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whatcom falls park

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:36:03 -0700

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not bad for a first attempt at HTML

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:45:00 -0700

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Looking for pleasure, resting in unmerited joy

Sun, 22 May 2011 08:27:00 -0700

Lord Father,

Prepare for me circumstances of life that do nothing but help me praise you, love you, honor you, obey you, and please you all the more, beyond the thousands of good and pleasurable things that fight for your fame.

There exists nothing that could even reflect or mimic your magnitude, your creativity, and your knowledge. This God is the only one worth trusting with life, because indeed you designed the very world in which we have this possibility. We all seek pleasure, and we fail to see that the way to get it is to run to He in whom the greatest pleasures live; He who offers and is what is most pleasurable. This is a love that man only wishes to grasp—the weight of glory, that Jesus, the Lord God and Christ, loved us by dying for sinful men like me so that I might actually obtain his holiness! I am yet a sinner; I am redeemed. My weight of sin has been removed by the love that bore my weight to set us free.

God, with this type of identity, I should be free to live fearless! No man nor ideology nor scheme nor success nor experience should ever convince me of anything other than this fact: I am sealed, hidden, and confirmed as a son of God through the death of Jesus on my behalf. This is final.

Lord God, with this confidence, may I draw near the graceful throne even in my sin, knowing you are faithful and willing to shower me with love I don’t deserve. And might this love overflow through me for no gain of my own! The world needs you; use my steps and my skills not to replace your kingdom with a fabricated one here; rather, give me what is required to point people in the direction of your kingdom and alter their lives forever. This can be done with anyone, anywhere, and anytime and is not bound by a place or tradition.

Father, lead me. Teach me boldness, truth, and love.
For the glory of your name until the day I die,

Amen.

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Midnight Hour [Soren Kierkegaard]

Mon, 16 May 2011 13:01:00 -0700

Do you know that there comes a midnight hour when everyone has thrown off his mask? Do you believe that life will always let itself be mocked? Do you think you can slip away a little before midnight to avoid this? Or are you not terrified of it? I have seen men in real life who so long deceived others that at last their true nature could not reveal itself; I have seen men who played hide and seek so long that at last in madness they digustingly obtruded upon others their secret thoughts which hitherto they had proudly concealed.

-Soren Kierkegaard

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Studio so far (5.14.2011)

Sat, 14 May 2011 22:53:12 -0700

See the full gallery on Posterous

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Relationships are complicated.

Tue, 10 May 2011 22:17:50 -0700

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What Christians Say

Mon, 09 May 2011 18:18:00 -0700

Imagine you were in Egypt just after that first Passover. If you stopped Israelites in those days and said, "Who are you and what is happening here?" they would say, "I was a slave, under a sentence of death, but I took shelter under the blood of the lamb and escaped that bondage, and now God lives in our midst and we are following him to the Promised Land."
That is exactly what Christians say today.

-Tim Keller, The King's Cross

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latest @Amazon book shipment:

Thu, 05 May 2011 18:19:20 -0700

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Searching for true love

Thu, 05 May 2011 08:24:00 -0700

Nobody can give anyone else the kind or amount of love they're starved for. In the end we're all alike, groping for true love and incapable of fully giving it. What we need is someone to love us who doesn't need us at all. Someone who loves us radically, unconditionally, vulnerably. Someone who loves us just for our sake. If we received that kind of love, that would so assure us of our value, it would so fill us up, that maybe we could start to give love like that too. Who can give love with no need? Jesus. ... He has all the love within himself that the whole human race lacks. And the only way we're going to get any more is from him.

-Tim Keller, The King's Cross

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Pizza!

Wed, 04 May 2011 18:21:45 -0700

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God wants us to want him.

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:44:00 -0700

Indeed, if we consider the unblushing promises of reward in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at sea. We are far too easily pleased.

-C.S. Lewis

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what a day!

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:38:25 -0700

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UW Quad

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:36:27 -0700

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@JonAcuff signed our books! #DRlive

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:38:14 -0700

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April Fools!

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:27:00 -0700

April Fools jokes from tech companies and websites are going a little overboard--so far to where you basically take one day out of the year to avoid any sort of truth or credibility to the day's news, press, and web content. Basically all of it is going to be a bit off, exaggerated, or downright false. That said, I find it hilarious to see what the really good ones are doing. That shareholders' dollars go toward the hours devoted to these AFD projects is a little questionable, but their humor makes it all worth it. Arguably, there is something special about companies that have figured out how to interact with consumers on such a level that good, intelligent comedy is produced. To the Googles out there that have done a great job with this, I salute you.

Google Motion

[even more]:

http://www.google.com/mail/help/images/motion/motion_printable_guide.pdf

Google AutoCompleter

Starbucks Mobile Pour

http://www.starbucks.com/blog/introducing-starbucks-mobile-pour

Playmobil Apple iStore

Hulu Homepage

http://www.hulu.com/index.htm

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The Motley Fool WikiLeaks Scandal

[these guys win the grand prize because there were not simply a few tweaks to a website. Be diligent in clicking on all the links in the first URL to discover multiple webpages, products, an e-mail request (and auto-reply), an entire Wiki page, and so on--all falsely created in honor of April Fools Day. Hats off!
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/04/01/a-letter-from-david-and-tom-gardner.aspx

http://industryleaks.net/whistleblower-memo.html

Enjoy, fools.

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seattle spring nights

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:12:37 -0700

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epic view over PDX!

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:20:07 -0700

Taken at Pittock Mansion

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Voodoo.

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:53:12 -0700

Taken at Voodoo Doughnut

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stunning sunny day with Danielle downtown Bellevue!

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:41:29 -0700

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Vitaly Quotes [pt.II]

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:31:25 -0700

Ladies and gentlemen, Vitaly Nishanov! Quotes from the second half of Strategic Management.
(Sorry for the shorter list. I started to forget to write quite so many down, but he was fun to listen to.

"For the first time in my life as a business consultant, I helped a client make millions.. it doesn't matter."
"It is absolutely strange and stupid situation."
"It was spaghetti to the ears... nothing more."
"There was a sign that said, 'free drug zone'"
"Of course I like Bordeaux, because I have never tried Bordeaux.

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