPDATE: Whoops, it appears that they drop one contestant every week or so and simultaneously erase the accrued votes. That means […]