Blogolalia

Friday, March 21, 2008

Jared at The Gospel-Driven Church reminds us of today.

Today is Good Friday. Good Friday. The day of Christ on the cross. Good.

But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
-- 1 Peter 4:13

Rejoice in sufferings?

This is not possible except for those who see being like Christ, who see being in Christ as the greatest good, the highest value, the best pleasure of all pleasures.

Amen, brother. Amen.

Happy Easter Weekend, friends. I pray you know the joy of His suffering and rejoice in His grace.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

What a great show last night! Who doesn’t love The Beatles? Thank you Sony and Michael Jackson for releasing the catalog for AI use this season. About last night - I pretty much agree with Jaynee on her assessment of AI’s performances.

I was working on jewelry last night so I didn’t actively watching until about 9:30pm. No one sounded terrible, but there were definitely performances that stood out. My favorites were:

Chikezie - amazing
Jason - he has a really nice voice that grows on me each week
Carly - she may be the strongest woman this season, but there is one close behind her
David Cook - I loved his version of Hello last week. I loved his version of. He’s very talented.
Brooke - she is still my favorite of the women. I love her style.
Amanda - she is unique, isn’t she?
Michael - still love him. I think it’s as much because he’s older and seems more mature as much as I like his voice.
David Archuletta - aw, David. I’ve been there - it’s awful to stumble on the words from the git-go. But you’re safe, don’t worry.

Other thoughts:
Kristy Lee Cook does this weird thing with her eyes when she’s trying to be intense. It’s more scary.
David H won’t last long mostly because of his stripping background, I think.
Syesha and Ramiele are forgettable.

That said, I think this is the strongest top 12 in a long time.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

There’s a new video clip at WC.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Thinkling Jared posts on forgiving oneself. Please go read the whole post. The money quote:

You don’t need to forgive yourself. You need to ask forgiveness or grant it. You need to repent or rebuke. You need to claim the saving grace of Jesus, and I actually think that feeling burdened by your own sin is a great way to walk in awe of that grace.

Yes!

Friday, February 29, 2008

Speaks for itself, really.

[via thinkling jared]

Monday, February 25, 2008

Hilarious and adorable.

[Via Gary the Llama Butcher]

Sunday, February 24, 2008

*** Felicia is not her real name, but her preferred online name. It’s fancy!

So last night at church a friend from our previous small group that I had not seen since before Christmas came up to me. We hugged and exchanged the normal greetings and then she said, “I know a lot more about you and Beau than I thought I’d ever know!”

I gave her a quizzical look and then she said, “I was looking for your shop online ...”

And I finished, “… and you found my blog?”

Ah, the danger of having my Etsy username (and therefore my shop link) be the same as my blog domain. I’ve been thinking about making a change to my Etsy username, but the hassle of moving everything to a new account is daunting, as is the cost since I’d have to pay again to relist everything. It’s kind of silly that Etsy can’t just change a username, but in reading their FAQ I see that they won’t do it because of the potential for fraud. I guess I can understand that.

Then I think that maybe it would be easier to change my blog domain? But that’s silly since I’ve been blogging under this domain for years.

Catch-22.

Anyway, I’m totally OK with Felicia reading my blog. Turns out we’re a lot more similar than we previously thought - and we already knew we were pretty similar. Beau commented that she could be like an older sister to me and that is quite true. Interestingly, her husband is a law professor at GMU, so we married similar people as well.

Hey, Felicia! :waving:

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Riddle me this. Why have a blog if you don’t want people to read it?

There’s a blog that I read on a regular basis - almost daily. On occasion I would post a comment. Because I loved the blog, I stumbled upon the blog to share the love. I do believe this was a huge mistake. As a result, I have been banned from getting mere reading access to the blog. At first I was only banned from the home computer, but I could still read the blog from work. Today, I find that that I have been banned from work as well.

I don’t get it, but whatever. I’ve moved the link to my dead blogroll (which is invisible to you, so don’t go hunting) - pointless to keep it on an active roll since I’ll never be able to read it again.

*shrug*

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

You are breakfasty, like a pile of pancakes on a Sunday morning that have just the right amount of syrup, so every bite is sweet perfection and not a soppy mess. You are a glass of orange juice that’s cool, refreshing, and not overly pulpy. You are the time of day that’s just right for turning the pages of a newspaper, flipping through channels, or clicking around online to get a sense of how the world changed during the night. You don’t want to stumble sleepily through life, so you make a real effort to wake your brain up and get it thinking. You feel inspired to accomplish things (whether it’s checking something off your to-do list or changing the world), but there’s plenty of time for making things happen later in the day. First, pancakes.

[via my twin]

Monday, February 18, 2008

I updated the theme of my business blog. I’m not 100% about it yet. Feel free to share your thoughts. I plan to live with it for a few days before making a final decision.

Sleepy Beth links to a disturbing quiz about dining on your friends.

I can’t get the code for my results to work, but I scored 37% likely to eat my friends in a blizzard. I think the veal question caused a higher score than I expected to get.

Friday, February 15, 2008

My dad will appreciate this…

The map of the Star Trek universe.

[via steve-o]

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Unbelievable.

I realize this is an exception. Then there are teachers, like my grandmother, who never went to college and still knew more than her college educated colleagues. My grandmother taught 3rd grade (I think...it may have been an older grade) for years. In her 80s she tutored a high school kid who had been adopted from Ukraine as an older child - he came to the US knowing no English and having had no school at all in Ukraine. The family who adopted him were not a family to him - he was not adopted for altruistic or loving reasons at all. She took him into her home and basically taught him to read and write English and basic math skills so that he could get along in the community and hold down a job (he worked at Burger King). He still has a room at her house even though he went on to get a job with an airline as a flight attendant and lives in a different state now.

Anyway, I digress…

[Via Granny]

I sent an unnecessary quote item to The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks back in December. Bethany gets a lot of email, but she posted my item last night.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

I just posted on Measuring Success at my business blog, for those who may be interested.