Cloverfield

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And this is where we hid when the other monster from outer space was attacking Manhattan.

blogging

i realized recently that i'm a little too casual about my blogging efforts.

i was reading the blog of an old friend. Her blog is nice. and contains in depth details about her life these days...

i just post pictures and the occasional video.

i didn't tell you about ...

ok.

it's because my life is boring

did God create committees?

well i'm sitting in an undisclosed location (the holiday inn) in Toronto at a meeting of the 2008 general assembly nominating committee....

i'm not really allowed to tell you anything more than that....

... not that there is anything to tell.

coming home

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Curling 2008

This past Sunday was our 2nd annual "Curl for something" Community Building event. Last year we were raising some money to put roofs on churches in Guinea, and this year we were raising funds to put a chair lift in the church to make it more accessible to people with physical limitations. The event was a resounding success... though the curling left a little to be desired.

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only visiting this planet

I got really bad news today.

the Godfather of Christian Rock passed away yesterday.

I was first introduced to Larry Norman at Camp by a long hair granola type.

all i can say about that is that it changed everything.

I never got the chance to see him live but Luana did.

I don't really know what else to say except to share a portion from his last email.

"I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God's hand reaching down to pick me up. I have been under medical care for months. My wounds are getting bigger. I have trouble breathing. I am ready to fly home."

I hope you'll take this minute and enjoy the legend one more time.

on becoming virgin

so every once in a while i get fed up with the man, with his spirit of entitlement and his lack of personal care.

so last week i got a bill from "the man" charging me a huge cancelation fee from when we abandoned him at christmas on my wife's behalf.

They tried to automatically sign her up on a new contract when her last contract finished. I called them up and was assured that it was no monkey business just an honest mistake and the mistake would be corrected.

so when my bill came and the monkey was still throwing his business all over me i was a little less than enthused.

they corrected their mistake but i still had a funny taste in my mouth.

so i asked him what the "penalty" would be for me to cancel prematurely and get out of my contract.

$^%.00 Unbeleivable.

but it's the principle that counts.

you see in just a few short months i will have saved just that much money having moved over to my new best friend.

Virgin.

Now making new friends can be difficult.

it has taken many days to get my number "ported" over to virgin from "the man".

My old phone continued to work until today... so i called them... and they said it should be all done today... and my schnazzy new phone should be activated today.

hope so. I hate the man... but i love having a phone...

breaking up is hard to do.

are you missing out?