The Obligatory Halloween Post
Oct 31, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Here are some snapshots from our night o’ fun…
Here are the kids showing off their costumes. You’ll notice Jesse went as himself.
Coley’s BFF Jaden always Trick or Treats with us.
Dan and Suzanne went as terrorists from the 1940s.
Here’s our whole crew. It’s become a tradition that the Prices and Carrillos join us because our neighborhood really gets into the Halloween thing.
Now I can publicly release the purpose of the beard I’ve been growing. I went as my neighbor Pete. I know it’s hard to tell us apart in this picture–I’m the one on the right.
(The Other) Sophia looks better than I do in my Pete hair.
Don’t Vote
Oct 31, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Polaroid
Oct 30, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Thanks to ZADI DIAZ for the link to this Polaroid generator. I realized I had the perfect picture to Polaroidize.
Troublingly Common Sins
Oct 29, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Thanks to my friend Michael for an awesome post on sins we have grown to accept in our lives. You should read the whole post, but here’s one paragraph and the list (he expands on each on his site).
These are the sins we have quietly voted to accept. They’re OK. They have an exemption. They are either compatible with some version of what we think it means to be a Christian, or they are just so essential to the way we’ve decided to operate that we can’t really see them as wrong.
1. Not keeping promises.
2. Lying.
3. A lack of integrity.
4. Cruel speech about those with whom we differ.
5. No grace for ordinary failure.
Zombies
Oct 28, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
I love zombie movies.
That may be why I loved this so much. (ht: Triablogue)
And on that note, check this out:
Created by Mingle2.com (Dating for non-zombies)
Gary Vaynerchuk
Oct 27, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Thanks to Ciney for sending this video to me. I have to warn you that there is a crapload of profanity it it. So, if you are offended by the phrase “crapload,” you really really really are going to hate the words on this video.
For everyone else, this video actually dovetails nicely with my message on “Dropping the Anvil of Laziness” from this weekend. If we could harness this guy’s energy for the Gospel there would be no stopping us.
Now this would have been a debate
Oct 25, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
John McCain would be doing much better in the polls if he had let this guy debate for him.
Beards
Oct 23, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Since I am a week or so into my new beard, I was thankful to Todd Rhoades for linking to 10 very good reasons why you should grow a giant beard. Check them out here:
“What does your taste in art say about you?
Oct 23, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
What does your taste in art say about you? (via vacheestfachee):
Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test…
Non-conformist, Visionary, and Independent
16 Abstract, 0 Islamic, -12 Ukiyo-e, 8 Cubist, -18 Impressionist and -18 Renaissance!
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which exists independently of what may appear to others as visual realities. Western had been underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. It allowed the progressive thinking artists to show a different side to the world around them. By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a ‘new kind of art’ which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy. Abstract artists created art that was diverse and reflected the social and intellectual turmoil in all areas of Western culture.
People that chose abstract art as their preferred artform tend to be visionsaries. They see things in the world around them and in people that others may miss because they look beyond what is visual only with the eye. They rely on their inner thoughts and feelings in dealing with the world around them instead of on what they are told they should think and feel. They feel freed from the tendancy to be bound by traditional thought and experiences. They look more toward their own ideas and experiences than what they are told by their religious upbringing or from scientific evidence. They tend to like to prove theories themselves instead of relying on the insight or ideas of others. They are not bound by common and mundane, but like to travel and have new experiences. They value intelligence, but they also enjoy a challenge. They can be rather argumentative when they are being forced or feel as if they are being forced to conform.
Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy
Dancing with the Stars
Oct 22, 2008 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
Thanks to Don for this screenshot from next season’s Dancing with the Stars.
