Archive for June, 2006

Fishing Made Easy

Posted on June 12, 2006. Filed under: Fun Stuff |

Apparently all you need is a flashlight and appropriate headgear to prevent injury.

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Evolution of Dance

Posted on June 10, 2006. Filed under: Fun Stuff |

Huh. White men *can* dance.

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Christian Carnival 125

Posted on June 8, 2006. Filed under: Faith | Tags: , , , , |

Christian Carnival 125 is up with this week’s best Christian blogging. Including, ahem, my post this week on Respond in Faith.

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Mechanical Investing for June 2006

Posted on June 5, 2006. Filed under: Finances | Tags: , , |

Don’t look, Ethel! My portfolio lost 5% this month, fell behind the market as a whole, and was generally ugly to look at. So… I won’t look at it anymore. :/ Last 4 weeks: -5.2% Last 3 months: -3.8% Year to date: -1.1% (Dow is +4.2% ytd from 10,718) Last 12 months:+0.5% Holding for another [...]

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Respond in Faith

Posted on June 4, 2006. Filed under: Bible Study | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I was blessed with the opportunity to teach bible class this morning on the book of Job, chapters 1 and 2. Respond in Faith, or “why do bad things happen to good people?” A guy named Pete gets a job as a switchman with the railroad, and undergoes weeks of training. The supervisor then takes [...]

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Boycott Ford

Posted on June 2, 2006. Filed under: News | Tags: , , |

There are now 20+ pro-family groups boycotting Ford because of Ford’s enthusiastic support of gay marriage. It looks like it’s having an effect on Ford’s bottom line: As the boycott of the Ford Motor Company picks up steam, the automaker continues to help finance homosexual organizations pushing same-sex “marriage.” More than 20 pro-family groups are [...]

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Super Size It

Posted on June 2, 2006. Filed under: News | Tags: , , , |

I last worked in the restaurant biz over 25 years ago as a waiter at Denny’s, but I understand why restaurants SuperSize meals. Customers are going to take a fixed amount of time, roughly 1 hour, sitting in a seat. The restaurant is only so big, the best way to boost profits is to sell [...]

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Market Influences

Posted on June 2, 2006. Filed under: Finances | Tags: , , , , |

Today’s a good example of why I invest mechanically. I don’t read news resports to see whether the market is going up or down, I just stay invested because over the long haul the market goes up. The daily fluctuations, no matter how hard I try to understand them, only make sense if you are [...]

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Christian Carnival 124

Posted on June 1, 2006. Filed under: Faith | Tags: , , , |

This week’s best Christian blogging is up at Christian Carnival 124

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Puzzle Floor

Posted on June 1, 2006. Filed under: General | Tags: , |

Heh, I like this. A Puzzle Floor would look fabulous in the upstairs gameroom. Click the pic for a better look. * Via Luxist, a website for stuff nobody can afford. I don’t know who’s buying that stuff.

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