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What To Do?

// June 12th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // random

I’ve been wondering what to do with my “blog” for a while now. In the last year I have significantly decreased the amount of content (and consistency) of what I have posted. In the last couple months I thought about starting up regularly again but the truth is I just don’t have the energy. Writing a message for most weekends at unedited spirituality takes a toll over time (although I would never trade that opportunity) and I find myself less interested in the ongoing need to update this page. Besides that, the rise of twitter and facebook have given pretty meaningful outlets for my latent narcisism.

Soooo I’m going to transition this site into less of a blog and more of a repository. Rather than post smaller pieces regularly, I’ll add some significant pieces I’ve worked on a couple times a year and I’ll keep the contact info current if anyone needs to find me online (it’s not the hard… really).

Goodbye and Hello.

Cheesburger with Mustard

// May 10th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Politics, films, random

So Obama is a bad guy [link] because he ordered a Cheeseburger with “no ketchup” and “spicy mustard”? Are you kidding me? The right wing in USAmerica is incredible…

The best part is, that’s exactly how I eat cheeseburgers at home. I hate ketchup on a burger (although I do like tomatoes) and I keep “spicy mustard” (actually whole grain dijon mustard) in my fridge all the time.

Also, that reminds me, we need another burger-off this summer.

Dinner

// May 1st, 2009 // No Comments » // photos

Cooked some sirloin steak with garlic butter, green beans with walnuts and lemon zest, a little garlic bread and red wine. Turned out pretty good. Somehow though the photo looks even better.

Jesus + Evolution addendum

// April 10th, 2009 // No Comments » // video

I wanted to add a couple thoughts after our last series the God Debate.  After Dr Lamoureux came down we had a number of questions regarding how we understand the scriptures as inspired even though the scientific understanding they represent seems to be in error.

So in the side bar is a quick video where I talk through the ideas of scientific concordism and the language of accommodation and how we can understand God speaking through the best understanding of times to communicate something that moves us towards relationship rather than scientific understanding.

If you want to listen to the original conversation you can hear Dr Lamoureux speak and then he and I answer questions here.

Good End to a Long Day

// April 8th, 2009 // No Comments » // random

Essential iPhone

// April 3rd, 2009 // 3 Comments » // random

In honor of the release of Skype for iPhone here is my list of essential apps.

App Store
Evernote: simply awesome and the new 2.0 is so much faster

Last.fm: still on the list for now but if the CDN pay plan comes in this is off the list

Skype: VoIP on the iPhone. Nuff said. Although you’ll need to set up an American account to get it and the call quality has been inconsistent for me so far.

WordPress: using it now to write this post. Obviously only useful if you have a wordpress powered site.

Twitterfon: best free twitter app.

Facebook: they’ve done a good job making it more stable and useful although access to events and phone book would be helpful.

Web Apps
Google Reader: perfect. Star, share, comment, catalogue all from the iPhone.

Buxfer: got me to move my personal finances into the cloud.

Wikipedia: there are a couple store apps available but honestly the official mobile portal through safari is great enough.

Jailbroken Apps
PDANet: 3G tethered modem. Awesome

Clippy: cut and paste ahead of the 3.0 update.

SBSettings: quick access to settings without having to leave apps.

Honourable Mentions
Urbanspoon
Movies by Flixster
All Recipes

Change. Happened. Here. Palm Sunday

// April 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // My Communties, church

Dinner

// March 28th, 2009 // No Comments » // photos

I cooked dinner for my sisters (in visiting from Toronto) and some friend last night. Seared some salmon with lemon, pepper, salt and capers to go with some rice, field tomatoes and zucchini. Served it with some bread, balsamic, olive oil and 5 yr white cheddar and finished the whole meal off with an incredible bottle of 2000 Domaine Follin Arbelet Aloxe-Corton Premier Cru Les Vercots Burgandy that went just about perfectly with the fish. Best bottle of wine I’ve had this week…

[photos]

The God Debate: Deep Dive Live

// March 26th, 2009 // No Comments » // My Communties, church

$43.99?

// March 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // random

I went to buy a CD today for the first time in, literally, years. Pearl Jam remastered and rereleased their debut album, Ten.

Sure I own the original but this is Pearl Jam. My favorite band. So despite the fact that I abondoned physical CDs in favor of digital distribution years ago I went off to Best Buy to pick up a copy.

$43.99

Are you kidding me?

Sure it’s two CDs and a 6 song DVD but come on, 40+ dollars for songs I already own? Not to mention the $21 I paid for the same songs on RockBand yesterday.

You’re killing me guys.

Maybe I’ve been conditioned by the internets but that seems a little exorbinant.

Post Script:
I found and bought the album for $30 online.

pps:
Posted from my iPhone forgiv the spelling (see what I did there)