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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
It is with great satisfaction that I present to you dBlogIt.com, the new home of dBlogIt! Yay! In addition to a place of it’s own I’ve moved the whole thing over to Movable Type (a professional publishing platform) in order to speed up page load time for you, my faithful ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
I’m taking a brief hiatus from posting while I gear up for a new(ish) venture. Soon I’ll be moving the blog to it’s permanent home at dblogit.com. I’m also doing a special writing project and finishing up The Wilderness — a project that is a year in the making. Stick ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Basic tool kits are a beautiful thing. I know guys who probably have every tool known to man. In some cases you really do need an 800 piece tool set — but for the average guy like myself 11 tools will get the job done 95% of the time. Here’s ...
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Mary and I built this chicken coop over the weekend. It took us about 6 hours from start to finish. I trimmed up the roof and put some hinges on it. I still have yet to put the sides on the nesting area. The chicks seem to really like their ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
I’m positive I’ve blogged about this before. I remember cropping the photo. I remember hitting the publish button. But for the life of me I can’t find the post. I hope I didn’t delete it. Sorry if I’ve already said this.
Today we’re going to look into buying some chickens. We’ve ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
1 Corinthians 4:2
What Christians do about the environment
As Christians we’re called to be good stewards of the resources God gives us. God has provided us with money, homes, and food, but stewardship also applies to our ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I’ve made a lot of changes to dBlogIt over the past year and I’d love to hear how you feel it’s going. I set up this little survey in an effort to keep improving the blog and to make it more effective in helping to improve your life. Just click ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
We had quite the scare last night. Our dog, Kayla, went missing. She jumped out the window of our car to chase after a cat. We spent about an hour fighting about looking for her and a little more than an hour actually looking. Fortunately we found her about a ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Chick flicks make me want to vomit. I try to avoid them at all costs but I’ve never tried to express why. In the time that it took Mary to watch 27 Dresses I came up with a few reasons:
Predictable
First of all, every plot is pretty much the same. Here’s ...
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Monday, June 16th, 2008
Who hates sleep? Me. I’d rather spend the night awake blogging or coding. I have no desire to sleep at all. This obviously causes some problems with family and work so I set out to convince myself that I need sleep. What I came up with is the ABC’s of ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
I’ve discovered the joy of pipe smoking. It’s in the rhythmical puffing. The quiet “shh shh shh” it makes as air is drawn through the chamber. The smell of the tobacco. The slow and steady inhales through my mouth and nose. The intermittent sighs–a draw of peaceful solitude.
It’s ...
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Friday, June 13th, 2008
The Bible has so many incredible things to say regarding our identity. Here are just a few of them for you to meditate on.
1 John 3:1-2
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
If you want a balanced self esteem you’ll need to learn a few new skills. I know it’s totally lame, but bow staff skills can only get you so far.
Quick note
It was brought to my attention that some of you might be ashamed to read a “self-help” article. If this ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
When self-doubt strikes I often wonder why. Truth is it’s probably not one single event that made you feel inferior. It’s more likely several issues acting at once. In order to deliver a sweet Judo chop to the throat of low self esteem you’ll have to know thy enemy, like ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
It doesn’t matter who you are, we all go through times of low self esteem. The good news is that you can work through it.
As a man I’ve occasionally doubted my ability to provide for my family; I’ve sometimes wondered whether I was a good husband and father. At ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
As if I don’t already overshare enough it’s time to discuss the areas that will make this blog successful and the issues that are holding it back. It’s like I am a glutton for punishment. Yes, everybody, here are more of my shortcomings.
Issues
D. Keith Robinson, of internet fame, once ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
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In this podcast I address the need to select a President that is concerned about eliminating National debt. I also talk about the benefits of a recession.
Referenced links
Romans 13:8
Matthew 6:12
The Debt to the Penny and Who Holds It
The good recession
Are recessions good for you?
Are recessions good for the economy?
The good ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
This part of the My Blog Blueprint series will address my Vision and Goals for the blog. They still feel a little rough, but here’s what I came up with.
Vision
Within the next 2-3 years I would like to:
Develop solid reasoning for “core competencies”, e.g. politics, religion, etc.
Create an archive of ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
I’ve been growing discontent with my blog. The content, traffic, and discussion are decent but I feel unsatisfied. When I happened past the Strategic Blogging series on ProBlogger I knew that I needed a Blog Blueprint. I don’t intend on monetizing this blog in any way shape or form but ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
Before you start any research on treatment or causes of shoulder pain and neck pain you need to know one thing: God can heal it. I know it sounds crazy but I saw it first hand this week.
Last Sunday Mary and I prayed for an older man who had had ...
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