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This is It

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:11:19 GMT

In order to trim back , I am now ceasing my posting on this venue. If you have facebook, feel free to view my notes here. Otherwise, you can view the original source here. If you would like to view the xangas I read, I recommend this. Thanks for your readership. Also, view the Green Chair; I've been working on the website.

Drawing to a Close

Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:11:24 GMT

Do I have any readers who don't have facebook or don't check facebook regularly? I ask because I think I am going to fade from posting on xanga. Do not fear; I will continue to read all those who I read now. As far as blogging community goes, I think I'm going to try to pick up my atrophied voxtropolis. I'll push my feeds to facebook so you won't miss anything and won't have to do any extra work. Let me know what you think and especially comment if you are a xangon but not a facebookite.

NaNoWriMo

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:28:39 GMT

This is now officially National Novel Writing Month. I have started a project that I need your help to finish. Without it, I will not finish. I have started the novel. If you want to contribute (and I will be very disappointed if you don't) please leave a comment and I will 'invite' you to be a contributor. We will use google documents so we can simulatneously edit the text. I hope the beginning will get you thinking. I really have no direction for it, so don't feel trapped. Add details and characters as needed. Happy NaNoWriMo.

Also, Happy birthday to Isaac.

25's

Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:51:30 GMT

Occasionally an October 29th birthday has afforded me a unique opportunity and this 25th birthday of mine has fittingly fallen on such a date. This Sunday I celebrated a 25 hour birthday, which I am informed will be my last due to the shifting Day Light Savings. To commemorate I have a word to represent each year of life: pneumonia, growth, Texas, battleship, ice cream, pony, Atari, truant, addition, salvation, school, wrestling, pencil, basketball, perfect, kidney, license, rejection, completion, MU, Tiff, freedom, overload, consummation, persecution.

Thank you to everyone who wished me well on this 25 hour 25th birthday.

He's Got Jokes

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:53:39 GMT

Nations Next Door

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:38:58 GMT

The Missourian takes note of Ismail Hameduddin, who has come to Mizzou from Saudi Arabia. As our Muslim counterparts encounter "a moment of clarity of our purpose in life” during Ramadan, it would make sense for Christians to be praying for clarity in our purpose as well. We can learn from the disciplines of others.

Bad Behavior

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:36:03 GMT

Yesterday, as classes were coming to a close, one of the teachers, referring to a child sent to the office for knocking his books off the table and throwing his pencil, said, “My goal for this year is to get him to say, ‘please.’” And today, after just over one day with this student, using my amazing educational abilities, was able to get him to say please without any coaching. I believe the exact phrase was, “Please stop talking before I snap.” A year long goal already accomplished in September.

Also, in my time at the middle school, and particularly in this special class for behaviorally challenged students, I have discovered that guys are still trying to figure out how to walk with extremely sagged pants. They waddle with their legs spread wide or their butts stuck out. Today, the above student, after repeated prompts from me to pull up his pants, moving from table to seat lost his pants completely to his ankles. Needless to say, he found himself quickly in the ‘buddy room’ or solitary confinement.

I also noticed (because I am left-handed) that three of the seven students in this class are left-handed, including the aforementioned. The average for left-handedness is ten percent. I’m not sure what that means.

International Astronomical Union says, "Demoted."

Pluto steps up.

Prosperity or Persecution

Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:23:58 GMT

Looking at Scripture, History, and the Global Body, can we believe at all that God wants us to be rich; that is, to accumulate material worth for your own enjoyment?
Please chime in on this with verse or geo-historical experience.

It would seem that Joyce Meyer's $2million house and $107,000 Mercedes is an attractive enticement toward Christianity. Better than being "miserable, poor, broke and ugly," as Joyce would say.

Or is it? I remember a story of someone who was rich yet subjected himself to poverty for the sake of others. If I recall correctly, he was considered the example CHRISTians are to follow.

Back to Work

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:29:11 GMT

After a wonderful extended weekend I am back at work. Today I graduated to seventh grade. The students were very good. This weekend I went to Jess, Shannon, and Kayla's house in Louisville. It was a great weekend.

Light of the World

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:42:41 GMT

How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World?

"In terms of oil not burned, or greenhouse gases not exhausted into the atmosphere, one bulb is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads."
"a $3 swirl pays for itself in lower electric bills in about five months."
"the modern ice-cream swirl bulb requires no sacrifice. Buying and using it helps save the world--and also saves the customer money--with no compromise on quality. Selflessness and self-satisfaction, twirled into a single $3 purchase."

You have no excuse.