Not to get too political on you, but I participated in a cool little project by Sunlight Foundation today that I thought I’d tell you about. Sunlight Foundation is all about bringing transparency to Washington (the government) and they are doing some very innovative things to do it.
The project I helped with is called ‘Where Are They Now?’ and the website describes it as:
The 109th Congress closed up shop nearly one year ago.
For those top staff members whose bosses resigned, retired or were voted out of office, the one year …

I’m getting quite close to having a completed novel. I’m not set, but I believe the title is going to be “Giving Up.” I thought, as a devotional today, that I would post an excerpt from the book. Obviously, you don’t know the characters or context, but this dialog about the teachings of Christ should be interesting to you either way:
As the sun rose over the horizon and shined into the large windows in their living room, Carter opened the little book, ‘The Teachings of Christ.’ It was a new …

The pews are filled, the preacher is out of town, and the pulpit is all yours. You step up to the old wooden bulwark. Everyone is quiet. You’ve been rehearsing this in your mind for years. You pause, steady your voice, let a slight smirk spread across your lips, and begin. . . .
Here’s your chance to pound the pulpit. In a world of super-powered faith, extremist religion, extremely commercialized church and atheist resurgence what word shall be spoken to the faithful? In a world of polarization, energy addiction, disparity …

Addressing Nashville’s “Please Help” campaign.

I’ve rarely done these ‘Meme’ things, so I hope I’m even using the term right. I wanted to do one today because I was curious of the input of others into the category of ‘Frugal’ Food, as in cheap cooking. So, I’ll just jump right into the list (I’m making this up as I go along):

Cheapest and Healthiest and Most Delicious Meal You’ve Made: Curry Lentils (recipe courtesy of my friends the Haynes)
Cheapest Dessert recipe You’ve Made: Apple Crisp, especially if you dumpster the apples (introduced to me by Amanda)
Cheapest …

Don’t know if I’ll make this a regular Thursday thing, but I’ve got to throw a post in every once in a while with an assortment of random links for your enjoyment. Here you are:

Miller takes on the ethical shopping dilemma.
Compassion in Politics predicts 2008 the Year of the Editor.
Josh Brown tackles our wayward patriotism.
You have to check out The Decapatator:A little gruesome but extremely creative anti-advertising campaign. Some great photoshopping skillz. [via] and [via]
This is what I’m going to do next time I’m called for Jury Duty. Brilliant. And …

From Martin Luther: “O
God, because I am certain that thou hast created me as a man and hast
from my body begotten this child, I also know for a certainty that it
meets with thy perfect pleasure. I confess to thee that I am not worthy
to rock the little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with
the care of the child and its mother. [via]

My post about what they didn’t tell me when buying a house had some good dialog. One of the things that came up, because I mentioned it off handedly in my post, was about equity. I figured I mentioned it, so I might as well share a little of my thoughts concerning it too.
First of all, “Equity” is a word that gets thrown around a lot when you start looking for a house. I realized the big selling point to buying instead of renting is sort of focused in the …