tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229914952012-01-16T22:04:53.670-05:00I'll be sharing thoughts here once in a while,<br> bear with me while I try think of something,<br> it may take a while, the gears are rusty...Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.comBlogger751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-54941908512941407072012-01-16T22:03:00.001-05:002012-01-16T22:04:53.679-05:00

Don't know who he is, but I came across this quote today.... I like it:“A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.”Simone Weil

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"...These are questions I continually mull over myself, puzzling the connections between culture and the material objects it produces, and the approach to workmanship bound up in the choices made. Why, for instance, is North American culture so preoccupied with producing mountains of crap, and almost nothing of lasting value for future generations to appreciate? Don't we care about our kids, and

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Seems he's got a lot of good to say lately:"Yesterday I found myself in a group of people from mixed backgrounds: An MP and his wife and daughter, a clothes designer/manufacturer and his wife and daughter a retired dentist and his friend, also a retired dentist. I began asking a question I ask many people at least once a day. What did it take for two of the most productive nations on the face of

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Sorry for letting other people talk so much lately, but they just say it better. Here's another one, from Church of the Beloved:Holy Weirdness

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"Someone once told me that I could never compete with Walmart and Ikea. I asked, “How so?” They answered that the prices were so low I could never produce my work as cheaply as theirs. “Well,” I said, “Surely competition depends on the rules of how you compete and the fact that before the race begins all competitors are fully appraised of and agree with the rules.” The man agreed. I went on. The

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Here's a pic of my latest project, I'll have more info coming, for now please enjoy the picture:

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"We tend to think of organized religions as the source of human morality, and yet, the crafting of an object is an expression of moral structure that likely predates any commandment or moral precept. Objects are made with care or they are not. Objects are made with an eye toward useful beauty, or they are not. Objects are made to last, or they are not. If we were truly concerned about building a

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Well, after a fair bit of work, it's finally done! My newest toy:This is my efforts reporducing an 1959 Fender Deluxe guitar amp. This amp is revered by many as being a "tone machine", and I would agree. My guitar has never sounded so good. I procured the amp in kit from from Trinity Amps along with a Tone Tubby 12" Alnico speaker. The circuit board needed to be populated, all the components

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-41933161196624325372011-01-06T22:47:00.003-05:002011-01-06T22:51:53.607-05:00

Here's a neat little video of a repairman climbing a radio tower. Now here's the thing, I like climbing. I like heights. This made me feel queezy.I'm serious, I started feeling dizzy. I'd like to say "Sure, lemme at it, I'll do it!" But watching the video, I'm not so sure.

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Hey, here's my newest toy. I built it over the past few days, bit by bit. It came in kit form, from Trinity Amps in Toronto. It's a clone of the '57 Fender Deluxe guitar amp. Now all that's left to do is to build a cabinet for it to be in. But for now, testing is more or less complete, and I love the tone. Here's the pics:Please ignore the mess, remember, I was working. I love the pic of the

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Before things get moving a little too fast, and before I get to this too late... I'd like to take this opportunity to say to anyone that happens to read this blog:Merry Christmas!God Bless you as you spend time with loved ones.

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Here's a cool little video. The song is good, but the animation is fan-diddly-tastic. The style is called Kinnetic Typography, and the guy who did it does it really well. Like I said, it's fan-diddly-tastic.

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Great little test to see if you can count.

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Usually, there are few things that have my jaw drop to the floor. The following link had me picking up my jaw. I really enjoy woodworking. A major watershed moment for me was when I finally got a hand plane tuned up nicely that it was enjoyable to work with. I mean, I really like hand planing, it's a good thing. But if you follow the link and watch the video that was posted in the Benchcrafted

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How I ever missed the original episode, I'm not sure. But I'm glad I finally found this online:

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So, it's been a while hasn't it. I might as well update you on what's been keeping me busy. Well, I suppose that there's been a lot. Early last year, I ended up taking up a new hobby of sorts. It's something I've wanted to try for a long time, since I was a kid really. I've taken up fly fishing, and I must say I really enjoy it. Not only that, but I'm catching more fish too! When I was a kid, I'd

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I remembered I had a blog once, then I looked it up, and I realized, it's been a year since I've posted anything.A whole year.One whole year.Hmmmmm.I'll have to start thinking of things to post.Mind you, I have no idea if anyone still follows this thing or not. Maybe posting things was superfluous and unnecessary. But it was almost like having fun. Ok, I should be posting things. Back at it then.

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-41004312318415433072009-01-19T23:59:00.003-05:002009-01-20T12:22:38.160-05:00

I recently came across this issue. After reading about it from numerous sources, checking facts and the issues at hand, I feel this is a real threat to something that makes a Canadian a Canadian.The government wants to change the law to exclude all minor waterways from federal protection. What is a minor waterway? If a watercraft with 1.5m of draft cannot pass, it is a minor waterway. That means

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-15403514879889714172009-01-02T21:10:00.002-05:002009-01-02T21:13:32.126-05:00

Someone I know posted a link to this article on Facebook. I took a look at it, and it was really interesting. Take a look, it's a thought provoking read.As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God

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I found this today, thought it would be good to share it with all of you.www.themeatrix.com

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Ok, I know, it's been a very long time without a post. But I finally have something to share.Alana has been doing very well. We love having her around, what a blessing. Laura and Erik love having Alana around as well, and are learning to be responsible older siblings. But that's not the news.Ok, here's the news. I am no longer a productive member of society. Yup, this here guy is only for

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Here are some more pics of our precious little girl. Here she is right after getting weighed and half way through putting on clothes for the first time. She got the arms on right, but was having trouble with the legs so the nurse helped out a bit.Here she is cuddling with Mommy. Another pic with Mommy.She seemed to like sticking out her tongue.Check out the lovely locks! Very blong hair, and very

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Please meet our newest family member. Alana Luise was born on Aug. 24th, 2008, at 5:59am. Alla and Alana are doing very well, and they should be arriving home tomorrow. Alana was 3.6kg and 54cm tall. We are all very excited. Here's a couple of pics:

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Ok, so today was Alla's birthday and we went out for supper. The kids wanted to go for Chinese Buffet, so off we went. After the kids got their fill on fries and noodles while we tried a little of everything (well ok, more than a little), we started in on desert. Of the many things you could choose from, one of the things I got (notice the words "one of") was a Nanaimo Bar. Erik looks at it while

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OK, lets get the ball rolling, or wheel as the case may be. As I try to rely my bike more than on our car, I was trying to find some more info on commuting by bike, and found a blog that has some great information. The main thrust of the blog is to change the perspective that bicycles are for recreation, and that we should start thinking of bicycles of transportation. There are a lot of issues

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Hey, it's been a while since I've posted something here. I have been busy, and I've been pondering, planning, and procuring things. There are a number of things in play, all seem to be pushing me in the same direction. As you now know, we are expecting kid number three. As we start getting ready for this, we have realized that we cannot fit three car seats into our car. As much as we don't want

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-82071176041573187612008-04-20T21:04:00.003-04:002008-04-20T21:19:05.952-04:00

Ok, so the kids and I went to pick up Mom from work. She had a few things to finish off, so we were sitting in the car waiting for her. Laura is looking out her window, seeing what there is to see, when she asks "Hey Dad, do you see a blue "A" out there?" I look at the building and see the sign for the entrance to the offices above the mall, and in the word "entrance" was the blue "A" so I said "

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Scheduled arrival is sometime in August. Just thought people might want to know. We're excited.

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Ok, I'm a pretty proud pappa now. I took Erik outside today, the weather was really nice. We took his bike out of the garage. Last fall, we took his training wheels off, and he's been trying it once in a while, but not really sticking to it. He could ride, but can't start on his own. He needs a push. He can brake, but most of the time, when he stops he drops the bike and crys for a bit. He so

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-62247306109140421302008-03-26T18:28:00.003-04:002008-03-26T18:52:30.168-04:00

I heard some news on the radio today. If you havn't heard, the lead singer for the rock band Boston died last year. Appearantly he had been suffering from severe bouts of depression for most of his life, and it finally got to be too much for him and he committed suicide last year. The band was still very interested in continuing to tour, and so the search for a new lead singer started. Today,

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OK, so I'm back. I've actually been back for a couple of weeks, it has taken some time to think things through. I was also waiting on a detail or two to work itself out. So now, the answers to the questions I mentioned before are coming. But first, some details of the trip.My Dad arrived to take me to the airport, and somehow I felt I needed to check on my flights again, so I went online and sure

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-26312241860786050312008-02-21T23:27:00.003-05:002008-02-21T23:52:57.354-05:00

I won't be around next week, so if you're hoping for a new post then... well... sorry. I will have some limited access to the Internet, but I will actually be trying to ignore the Internet while I'm gone. I know, some of you are saying "What? Dave ignore the Internet? You have got to be kidding!" But it's true.I'm going back to Estonia for a week. Got some business to take care of, some people to

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OK, so it's been a while. I know, I know.So, lets begin this off with some fun. Maybe it won't be fun, maybe it will.A friend of mine has a blog, one of the better ones I have read. One recurrent theme of his is the need for more love above all else. Somehow, I have also spent a lot of time mulling over this. It has been a mental splinter for me. You know, one of those ideas that get in your

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Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. From our family to yours, may you have a great time with friends and family, share a lot of time full of love and joy, and create some memories that will last a lifetime!

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-23479849116907229242007-09-24T23:48:00.000-04:002007-09-25T00:00:52.268-04:00

So, yesterday Erik walks up to me and asks me to take his training wheels off. I think, why not? So out come the wrenches and I take them off. I tell Erik to get his helmet on, we go out to the sidewalk, I help Erik up onto the seat. He puts his feet on the pedals, I tell him to start pedalling and give him a push. I thought for a second about holding on and helping him along, but then I got this

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-47704203548001815072007-08-05T21:41:00.000-04:002007-08-05T23:22:14.121-04:00

We are just on the tail end of this years vacation time. The company I'm working for is small enough, everyone takes time off together and they just shut down for two weeks. This year, we spent some time around home doing some local stuff with the kids, then we went up north to my Dad's cabin for a while, then back home to do some fix ups around the house. The time we had up north was probably

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-56246441092030730722007-06-18T22:35:00.000-04:002007-06-18T22:53:27.670-04:00

Ok, this information is a little old, but for some reason I was thinking about this again today. Maybe it's because I was puttering a little too much today while at work. Dunno, but here's some links on the issue for your parousal:An essayAn article from National GeographicAn article from Science World (sort of, copied on to findarticles.com)I never realized that my puttering was so dangerous.

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I'm not sure what they were thinking. I don't know if they have been applauded or fired. I'm not sure if this has brought the company fame or trouble. But somehow, for some reason, this bit of marketing makes me laugh. I laughed out loud when I saw it in the grocery store. It just made me laugh. I won't explain, I'll just post a pic I found to describe the situation:

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Hahahahahahahahaha...So, there was this research report released recently, which makes me feel a lot better about a bad habit I have. I have spent a lot of time camping and doing outdoorsy kinds of things. Inevitably, you end up eating outside, and inevitably you drop something. I have lived by the 5 second rule for a long time, the rule goes that if something has been on the ground for 5 seconds

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-27920599129799453082007-05-23T23:10:00.000-04:002007-05-23T23:13:30.510-04:00

So, last Sunday we went to visit some friends of ours. While there, we had some burgers for lunch. While eating her burger, my dear daughter Laura started picking the seasame seeds off of the bun and putting them into her hand. When we asked what she was doing, she replies: "I'm taking the seeds home so I can plant them, and then I will have a hamburger plant!"Ahhhhhhh, if only it was that simple.

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So, here's another first for us. We have moved, yesterday in fact, out of our apartment. We are finally out of apartment living. We are still renting, but it's a townhouse in a co-op. The main benifit is that this three bedroom townhouse is costing us $200 less a month than our two bedroom apartment. We also have a yard, which Alla is absolutly happy about. She now has her own garden which is one

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It has been a long time. A very long time. But it has finally happened. It took some work, some time, and well, more work. But I have finally be able to do it. After many, many years, I can finally say that I am no longer in poverty. Not that I actually said that mind you, but I have crossed a line. Up until I moved to Canada, I have never been able to earn enough money myself in order to pay

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I came across this video today. Yes, I know it's from youtube.com™, no I do not browse that website just to pass time. I found these videos browsing another time wasting site. Anyhow, this guy is amazing. He does stuff on an acoustic guitar I've never heard before. Until now, the guitarist that had my greatest admiration was Adrian Legg for his innovation and creativity. But his guy is giving

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So, we're in the living room watching TV, the kids fast asleep, when Alla goes down the hall and peeks into the kids room. She calls me over to see what Erik did. I walk over, and this is what I see:Erik had somehow kicked off his blanket, got cold, and to keep warm he took off the pillowcase and crawled into it like a sleeping bag, and fell quickly to sleep again.Man is he ever a funny kid.

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It's been very long since I've posted something. Things have been busy, busy-ness has gotten in the way of life. But I am reasonably back on track. Today's topic. a little adventure I have undertaken. As some may know, I play guitar. Not like most, when I say I play, picture a 3 year old boy with a toy bulldozer in a sandbox. I play, most of the time I play well with others, but yes I play.After

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So, I'm hoping to start some discussion with this one. I'd like to hear what people have to say on this topic. Some background, recently in Toronto, the police placed some cameras along a section of Yonge St. in effort to curb a recent increase in violent crimes. Just last week, they were decommissioned citing invasion of privacy. Most people want the cameras back, considering public safety more

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-1165644215006455042006-12-08T23:40:00.000-05:002006-12-09T01:03:35.043-05:00

Hey everyone, I'm sorry that things have been very quiet around here lately. Things have been very busy as of late, but fear not, things are going well.Family life is good. Laura is in Jr Kindergarten, and Erik has started preschool. Both of them love it. Laura is turning into a little academic already, she has received one of two academic awards in her class. So if you're like me, you're

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So, I've made an important trasistion in my life. I've taken a step forward (ok, some may argue that one), I have regained some control (again, an arguable fact), but one thing remains, there is no returning. I completely wipped any trace of Microsoft from my laptop. No programs, no operating system, nothing made by Microsloth. After doing some research, I have taken the step of installing Linux

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Last weekend, I went with my family to another church with a friend of ours. The main reason was so that Alla and our friend could spy out the Sunday School program to get some ideas for out church. While they were with the kids, I went and did some recognisance at the main service. This is a larger church than we go to, with bigger facilities. Their old church building was now the main meeting

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I've had this idea floating around my head for a while, and it's time to let it out. I had the chance yesterday to share the idea for the first time. It's now time to let it out for the world to see.Its two words, somewhat crass, but they describe it so very well: spiritual masturbation.If you're sexually active, you know that the best sex you've ever had is when your biggest concern is the best

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So, for the freshest news: I have decided to accept the position. I will soon be the new youth leader at our church. This is an appointment that I accept with much trepidation. I've got to get a bunch of things organized, and get back into the swing of being in ministry. This is a volunteer position, so my free time will start getting chewed up and I'm going to have to start scheduling. But I am

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So, I'm kinda in a pickle, or cunundrum, or hard place, or sitting by a rock in the afore mentioned location. I'm having a hard time deciding something. I've been given an opportunity, an offer to get involved in something. I've been asked to consider leading the youth group at church for a while. The present youth pastor has resigned, and they need someone to step in for a bit until they can

Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07222314153184176550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22991495.post-1156295488246874212006-08-22T21:07:00.000-04:002006-08-22T21:11:28.263-04:00

Here's a link to a short video of me flying.My plane that is.Ok, it's radio control, but I'm still flying.Here it is: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showatt.php?attachmentid=948616It's just over 7mb, captured with a digital still camera in video mode, so the quality is crap. But you get the idea. I really love this new hobby. Maybe someday I'll find the right words to explain why I love it so

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So...Hmmm...Oh...Ok.Somewhere in my mind there is a thought that has been there for a while. I'm not sure how long, but it has been a long time. It's one of those thoughts that gets planted, and grows in very short spurts, and only a little at a time. This one has been growing for quite a few years. It still isn't fully grown, nor will it be for quite some time. But none the less there it is, in

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I'm so sorry, some settings got changed, and things were not working as they should here on my blog. I have reset the blog settings, and things should be back to normal.I appologize for any inconveinence this may have caused.

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Ahhh, the sweet smell of employment. Or was that the soft stench of rotting slavery?Tough sometimes to know for sure. I've been working a new job for the past two months now. Got a job working at a cabinet shop. Custom kitchens, baths, bars, mantles. That kind of stuff. To be honest, I do find it very interesting. I'm learning a lot, and my interest is only growing.When I started this blog, I

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One of the best parts of my new job is the time I have to think. Some of the work requires thinking... measure, double check, cut, measure, make sure you didn't just waste a piece of material... and some of the work requires no thought what so ever. Like sanding. That's the part, which may seem tedious, but if you do it right, it is key to make whatever you're making look great. So it pays to

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First of all, I need to appologize, it has been far too long since I have posted anything. Second of all, I'm working again. And thirdly, new things are about to start happening. There are somethings that amaze me, such as the way everything seems connected, or the way that just when things start falling into place, appearant chaos inturrupts. Things start to happen, moving in a direction you

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Ok, for most of you, this won't mean much, some of you may be able to feel some sort of empathy or sympathy. But for me this is huge. I got my guitar yesterday. It was in Estonia at my mother-in-law's place. I figured I'd use the excuse of leaving it there as a reason for needing to buy myself a new guitar. Well, I havn't had the cash for that, and I found someone coming this way that could bring

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So, today was the day that my sister finally got married. And today was a great day.They had forcasted rain all day, the morning was a little wet, but there were only scattered clouds when we arrived at the church, and by the time the ceremony was over, there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Our kids were the flower girl and the ring bearer. They did great, walked nice and slow to the front, they sat

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So, here we go, an exercise is taking some blisfully wonderful theology, and making it real and practical, that kind of real like the smell of anchovies all over your pillow.This is what I mean, we can talk about the smell of anchovies, and agree that it is pungent and attention getting and something that definitly leaves a strong imprint on your memory. But until we take the juice from a tin of

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So, Friday was my last day at work. Nothing new, I even had to stay for an extra hour and a half, not of my doing, but none the less. I enjoyed the weekend as much as I could enjoy some free time. Sunday afternoon was spent having a picnic at the lake with the kids. It was the nicest day yet this spring, and I got my head rightly sunburnt. But alas, what to do when the uppermost is thinning and

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Erik has come up with another gem, the conversation with Mom went something like this:Erik walks up to Mom with a booger on his finger, Erik says "I've got a booger." Mom asks "Where did it come from?" Erik says "From my nose." Mom asks "What do they do there?" Erik says "They sing!"

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So, here's some news for everyone. If you've been following the posts around here, you know that I've been discontented with my current situation. I don't have my dream job. I've been giving serious thought to moving in a direction that I could start doing what I love to do, and earn a living by it. So today, I get my first kick in the pants to help me start moving. I'm being laid off.I got the

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I'm so sorry for not posting for a while. We had a little bit of adventure (classic definition: someone decides something for you and you have to deal with it). Erik decided to take a look at some just boiled rice, and dumped it and the little bit of water left in the pot over himself. Some screams, a trip to the hospital emergency ward, and a number of days of redressing, and we are starting to

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Again, as I was parousing some of the blogs I have begun to read, there seems to be a thread winding through. The need for change, for something new, for adventure. We must be careful what we are asking for.One of my favorite authors is G.K. Chesterton. Now before we begin a long discussion on the merits and pitfalls of Chestertonisms, one thing is for sure and that is that he was a good writer,

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So, it's been a bit since I've written anything. I've been busy thinking, and working. For those that don't know, I run the warehouse for a small company. I do all the shipping, receiving, inventory control, some manufacturing, and anything else they can think of telling me to do. It's been very busy, we just launched 4 new products, so there's been getting those prepared, special promo packs to

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Here's a comment of mine from a friend's blog:Fearfully Human: The Thing About Hope: "I find it very interesting, that scripture says: 'These three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.' This precedes a homily about love. Faith is spoken of over and over (in my opinion, the best and most succinct being heb.11:1). But what about hope? How much is hope espounded? I feel

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Ok, I know, two posts in one day, nay two posts in the same hour. It's getting extravagent isn't it. But I couldn't add this to the last post. I did my taxes yesterday. A couple of very interesting things to note from the process. In the past year, I just over three times what I have earned in any given year previously. That makes me feel pretty good. Way to go Dave.But then I take a look at what

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There's a very interesting discussion going on at fearfullyhuman.com right now. In fact, it started me thinking about quite a few things. I'm scared of getting too involved in it, because I might end up capitalizing David's blog. I got my blog so I could share this kind of stuff without taking over someone elses blog. So here we go, time for the ranting to begin.There are a lot of issues being

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So I have decided something. I won't be using this for personal entertainment. I won't be experimenting, much. Other than that, I suppose there is a lot of other stuff to explore. One thing is for sure, there isn't much that I consider too sacred for discussion. There isn't much I consider too risque for modest discussion. I like some form of resolution, even if it means that we agree to

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And so, I've started a blog.Since I started this on Friday, I've been spending some time thinking about what I've done. There are a couple of blogs that I've been following, the Two Cent Bin provides various ammounts of amusement, exploreplay and musings of a wandering mind provide the point of view of a college professor with a wandering mind (I wonder if it would help to keep it one a leash?),

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Yesterday we went out to the store and we happened to find some sprats. Upon closer inspection, they were being sold under the local importer's label, yet they are from Viru Kalatööstus OÜ. We found the very same sprats we used to buy when we were living in Estonia! We bought some, brought them home, then realized we didn't have any rye bread to have them with. Oh well, good old regular white

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While you are introduced to my blog, feel free to let me know how you like it. I took one of the templates available and did some customizing, getting rid of aspects I don't need and reformatting the appearance.

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Welcome to my blog. I'm not sure why I'm starting a blog. Possibly as an experiment, possibly to try to express something, possibly out of curiosity. But here we are and here we go.Why Square Foot for the name of the blog? I suppose it's because I feel like I've stumbled through life with one square foot. Or maybe due to my love of building things, or because ... well I'm still not sure. But it's

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