found

what an amazing post by prodigal john over at stuff christians like. read it. digest it. tell me your thoughts.

my strengths and weaknesses

sometime several months ago, in a moment of weakness, i ran this application on my facebook profile called “compare me” or something…it’s a program that brings up two random people in your contacts list and asks you questions like “who is more famous?” or “who is cuter?” etc. then you choose between the two, […]

prove it

gretchen and i are running a marathon in the fall. she keeps saying that she’s not going to do it, but she will…cause she wouldn’t be able to stand it if i did one and she didn’t…so she’ll run.
that is all.

getting acclimated to marion

well, we’ve been running around on the farm, doing farmer-type stuff, driving to georgia and back to fetch our furniture and whatnot, throwing staff parties, etc. here’s a bunch of photos.

if you want a particular photo from the slideshow, leave me a comment and i’ll try to accommodate your request.

muffin top challenge

a “muffin top” is a pejorative, slang term for the roll of fat that hangs over the waistline of your pants. (see above photo and then apply to mental image of your own roll, if applicable.) yesterday carlos, over at ragamuffin soul, issued the ragamuffin top challenge. he’s set a weight loss […]

memorial day monday music

i always thought this song was a beautiful, tragic tribute to all those who have lost their lives in combat, although this song is specifically about vietnam. today’s selection is goodnight saigon by billy joel. don’t forget the reason why you get to take the day off and grill out and get slosh […]

mid-afternoon chuckle

if you’ve ever emailed somebody and received an immediate response saying something along the lines of “i’m away from the office, but i’ll deal with you at my earliest convenience…” then you can appreciate this post. props to my boy greg troxell for this mid-afternoon distraction.
Next time you are out of the office try […]

wednesday worship

happy wednesday, everybody. (it seems that there are only five of you, and four out of five of you stay updated through a feed reader…see here if you wonder what in the world i’m talking about…) a new feature of wednesday worship posts will be the previous sunday’s set list. on sunday, […]

moving (back) to ohio (again)

we’re getting ready to leave ohio tomorrow after church. we’ll drive down to georgia tomorrow evening, sleep in our house one more time, finish packing up the house on monday, sleep at our friends’ place that evening, and leave tuesday morning to come back to ohio…for good. it’s quite weird. little bit […]

quotation marks

“About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.”
- Herbert Hoover