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[4 Jan 2005 | 2 Comments | 78 views | Faith, News]

It seems like every website or blog seems to be telling us to donate to the tsunami relief fund through various organizations. It’s everywhere. People are giving “self-lessly” to these organizations to help the victims as they read and hear the news everyday. But here’s a reality – Many times when these disasters and crisis happen, people have that impulse to give, and that inital large fund reaches the country but many times those countries don’t have the people or structure to taken in and manage these …

[30 Dec 2004 | One Comment | 71 views | News]

Everytime I look at the news, the Indian Ocean Tsunami death toll just leaps higher and higher (Monday=20,000, Tuesday=40,000, Wednesday=100,000, Thursday=125,000). I have this thought that if I don’t look or read the news, it will just stay at the same number … if that were only true. God be with each and every family member who hears about their loved one. Even though it’s just calcuated as a number, these are individuals that people love and God loves.
When we were talking with some missionaries …

[21 Dec 2004 | No Comment | 61 views | General, News]

Man, Kathy and I were watching the news last night and saw a segment on Aleve. They were saying that the over-the-counter pain reliever, Alleve (naproxen), has been recently found to possibly cause heart attacks and strokes. What! I prefer Alleve over Tylenol, Advil or Asprin. It’s so strong that I usually only take one, two if I’m really hurting. I guess not anymore …
I just wonder with all the drugs that we use on a regular basis, what side effects they will find out …

[22 Nov 2004 | No Comment | 55 views | Computer, News]

Very interesting (and true) article about people going home for Thanksgiving to eat turkey … and fix their parent’s computers. Whether it be removing spyware, installing a wireless network, or teaching them how to use email, millions will be taking their pilgrimage to their homes to help their parents by providing tech support for them. Before it was setting their VCR clocks from that blinking “12:00″ and now it’s the internet …
No wonder they get excited about the family coming home!

[17 Sep 2004 | No Comment | 49 views | News]

Fan Spends $25K Hoping for Bonds HR Ball
Thu Sep 16, 4:56 PM ET

LOS ANGELES – Michael Mahan figured it was worth spending $25,000 for baseball tickets — especially when it bought him the entire section at Dodger Stadium where he thought Barry Bonds’ 700th home run ball might land.
But now it appears Bonds will reach that milestone in the coming days so Mahan, a lifelong Los Angeles fan, has been selling most of those tickets in the right-field pavilion at Dodger Stadium.
Mahan, 28, decided six months ago to purchase every …