Just discovered the “Tune Yards”

I’m quite impressed with this band. Downloading now!

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How to make the world’s best paper airplane…

I know what I’m going to be doing on Labor Day:

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Best Wedding Entrance Ever

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I’m going to make my son do dangerous things

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My tools for reading the Bible in one year

I’ll be using this calendar (BibleYear.com), but using the text from YouVersion.com.
I went with the chronological calendar this year because it tries to put the Bible in order of the events that they happened. As a result, it skips around from Genesis, to Job, to Pslams, etc. It helps to make the yearly reading more [...]

Podango Show Builder Lite *may* live on…

Potential good news for users of Podango Show Builder Lite. I received this information from them last night. Please email them if you are interested in paying for the service.  **************************  Dear Podango Show Builder Lite Customers,  We at Podango believe that you, our customers, are our most valuable asset. Given this belief, we have [...]

Apparently Japanese kids like to hit themselves in the head with their toys

We ordered this JR-700 bullet train from eBay for our 4 year old son who is in love with trains. The train ended up shipping from Japan where the JR (Japan Railways) 700, and 500, are popular.
This documentation was included in the package.
 

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Found this unfinished poem in a notebook while cleaning up

I wonder what it must be like To be in the midst of war To fight for a cause you don’t believe in To kill those who don’t believe as you do The sounds of bullets flying past your ears
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Friday’s Christmas Gala

My church put on “Christmas on 14th Street”, a community Christmas program, at the Tivoli theater in Northwest DC. It went quite well despite a few technical difficulties.  Lessons learned: * Volunteers need to be fully engaged * Word of mouth is the best advertising * A benefit of practice is that you free up [...]

Kiva.org – Philanthropy Goes Social

I just found out about a very interesting social-lending / social-philanthropy site called Kiva.
From their website:
“Kiva lets you lend to specific entrepreneur in the developing world – empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.”
Due to the generosity of contributors, Kiva personnel have had to limit donation amounts to $25 per entrepreneur to give everyone [...]