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Posted on August 9, 2008

The Movie Font

(click here if you can’t see the above video) Have a fling with Comic Sans. Just make sure you trash the files in the morning. (ht: Larissa Meek)

Posted on August 8, 2008

Crazy Things I Did as a Youth Pastor: Paintball

Some of you may not know that I was a Youth Pastor for 4 years back in Fort Wayne. During that time I did some pretty fun (and sometimes crazy) things so I thought I’d start a new post series to share some of my favorites with you. Crazy Thing #1: PAINTBALL What youth group [...]

Posted on August 7, 2008

Things I Haven’t Had To Face

image by Fanboy30 Ok, here’s a little from-the-gut authenticity – sometimes I feel guilty that I have it so good. Can you relate? Have you ever read someones blog or seen a story on the news and felt guilty about taking your blessings for granted? Any struggles or hardships I face seem so small when [...]

Posted on August 6, 2008

“The Hire” BMW Short Film

Continuing with today’s BMW theme I thought I’d share one of my favorite BMW clips. You may not realize but BMW was one of the early pioneers of online videos known as “viral videos”. The BMW film series, “The Hire” was a series of eight short films (each about eight minutes long, on average) produced [...]

Posted on August 6, 2008

Driving BMWs And Saving Boobs

Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate in the BMW Ultimate Drive – a special event partnered with the Suzan G Komen foundation for a cure for breast cancer. BMW has a fleet of their vehicles that travel to locations throughout the U.S. for these special events (click here to see if there are any [...]

Posted on August 5, 2008

3 Stories That Have Touched My Heart

Since I’ve been blogging there have been several people whose story Lisa and I have really connected with. CJ & Andrea Mills The first was CJ and Andrea Mills. CJ is a special blog buddy because he happened to be my 100th blog subscriber. Back in May while on vacation in South Carolina Andrea went [...]

Posted on August 4, 2008

Dealing with Disappointments

I’m not sure why but disappointments and unmet expectations (and how I deal with them) seem to be the theme God has been weaving into the story of my life lately. Drove to the Movies. Couldn’t Drive Back. On Thursday of last week Chloe and I went on a ‘daddy-daughter date’ to see Journey To [...]

Posted on August 2, 2008

A Very, Very Long Snake

You’re welcome.

Posted on August 1, 2008

Pick Up Dog Poo In Style

This is what happens when world-class designers lend their innovation and abilities to solving a simple problem. In the words of their marketing tagline, “Shit happens. Pick it Up In Style.” The idea for Dog Poo Bags was born out of their passion for dogs and design. The daily walks with Cuno, the agency’s dog, [...]