Making up for Lost Time

I’m Back!
I apologize for my infrequent blogging this week. But (yay!) my big deadline at work has ended! I helped with a presentation in New Orleans on Tchoupitoulas St (I’ve been waiting all day to say that word!), and so that became all-consuming for the last week. Now life goes back to “normal,” but we know “normal” is just a setting on the washing machine. However, I can now add sleep and blogging to my to-do list once again.

The home stretch looms, however. I only have 4 blogging days left (if you count the weekend), so be forewarned that I’m about to bombard you with all the weird, off-the-wall thoughts I haven’t got around to yet.

Jaws XVII
Another shark bite… but this time in the Atlantic off Daytona beach. Does anyone remember a summer like this?

NASA News
Discovery successfully docked to a space station. NASA says the debris that fell away is foam insulation and the shuttle is in no danger.

Where There’s a Will…
A blind teenager in Nebraska has amazed many with his video game skills. You’ve got to check this out.

More from London
London Police now have 20 people in custody after nine more arrests were made in connection with the recent terrorist activities.

Links of the week
http://www.leaderu.com/ - Sponsored by Christian Leadership Ministries (for Christian professors), this site offers articles, reviews, and commentary from an academic angle. Should especially interest collegiate readers.

http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1524121,00.html – review of new book that mixes faith and fiction. Did The Da Vinci Code and other books like it open a new door for Christian writers to use adventure novels as a promotion tool for religious beliefs? Also, note that the review writer ends with a bitter note that Christians are starting to “gradually shape the cultural agenda.” Why is that a problem? What are non-Christians afraid of?

Wouldn’t You Love to See This?
Wild ponies made their annual swim across Assateague (a barrier island in Maryland) to Chincoteague (a Virginia resort island) where the ponies will be auctioned off as part of herd control management and to benefit the Chincoteague Fire Department.

We Want Wendy!
My good buddy Wendy has submitted an application to date Lance (see previous post). As I hear preachers sometimes say about their congregations, I am so Godly proud (what does that mean?). Anyways, in this case it means that I thought Wendy’s application was absolutely hilarious and posed some interesting food for thought. Make sure you check it out.

I’m still not up for submitting an application myself, but if I had any pull on the selection committee, I would rally for Wendy. If she winds up with Lance, I suggest the happy couple come to Youth Congress and moderate a panel discussion on the joys and woes of online dating.

Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail me!