I bought a battery for my son’s notebook computer last Fall from Thomas Distributing. By January, the battery would no longer hold a charge (notorious for the Dell Inspiron B120 and B130 series). I contacted Thomas Distributing about a warranty replacement (battery was warranted for one year). They sent me a new replacement right away [...]
My lawn needs mowing again. It will get mowed today or tomorrow or in a day or two, but it will get mowed and then my lawn will be fine – for about a week or so. Then it needs to be mowed again. My lawn is not different from your lawn or from most [...]
If this rain keeps up another day, I might get the ax and go hunting for a gopher wood tree. Anybody know where there is a good deal on tar pitch?
Earlier this week, Carrie and I were able to get away for a few days to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. We chose an interesting Bed and Breakfast in an equally interesting small town in southeastern Minnesota. The B & B is the Historic Scanlon House and the town is Lanesboro. We stayed in a [...]
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I am not even sure if it is a real issue or not but we seem to be bombarded more every day with distractions from media, internet, print, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. I am checking Facebook, while Twittering, on my way to sit down and write a post to my blog. All of this while waiting [...]
I am stuck in the middle of a process renovation. That is fancy wording for simply saying that I am trying to make my time alone with God in the morning more effective in my life. My greatest need is a remodel of my prayer life and I am always keen to good advice on [...]
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Ever since Facebook dropped its student-only restriction and opened its doors in September 2007 to anyone, many student users have cried foul, saying the unrestricted access allows their parents to spy on them. Some 5,819 disgruntled high school and college-aged students have even joined a Facebook group entitled “For the love of god–don’t let parents [...]
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As the year comes near to a close, I am reflecting on the things that I am most thankful for. To use the proverbial expression, “…drinking from a firehose…” it is difficult to cull my list to just a couple of items. However, the exercise of summarizing the year to just a few bullet points [...]
Desiring God blog reposted this entry from last year. It was written by Jon Bloom and gives great perspective on post-Christmas emotions.
Each year Christmas night finds members of my family feeling some melancholy. After weeks of anticipation, the Christmas celebrations have flashed by us and are suddenly gone. And we’re left standing, watching the Christmas [...]
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I am currently reading seven or eight different books. Not because I am an avid reader nor because I am a voracious reader, nor even a good reader. I just have a few books that I am interested in for one reason or another and I happen to be reading them all at the same [...]
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