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When my wife and I woke up this morning, I took my post at the computer to check for new job opportunities and Anna went about her morning tea routine. Not long after I began my job search, though, my wife asked that I clean up the mouse that had died under our kitchen table. Background The [...]

In the words of comedian John Hodgman, I'm a PC. Of course, he isn't. I think the simplest, most relevant criterion for grading operating systems are stability, user friendliness, customization, and software options. By customization I mean how much of the operating system itself you can adjust and tinker with. By software options I mean how much software you have to choose from.

Last night I took the long trek on public transportation from Albany Park to the Naperville suburbs to volunteer as a peon at a small, new film festival: NIFF. To be specific, I operated part of the Short Film Program in Room A at the Holiday Inn Select. I enjoyed the work, but there were [...]

Back when I was shooting “Polar Change”, I spent a few hours testing a macro lens that was designed for a still camera on my video camera, instead. For about ten minutes I hunched down on the sidewalk and chased this ant with my lens. The little guy went about five feet in the meantime, [...]

Pizza Party, a new improv. group led by Stephanie Webber of North Park University, is performing at the Cornservatory as part of Improv Gladiators. In their first week they just barely made it out of the Cornservatory alive. They squeaked through the first round tying for 3rd with 19 pts. And in the second round [...]

The past few days I have been plagued by offers to switch to an AT&T broadband Internet connection. I am not interested. But wait-I am interested by these offers! My junk mail from Friday, Monday, and Tuesday, respectively:

My friend Joel hangs with these bluegrass folks sometimes.

A number of years ago, some time in my early teens, I attended a series at New City Fellowship (St. Louis), called Sunchip. It was really good. My parents went with me. New City runs these classes regularly. They progress through “team ministry discipleship training,” basing every bit of it on the Bible. I remember [...]

Both Anna and I were able to go to Cornerstone this year without paying for anything but travel. We took Amtrak Chicago to Macomb and were picked up by Sylwinn with one free ticket. When we got to the gate I went to the Volunteer tent and got the second free ticket. Anna babysat for [...]

16 March 2009 Dear [Landlord], I am following up on the conversation we had last week about my refrigerator. Now that we have been in our apartment for a few months and have better perspective on it, we want to bring some things to your attention. The most immediate problem is that the refrigerator leaks water on [...]