Archive for October, 2004

Wookies In Heaven

Thursday, October 28th, 2004 | Posted in Kingdom Bits

I recently got into a discussion about God, space and time. It was way too much for this forum but it made me think about how little we know about the afterlife. All you get as a child is the image of clouds and harps. Then once you become mature enough to be endoctrinated into [...]

Lip Sync Service

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004 | Posted in The Arts

For some reason I feel compelled to offer my perspective on the Ashley Simpson lip syncing incident on Saturday Night Live. If you haven’t seen it, google for it. I found it more disturbing to watch than just hearing about it. At first I thought, “Yeah yeah, Milli Vanilli - we’ve seen this all before” [...]

An iHop Vignette

Tuesday, October 26th, 2004 | Posted in General

I got to witness a small vignette at lunch today that I would have never expected at the beginning of my day. While I was at iHop eatting an omlette and salad, the owner was in to take care of some business and eat lunch with his wife and mom and dad. They came [...]

Settled In

Monday, October 25th, 2004 | Posted in Family, Kingdom Bits

So, do you shelter your kids? I try not to too much. I think we as Americans have a pretty skewed view of the world anyway, why pass it on to our kids? We are on the continual search for comfort and pleasure - and if I dare say, “niceness.” We want the world to [...]

Music of Sentiment

Friday, October 22nd, 2004 | Posted in The Arts

A friend of mine asked if the music you listen to in your teen years defines your taste. For example, people who were in their teens in the 70s have a leaning toward classic rock and teens in the 80s have a tendency to like 80s style music - however you want to define what [...]

Psuedo South Beach

Thursday, October 21st, 2004 | Posted in Family, General

“So why is David losing weight?” seems to be the question of the day. As I sip on my Caffeine Free Diet Dr. Pepper, I will try to explain.
Back around the Olympics, I was sitting in a Chic-fil-a with friend of mine having lunch. We started talking about how the athletes were in such great [...]

The Life Variables

Thursday, October 21st, 2004 | Posted in Kingdom Bits

The more I learn to think more logically as I expand my web development skills, the more I think about the little variables of life and the idea that God is in control as the supreme ruler. As I look back, the idea of the butterfly effect becomes more and more apparent to me. For [...]

Get The Pizza To The People

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004 | Posted in General, Web Design

Here’s one of the defining stories of my web designing journey:
Circa 1998 : One night when working late on a project, the design team decided to order a pizza. We decided to compare pizza websites and see where we should order from. First, we tried Dominos. We didn’t get very far because their server was [...]

There Is No Team In “I”

Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 | Posted in General

The old phrase “There’s no ‘I’ in team” is true but it ignores the entire concept that a team is made up of indiviuals and can only be as good as each individual on the team. I think about my work team and the leadership team at my church. Each individual brings a different dynamic, [...]

The Odd Couple - The Left and Right Brain

Monday, October 18th, 2004 | Posted in General, Web Design

It’s funny, at work the guy who is teaching me Coldfusion is a CF expert who was also a math major in college. Now I’ve never had a single class on basic programming concepts. I’m just kinda picking it up as I go. Anyway, as he is talking to me, I’d say a good 60% [...]