Over lunch in NYC on Sunday: ‘Look at that!’ ‘What?’ ‘That crazy old driver keeps bumping the Beamer with his van.’ ‘Guess parking spots are hard to find…’ ‘I’d be pissed if that was my 745.’ 10 minutes later… ‘Looks like van-guy finally squeezed his car into the spot.' ‘Too bad for the Beamer, eh?’ ‘Could have managed it ...

R. Sherman of Musings from the Hinterland recently responded to several querries from a fellow blogger--it was a self-hosted interview of sorts. The idea is to spread to the interview process along, so in that spirit R. Sherman asked for volunteers to be interviewed. I was interested at once and ...

Don’t forget to check out Six O’Clock Vintage Photography. You can find a new image posted every day. Recently I've been posting more black and white images--a trend I plan to continue. This weekend some photos from my archives will appear, so don't forget to check back soon (really, you ...

My Church is in the midst of trying to develop a more coherent vision for Music and Arts ministry, and a vision is not complete if it cannot be articulated. To that end a vision statement has been drafted; I’m fortunate enough to be one of those on which the ...

If you have any interest at all in current events I imagine you’ve likely spent a fair amount of time pondering or worrying about events in the Middle East. It isn’t uncommon for me to run into people who have managed to develop incredibly strong ideas about what is wrong ...

Christopher Tolkien, the third son of JRR Tolkien, has been working for thirty years on an unfinished manuscript left by his father. J.R.R Tolkien began "The Children of Hurin" in 1918 but never finished it. His third son, Christopher, has spent nearly 30 years piecing together drafts to turn them ...

Tech savvy hikers rejoice! Google Earth has added GPS-based interactive hiking information. From the Google blog: Trimble Outdoors has partnered with Google to provide Google Earth viewers with GPS-based interactive hiking information. We’re very excited about being able to share all the great GPS content we’ve developed over the years and ...

If you haven't heard about Imus yet you probably live under a rock in the desert.  There's been a considerable uproar about the whole incident. Some good thoughts, along with a tremendous amount of noise, has arisen from multiple perspectives on the issue.  Jason Whitlock, an excellent columnist for the ...

Don’t forget to check out Six O’Clock Vintage Photography. Find a new image posted every day. I've recently made a minor update to the site color scheme (now the header is grey) in order to put more focus on the pictures themselves.  I'm mulling over some other subtle changes as ...

Apparently dieting doesn’t work at all. Categorically, the practice has been slammed by overwhelming evidence from the most thorough and comprehensive study on the subject ever. Here are some snippets from an article on the findings: Last night, the US scientists behind the latest research – the most thorough and comprehensive analysis ...