homemade skim milk latté with a bit of vanilla egg nog...oh happy Sunday to me
Jesus Needs New PR by Matthew Paul Turner: thou shalt not write the words...
A week or so ago, famed fiction author Ted Dekker stirred up controversy when he used his Facebook fan page’s status to poke a little fun at the “rules” one Christian publisher demands its writers follow. The publisher? Steeple Hill’s “Love Inspired” imprint. What was Ted’s status update?! Read below:Click to read the list of banned words.Tell me what you would say to a fiction publisher that prohibits the following offensive terms in any novel: Priest, Passion, Hunk, For Pete’s Sake, Undergarment, Tempting, Father, Doody, Fiend, Angel (unless used in a Biblical context.) Just for starters. Should we say, A) You’ve got to be kidding. B) Amen. C) These bounderies offend me and are anti Christian in spirit. D) Something else, penned by you.
So funny and yet so very sad.
I hope the slow cooker Stroganoff tastes as good as it smells, I've been subjected to it all day
overwhelmed
I’m so overwhelmed by everything right now I feel I could go catatonic at any moment. *sigh. It’s gotta get better some day right?
It's a wine night...lots of wine.
in the moment
I need to get back to being present in the moment. I have a TON of worries right now about all kinds of things and it’s very overwhelming. Not all of it applies to life in the here and now but it’s so hard not to “go there” in my mind.
sometimes the Dora video game just does you in >
Aliyah (4) is playing and apparently something went wrong because all of a sudden I heard her say “oh shit”. ROFLOL
need ideas from my friends - looking for a way to integrate group content generation >>
One of my projects is Design Director for get born magazine. Something we’ve talked about integrating into our website is a section where we can group generate content. For example, we pose a question and people actually write an essay/tell a story right on the site which we could then pull into the print magazine in some way. Sort of like a message board but cooler. Any ideas?
The Prisoner and V
David and I are watching these two remakes. It’s hard to shake the originals though…esp. with The Prisoner. In related news, Jane Eyre is 313 that makes me oddly happy lol
Apple Touchscreen Netbook to Launch in October at $800? - Mac Rumors
Apple has repeatedly stated that although it has been looking at the growing netbook market, it is not interested in releasing a low-end netbook product that produces an inferior user experience as current products do. Other sources have recently “confirmed” that an Apple netbook is in the works, but claim that it will not arrive until 2010.
via macrumors.com
“inferior user experience”? Oh come on Apple, I love ya but you need to take down the arrogance a notch. Considering how much my netbook using friends rave about their “user experience” I think you might need to take a look at WHY you can’t produce a superior product for less than $800 (like maybe create one that DOESN’T have a touch screen? perhaps? *rolling eyes)
Are Baptists Softening on the Emerging Church? | Tony Jones
Are Baptists Softening on the Emerging Church?
This one is:
Some critics see the emerging church movement as a heretical compromise with a pluralistic, truth-denying culture. Baptist history might offer an alternative explanation—ecclesiology is more defined by the practices of a Spirit-led community than by assent to the statements of a modern theological meta-narrative. Conversely, the emerging church movement may provide hope for reformation to Baptists ignorant of the difference between modern truths and Truth incarnate.
via blog.tonyj.net
My comment on Tony’s facebook:
good lord who isn’t softening on the emerging church these days? pretty soon it’s just going to be the pitiful rabid neocalvinists hunting down the heretics…then where will the world be. Woe to us all ;)
update on Shayel's hip - MRI results and next steps
Shayel had her MRI last week. She was AMAZING. She laid perfectly still for 25 minutes. Then she had to have 2 more vials of blood drawn for more of those tests and once again she didn’t even blink - this kid is hard core. One of the blood tests was fine (don’t remember which or what it was for exactly), the other will take a few more days to get the results (some sort of genetic marker thing)The MRI showed no joint damage but marked inflammation. They’ve referred us to the Rheumatologist at Denver Childrens Hospital. We’ve resumed the Naproxen but need to do better at giving it to her twice a day. She is still experiencing pain and stiffness esp. if she sits for long periods of time or on the floor cross legged. Fortunately horse riding doesn’t seem to aggravate it. Hopefully the Rheumatologist will have some better ideas of how to prevent further problems and manage the pain without taking NSAIDs long term (which could cause other problems down the line)…we will hopefully also get some more information regarding prognosis and physical therapy. I specifically would like her to see a specialist about her in-toeing because I suspect it’s making her symptoms worse. This annoyance definitely isn’t getting her down or stopping her activity and for that I’m grateful. Hopefully if they land on an official diagnosis of idiopathic arthritis, it ends up calming down and rarely (if never) flaring again.dear Apple, please create a mini notebook that is as cheap as the Microsoft OS netbooks...
In the meantime, sadly I am forced to buy a netbook for my husband and children so I do not have to keep sharing my sexy black Macbook. This causes me great pain but it must be done since they only need internet and a word processor and I cannot justify spending 4 times as much. Please act on this travesty quickly. Thank you. Love, a loyal mac customer.
my husband has introduced madlibs to my daughters - what a hoot!
naokosstoop on Etsy - I want just about everything this woman creates
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