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I was reading World Net Daily like I do every morning when I came across this story about a couple arrested in Baltimore, MD because they got lost.
Can you believe it? Getting arrested because you ask directions from a cop! Continue reading “This is just plain wrong”
Our pastor recently bought a Dazzle 150. This device is pretty neat. It let's you take video from an analog source (VCR, camera, etc…) and create digital mpeg2 (dvd format) video out of it. So far, I've digitized about 4 hours worth of video with it with no issues.
Here in the next few weeks, I hope to have a copy of some video I can put up on the web to show everyone. Until then, you'll just have to be patient.
The only gripe I have is the software. This software took at least an hour to install. An hour! It was nuts. And to top it off, there were two DVDs, but the labeling didn't tell you which one to do first! Arg!
Anyway, if you have any questions about the device, just ask.
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I just wanted to let everyone know that I have given in. When the Da Vinci Code first came out, I said I wasn't going to read it. Why waste my time. Well, over the past couple of weeks, I have decided I'm going to read it and write a review. I'm also going to do some "defense" of Christianity; however, I don't know how much I'm going to do. Basically, doing too much with this is elevating this book above what it is…a work of fiction. Should historians write rebuttals to the fact that Tom Clancy wrote a book where Jack Ryan becomes President of the US? Should they talk about how the plane never crashed into the US Capitol? Clearly not…these events were a work of fiction. Same with Dan Brown's book. I haven't made up my mind how much I will write, but I'm planning to document what I do write well. |
It looks like things are heating up in Ohio…the land of RINOs. For those of you who don't know, Ohio is a state that is run by Republicans…. Continue reading “Looks Like Ohio Will Be Exciting”
Here are my stats for this morning's ride to work:
Dist: 6.87 miles
Avg Spd: 16.4 mph
Time: 24 min 56 sec
Apx Cal: 605
Total Bike Odo: 1353.3 miles
I was going through some old files yesterday and found this. This was something that was going around NiSource when they were looking at outsourcing. I thought it was great then, and I think it is still great. I hop you guys enjoy it as much as we did then. If you want a larger version, simply click on the graphic. BTW, based on my reading of the copyright laws of the United States, I believe this is fair use as a parody.
[Update 09-12-2008 12:54:13] Updated the post to move the image to our flickr account.
I just thought I would let everyone know that we (Dave, Judy, Matt, and Cyndi) have tickets to the NASCAR Race (both the Busch race and the cup race) at Richmond International Speedway on 8 and 9 Sept. If you want to see where our seats are, click on the seat map below (our seats are marked with a red arrow and *).
I thought I would post Cyndi and I's cell phone useage for last month (April 2006). If it turns out to be interesting, I'll probably keep doing it:
| Anytime Minutes | 494.0 |
| Additional Anytime Minutes | 11.0 |
| Night & Weekend Minutes | 288.0 |
| Sprint Mobile to Mobile | 1,234.0 |
| Roaming Minutes | 1.0 |
| 2,028.0 |
This morning in chapel, we heard from a missionary to India. He talked about many things, but what hit me the hardest was a video he showed. In this video, they talked about a group of 12-15 national church leaders. These leaders meet every week for an accoutability group to make sure everyong is keeping up with everything. A portion of that time is spent talking about how they have shared their faith. In two weeks, this group had shared the Gospel with… Continue reading “How Real Is Our Faith?”
Cyndi and I took a short walk up to Willow Lawn Shopping Center on Monday (we walked last night too…I just don't have a map of it yet). It was a nice walk…we went up there to go to the Sprint store (I broke my belt clip while we were at Busch Gardens last weekend).
