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This Saturday I proctored tests all day. I often get contemplative when I do this and do a bit of writing. I did not write the following this Saturday, but found them in my notebook and reworked them a bit. They are not the most subtle bits of writing, but present some decent thoughts….
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“Ain’t it [...]

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New Blog to Get in Shape

This should add to the discussion some of us have been having about just how personal a blog can and should get. Enjoy.

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It’s a Double Expresso, Grab Life by the Handlebars Kind of Day

…or at least that’s the blog entry title I was thinking about this morning as I was drinking my little double expresso on the way to work today, taking small sips and swishing some of them around in my mouth so that some of the caffeine might be absorbed through my tongue and have a [...]

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The Fighting Dasslers FC

Did you ever want to design your own football logo or name your own football team? Well, a cool site from Nike lets you do just that, though obviously it is not completely customizable. This site has lots of additional cool stuff, including JOGATV with a video of pepole passing a soccer ball along in [...]

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A Tale of Two Dasslers and World Cup Madness!

Today on BBC News, I came across the sad and somewhat humorous story of Rudi and Adi Dassler, brothers whose inability to get along led to the creation of two althetic shoe giants in the same little town in Germany and the dividing of the town along party lines. And since the story is fascinating [...]

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Raising a Blue Moon to the Women Bloggers of New City

Over the past few months a number of people whom I know personally have begun blogs, and, more importantly, have been posting steadily. And vibrant conversations, both silly and serious, have begun as we comment on one another’s blogs.
This post, though, is to specifically highlight the blogs of some of the women at my church, [...]

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Mi Buen Jesus

I do not know if this song lyric is good Spanish grammar or not but it was good for the heart to hear on Sunday as we sang Te Alabare in church on Sunday. It may have taken hearing it in another language for me to remember this sweet truth, or perhaps it is because [...]

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Three Views of a Tree

I have the very good fortune to live near a very cool part of St. Louis, which I rather take for granted. Still it is lovely to be able to pop out for a cup of coffee or dinner or a movie or just a walk. These pictures aren’t fantastic, but I am a sucker [...]

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