Archive for June, 2004

Here’s what our day was »

Here’s what our day was like on Friday:
12:00am CST: went to bed at the in-laws’ house after finishing our packing
3:15am CST: woke up to go to Indianapolis International Airport
4:10am CST: left for the airport
4:45am CST: arrived at airport, checked our bags, and got boarding passes
4:50am CST: breakfast at McDonald’s in the airport
5:05am CST: went through […]

It’s been too long since »

It’s been too long since I posted. We were in Indiana with our families all last week with intermittent (at best) net access. My parents are several miles outside of town (Columbus, IN), and their phone lines will only carry about 24kpbs per second on dialup.
Now Gretchen and I (sans kids) are in […]

We were on Hatteras Island »

We were on Hatteras Island a couple weeks ago for the awesome wedding of our friends Lauren and Derrick. We stayed in Frisco at the Sea Goose, managed by Midgett Realty. It was a great house and was plenty of room for the 10 adults and 3 children who were there.
We did a […]

Fascinating stuff happening. Sunday night »

Fascinating stuff happening. Sunday night I posted about the Derek Webb concert Gretchen and I attended that night. I also cross-posted that message to the discussion boards at derekwebb.com. Several others who were at the concert contributed to the dialogue, and that thread has now garnered 1346 views and 74 replies.
Things had […]

A kiwi in London nails »

A kiwi in London nails the southern, baptist altar call, blog-style:
Now for my Southern Baptist blog altar call:
. . . Uh hummm . . .
(teary voice)
Some of ya out thar are feelin somethin deep inside ya
a yearnin’
a deep conviction in ya heart
I’m gonna ask ya ta do somethin
im gonna ask ya to get off this […]

From a Drudge Report account »

From a Drudge Report account of an interview with Dan Rather to be broadcast this Sunday night, June 20th, on 60 Minutes:
Why did Clinton commit adultery? He tells Rather there is no rational explanation. “I did something for the worst possible reason. Just because I could,” says Clinton. “I think that’s just about the most […]

Just returned from seeing Derek »

Just returned from seeing Derek Webb in concert in Greensboro at Cathedral of His Glory. It was a free show, so the price was right. And Derek is one of my favorite artists, so I’ve been looking forward to the show for a while.
A local singer/songwriter opened by leading us in worship for […]


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