Delve Engage Seek Ask Hope
The kind of stories we read matters, because reading can affect who we are. Although scientific research in this area is still young, I believe reading constructive, life-expanding fiction is an important component in a healthy lifestyle. That why when I write a story, I try to integrate 5 characteristics of life-expanding stories, which I […]
13 Podcasts for Lucky Friday
As today is Friday the 13th, I was going to list of really stupid unlucky things that have happened to me (for real or not) on Friday the 13th. But then I figured out that I couldn’t come up with any. So either I don’t have unlucky things happen to me, or else my creativity […]
Bits & Pieces 2012-07-12
Links and things that I’ve run across recently. Are You a Twitter Bot? I ran across this site while searching for statistics on Twitter bots: BotOrNot.net will take a Twitter username and predict, based on that user’s public timeline, whether he’s a bot or a human. As it turns out, I’m a human—Phew! And so […]
Running for God 2: Faith and Works
A couple weeks I posted a long, theological piece called “Running for God,” which I had expected would inspire controversy and boredom (though not necessarily in that order). Instead, I got some encouraging comments on it. I had originally written the piece as my final essay for a Foundation theology course at MJTI that I […]
My Little One Said e-Posters Were a Kewl Idea
So I started putting together some. I’m talking about those graphic e-card thingies with funny and/or touching and/or meaningless pictures and witty and/or insightful and/or opinionated sayings that everyone shares incessantly on Facebook. Sometimes these sayings are quotes of important people, and sometimes they’re just random sayings. Seeing these on Facebook, it suddenly hit me, […]
And This Is Why You Want to Be Careful around Explosives
You may have already heard, but since I don’t have anything better to post right now, I’ll tell you again. The San Diego Fourth of July fireworks show this year malfunctioned, setting off the entire thing like a match in a fireworks factory, burning through the entire 18-minute display in about 20 seconds. I think […]
Depression and the Software Developer: Smiling in the Piss Pot
Developing software is supposed to be one of the best jobs available, because it uses creativity, and it requires professional independence. And those software jobs are out there. But some of us are not currently working one of those jobs. In early 2009, I wrote a post entitled “7 Best Things About Being a Consulting […]
Independence Day Is Here!
When July 4 rolls around, I always feel like we’re well into summer. Of course, summer began just a week and a half ago. I’m up at my in-laws’ camp on the lake today, family visiting with family. A comforting, cool breeze is blowing off the lake. And even though it may sprinkle a little […]