December 2007
Soaked at seaworld by clouds not orcas
scored free tickts 2 seaworld this morn-expire 2day! off 2 c shamu! Happy nye!
PSA: Make a New Year’s Day Checklist →
Before I get into this post, I just have to say that I found on amazon something quite humorous. Did you know people sell used batteries on the internets? I had no idea.
Anyway, I’m trying to make a habit out of a few things to do on New Year’s Day:
Change Batteries: and I mean everywhere in the house. Most importantly are the smoke alarms. Almost just as important are the remote control...
we got the hookup with “24”: borrowing dvds for season 2-5! It’s now day 2, 6pm, and all is not well in LA! don’t spoil me
used batteries ? →
w00t w00t! wife’s firefox and mac problem is fixed! http://tinyurl.com/22wc2b
[Mac] the application firefox-bin has unexpectedly... →
I’m trying to get Firefox installed on my wife’s max os x. I downloaded ff 2.0.0.11 and tried to install it. However, once it’s in the applications menu and I try to start firefox, it won’t load and all I get is an error message that reads “the applicatio
Start Firefox on Mac in Safe Mode →
On Mac OS X, go to Utilities (in the Applications folder) and open Terminal, then run (for Firefox):
/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox -safe-mode
still having mac/ff problems: http://tinyurl.com/2x8676
Read the Bible Chronologically in a Year →
There are a lot of books, reading plans, and online resources to help you read through the Bible in a year. Many of them move you back and forth between reading parts from the Old Testament and parts from the New Testament. I’m not really a fan of those because I feel like I’m missing the bigger story.
One of the things that almost every plan has is a checklist for every day (read this today,...
Bible →
happy to never hear the phrase “you can hear the ‘72 dolphins popping the corks” anymore
@kevindonahue: re 24, you mean dvd or on ur computer? would love to borrow it. It’s now 3 PM, season 2. re mac, gotta locate discs!
can’t install ff on wife’s mac. support isn’t helping so far. any ideas? http://tinyurl.com/ypq6y2
thinking about going to SoCon 08. Anyone else going? http://socon08.com/
@transitionpete: hey, i remember you from gmu!
@hyku: go tigers! and by that I mean Clemson
updating my tumblr
I’m playing around with tumblr again…took out some feeds, consolidated a bit, and got it cleaned up. Not sure what I’ll do with this, but for now it’s the River Orangejack. That is, the river of news flowing from my personal blog, flickr, twitter, del.icio.us, and you tube.
Christmas Eve in Florida - A Reading →
One of the most beloved Christmas poems is Twas the Night Before Christmas. But since we’re experiencing our first Florida Christmas, the poem just wasn’t relevant enough.
So I rewrote it. Or translated it. Or whatever you might call it.
May I present to you, for your listening enjoyment, Christmas Eve in Florida.
Oh yeah, feel free to download it and put it on your iPod or play it for your...
Merry Christmas from the Williams →
Merry Christmas Adam! →
My family and I have a small and kind of silly tradition today. We wish each other, and everyone else, a “Merry Christmas Adam!” today because it’s December 23.
You see, tomorrow is Dec 24 which is Christmas Eve. Adam was before Eve. Therefore today, Dec 23 must be Christmas Adam!
Yeah, it’s silly, but it’s a fun little tradition for us.
2007 in Review →
Instead of publishing one “Year in Review” post, we decided to break up the year as posts per month. However, now that we’ve made the 12+1 posts, I want to create this sort of index page for the year in review.
Overall, it was a busy but good year for us. God has done a lot in us, with us, and through us. We’ve be reassured that He is always with us, encouraging us, being patient with us, and...
An Animaniacs Christmas Story →
This 6-minute clip is actually very, very good. Enjoy.
YouTube - Little Drummer Warners
Santa’s Tweats →
What? You said that you don’t like or don’t understand Twitter? You better watch out, you better not be bitter, you better get on with it because Santa’s on twitter!
The answer is 5 →
The question: how many 3.5 inch floppy disks are needed for the Firefox 2 installer?
It’s also available in 5.25 inch floppy disks.
Christmas Rabbit Trails →
Last night I was on a Wikipedia Rabbit Trail. You ever been on one of those? You look up one thing then as you read you click on something else and before you know it you’re off on all sorts of tangents.
Well I do it sometimes and it’s kinda fun. I run across all sorts of interesting things as I piece together a bigger picture.
Last night it was about Christmas. Actually it started with ‘xmas’....
Homer’s Life →
Best scene from last night’s Simpson’s eppy:
YouTube - Homer Simpson takes a photo of himself everyday for 39 years
Comment on Colorado Again by Rob & Patricia... →
[…] July (okay, maybe a little rest - see photo). Within days of getting back from the funeral, we were off to Colorado for every-other-summer National Staff Conference. It is always a very refreshing time for us as […]
2007 in Review: July →
Instead of publishing one “Year in Review” post, we decided to break up the year as posts per month.
San Juan, PR
After finding out about Patricia’s Grandmother’s passing, we were on one of the next flights out to San Juan. That in and of itself was it’s own adventure as we had delayed flights and the timing was beginning to look like we wouldn’t make it in time for the private, family viewing....
Comment on Anyone Seen The Kingdom? by Kevin... →
It’s really, really good - even Merrin enjoyed it.
Anyone Seen The Kingdom? →
Man, I don’t remember seeing anything about the movie The Kingdom. It’s got some big names in it and the first 4 minutes look very interesting to me. Anyone know anything about it?
YouTube - The Kingdom first 4 minutes
Christmas Shopping Advice →
Don’t be passive aggressive.
Comment on Make Yellow Pages Green by rob →
@Jack : yes, I suppose we could. I’m not sure where their offices are located and I know it’s not along our normal routes. We just put them all in the recycle bin. But what kills me is that we’re not a customer of them and they can’t stop sending it to us because they can’t put a “stop order” on us since we don’t have an account!
Comment on Update on Patricia’s Grandmother by Rob... →
[…] went downhill fast. Her body was shutting down and illnesses were getting the best of her. She had surgery but all the doctors help was not enough to maintain Mami’s life. She passed at the end of the […]
Comment on Our Long (overdue) Update by Rob &... →
[…] highlight of the month was that my sister and her family came to visit for Memorial Day weekend. We also got to see one of Patricia’s cousin and her family while […]
2007 in Review: June →
Instead of publishing one “Year in Review” post, we decided to break up the year as posts per month.
Orlando, FL
For most of the month we were home, but it almost seems like a blur. Patricia continues getting her website project for the Global Staff Women ready for a July 15 launch. I was continuing to look over post-conference evaluations and seeing some of the fruit in other parts of the...
Comment on Make Yellow Pages Green by Jack →
If your store is near your normal travels, you could take them back to their to be reused (there’s a reason Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle are presented in the order they are). Alternatively, you could take them to the office to be used by someone else.
Make Yellow Pages Green →
I got so ticked off last week when we got four (4!) huge, heavy Yellow Pages from Bell South and AT&T. It’s such a waste of energy, space, resources, and time. I took ours from the front door and took them straight to the recycle bin.
I haven’t used any of these books for years. I use google. Just search and you’ll get the phone number. Just that easy.
So I looked up on google the phone...
Comment on before and after by rob →
@Jack : upon further review, the call in the comments is overturned. the commenter was correct.
@Becky : yeah, less oxygen in the air around our house is a bummer. but we have plenty in the back. these trees were not just ugly, but becoming a problem. we plan to replant a palm or two eventually. this is step one.
Comment on College Football Bowl Schedule Map by... →
Pretty cool! USF is pretty evenly matched with Oregon for distance, but Kentucky definitely has the advantage over FSU!
Comment on before and after by Jack →
@Rob: Excuse me? I said truck (singular) and trees (plural). There’s two trees in the first picture that aren’t in the second. I think my answer is acceptable!
Comment on before and after by Becky →
Dare I ask why you cut down those beautiful trees in your front yard? In Florida, I thought we homeowners cherish any trees we can find in our yards these days. So sad….
College Football Bowl Schedule Map →
Pretty cool Google Map mashup: College Football Bowl Schedule (2007-2008). You can even sort it all by Game Date, College Teams traveling Most Miles, and College Teams traveling Least Miles. Interesting stuff.
via Google Maps Mania
2007 in Review: May →
Instead of publishing one “Year in Review” post, we decided to break up the year as posts per month.
Orlando, FL
After spending most of April in Asia, it was good to be home for a while. We spent the entire month at home. It was time for me to finally slow down and decompress since the last 6 months had been huge for me traveling to Africa, Europe, and Asia to minister to and with our staff.
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Comment on before and after by rob →
@Kevin : oh so sorry. it’s not just the leaves…it’s the trees too.
@Jack : you listed a motivation, not what’s missing (though oh so true).
So sorry guys, but I can’t accept your answers.
The answer I was going for was 1. the truck was moved, 2. a tree was removed, 3. another tree was removed.
Thanks for playing and better luck next time.
Comment on before and after by Jack →
You moved the truck so the trees wouldn’t fall on it when they were cut down.
Comment on before and after by Kevin Donahue →
Yeah, I was going to say the truck and the leaves. What do I win?
before and after →
Wednesday.
Thursday.
By looking at these photos I bet you can tell what changed.
If you guessed that I parked the truck on the street in front of the neighbors, you’d only be 1/3 correct.
Comment on 2007 in Review: April by SMB O'Johnson →
Rob and Pat
I am happy with what you are doing about internet evangelism. Please, keep it up.
SMB O’Johnson www.apostle-smb.blogspot.com www.smb.lifewithchrist.org
Comment on Two Quotes from MinistryNet: Bangkok... →
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