twenty-three

The Lord of the Rings musical made it’s debut this last week in Toronto. According to this article, it didn’t quite meet the critical expectations. Honestly, I’d probably go see it if someone bought me a ticket, but that’s only to indulge that nerdy bit of curiosity of I have. Sometimes, enough is enough.
Beren and [...]

So, if you haven’t seen the following videos, please take a few moments to do so. Laughter is good.
Real Life SimpsonsMicrosoft Rebrands the iPodVW, down on the engineering tip, y’all - 1 & 2

We watched "Paradise Now" tonight, a great movie about two Palestinian men who have been chosen as suicide bombers in an operation in Tel Aviv. The men have to decide whether they go through with the whole operation, knowing what the cost will be (death) and dealing with what it will do to their families [...]

"A healthy pluralism is needed. We don’t want to force everyone into the same mold. Uniformity is different from unity. Unity means pluralism, with everyone respecting how others think, and among all of us, creating a unity that is greater than just my way of thinking."
Archbishop Oscar RomeroMay 29, 1977

Today marks the return to riding to work. Took me way too long, but I’m hoping every decent day between now and the Fall will be spent on my bike.

Yesterday was Stacy’s birthday, so we went for a long drive down into Skagit County and ended up in LaConner. We had a good time, walking around, looking at antique shops and had a great lunch.
I found my favorite new bookstore while we were there. I have to say I’m sort of particular when [...]

Just a list of new music I’m listening to that is really good and therefore you should be listening to as well.

Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
Denison Witmer - Are You A Dreamer?
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
Starsailor [...]

So, another reason there haven’t been posts in a while is that I’ve been spending way too much time messing with my new computer. That’s right folks, out with the old. You can check out pictures of the new box (as well as my old monitor, for memory’s sake) here.
I built it myself from [...]

I feel like the past few days have been a desert of blog posts. Maybe I haven’t had much to say. That’s not the case, as the following posts will show. But I think  I’ve felt a bit stifled as of late.
After I talked about my views of the emergent church a couple weeks [...]

I found this cool thing in Picasa today. You can make a photo collage of images in a folder that Picasa has imported. It’s really easy and looks pretty cool. I’ve made one of Stacy and my recent trip to Victoria.