Monthly Archives: November 2005

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Word Smart is perhaps the most pretentious book I own. Or maybe it’s the most ostentatious. Either way, the subtitle is Building An Educated Vocabulary, so it pretty much gives me free reign to be snooty with my grammar. There’s one section about common usage errors that’s pretty good, though, and something that caught my [...]
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Instead of doing some post-Thanksgiving shopping and spending all my cash money, I’ve been quietly cleaning/organizing my humble bedroom for the past couple days. Being organized is a good feeling, but unfortunately, I fear it won’t last long. I’m the kind of person who operates under “controlled chaos,” so everything’s a mess, yet I still [...]
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Thanksgiving

I’m thankful for everything God has made, like this sunset from yesterday. I ate an enormous amount of food yesterday, but I don’t feel any fatter. Yet. It’s probably because I burned so many calories playing Taboo after dinner. I hereby warn everyone that my family is cutthroat when it comes to games. We’re very competitive, [...]
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Christianity Is Simple!

Why do people make Christianity so hard? It isn’t. It’s simple. Let’s take a look at Matthew 16. Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah [...]
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Ho, Ho, Holy Crap!

Threadless is having a $10 sale! I must resist and not spend money on t-shirts. Need…self-control…now.
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God Bless the Russians

The album that I’m currently listening to only cost me $2.05 for a digital download. And lest your eyes fool you, that price is for the entire album, not just for a single song. In fact, I just downloaded 7 albums for less than $10. Apparently, since AllOfMP3 is based in Russia, they can take [...]
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Where to Begin?

An awful lot has happened since my last entry about two weeks ago, but I guess that’s my own fault for not updating more often. I’ll try to make this entry as succinct as possible, but bear with me, because I’ve got a lot to say. Last week (the week of October 24) was our Share-a-thon [...]
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