Updating My Mega Feed
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I’m trying to create a megafeed for my websites by using Yahoo Pipes. This post here is a test if it actually works subsequently pulling the data into my Facebook account. Here’s the pipe, here’s the link to the rss feed and here’s hoping.
Article Tags>> megafeed | pipes | yahoo90-91 Day Bible Reading
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I hate New Years Resolutions so you won’t hear one coming from me. It just smells of Law and once something like that rises up, I die and wind up breaking my resolution.
Be that as it may I plan to go through the Bible in 13 weeks or 90 days again. I’ve had it set up before, I usually wind up doing it every year but some of my studies sometimes gets me stuck in a specific book and then that’s the end of the 90 days.
But Zondervan has thought that 90 day Bible Readings are a great idea so they published a sheet for people to use. I’m also supplying my own sheet with a daily reading but focused more on the order of book publishing—it’s a Historical reading of the Bible so you get to see the thought flow running through scripture and finally culminating at Revelation (note, how on mine John is one of the last books of the Bible which makes a nice bracket with Genesis. Also, I lost my original chart and had to redo this one so if a book is missing, let me know!)
Anyway, feel free to use and abuse them. It’s a lot of reading and some days you’ll wind up reading more than others since my goal was to make sure an entire book is read at a sitting –but if not it gets split up into several readings.
Enjoy.
12 Drummers Drumming Awful Christmas Songs
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Anyone who has ever worked with me knows that sometime around September fifteenth I begin listening to Christmas music and don’t stop until late January. Anyone who is close to me knows that my Christmas tree goes up on Black Friday and comes down sometime after Valentine’s Day. I have no problem telling everyone that I love Christmas on so many levels.
Theologically its the part of the story where we get closer to the climax (of the Cross on Easter). Holiday wise, everybody seems happier (even if they’re busier and the stores are ridiculously crowded). Musically stations take a breather from the normal junk and some of them actually devote a month to Christmas music! You can hear it everywhere.
But some of it is tremendously awful and its the one of the two things that I hate about the Christmas Season. This year I decided to compile a list of the 12 Awfullest Awful Christmas Music for your listening displeasure. Feel free to Despise.
Merry Christmas Everybody
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Rey’s Wisdom: Meditating On Winter
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I’m not a wise man, by far I’m fairly an idiot in a lot of things. But I’ve learned that wisdom is generated by experience and I have 34 years of that (and counting) which results in a bunch of experience that allows me to learn Something. That being the case, I’ll share it with you. Here it goes.
Article Tags>> proverbs | wisdomA Christmas Meme
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Trying to end my month of silence and simultaneously surprise a few readers by this surprise move I figured I’d respond to this Email-Transubstantiated Spiritual Tramp meme from MCF’s site.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Wrapping paper: I hate gift bags yet my wife is always making me get them for others.
2. Real tree or Artificial?
I hate cleaning up real trees so I have a lovely fake-o tree.
3. When do you put up the tree?
Usually around Thanksgiving but sometimes a little later.
4. When do you take the tree down?
Probably around Valentine’s Day.
5. Do you like eggnog?
Yes…until I drink it and realize (once again) that I’m not a huge fan.
6. Favorite gift received as a child?
A Voltron Lion.
7. Hardest person to buy for?
My nephews.
8. Easiest person to buy for?
My Son. Anything Lego, Scientific, or Star Wars and he’s pretty happy.
9. Do you have a nativity scene?
Now we do.
10. Mail or e-mail Christmas cards?
Mail and usually very late; we’re talking January.
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
Can’t think of a worst. I even liked getting socks and shirts, really.
12. Favorite Christmas movie?
It’s A Wonderful Life.
13. When do you start shopping?
Around Thanksgiving and online.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
No.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Pasteles. Spanish dish that you’d hate if you saw it but it’s near and dear to my heart.
16. Lights on the tree?
Yes, usually white.
17. Favorite Christmas song?
O Holy Night.
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home?
Rather stay home but this year, I’ll be traveling.
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer?
No.
20. Angel on the tree top or a star?
A Star
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
In my youngun’ Hispanic Household, Christmas Eve. Now that I’m married to a white woman, Christmas morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
Crowds in stores. Lines at Cashiers. Pretty much anything dealing with stores.
23. Favorite ornament theme or color?
Deep Red shining ornaments reflecting the light. Or white lights on homes.
24. Favorite Christmas memory?
I just remember them all being warm and fuzzy and good.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year?
A miraculous removal of all debt.
26. Who is most likely to respond to this?
No one.
How Should A Christian Act Under A President He Didn’t Want?
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A lot of Democrats (including those of the Christian persuasion) have been making a lot of noise about Obama winning the Presidency. They haven’t been making as much noise about a Democrat House and Senate but the noise has been there nevertheless. At points some of these same people (Christians included) come up to me and say “So what are you going to do now that McCain lost?” My answer is exactly the same if McCain had won.
Article Tags>> election | votingLinks and Junk: Politics
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palin. Blip on the radar: Palin cleared but no one notices (except maybe Jeremy who gets the hat tip).
voting. A Couple of black panthers (ninjas?) with clubs look scary in a Philadelphia voting locale. Cops show up, shoo one away (the other lives there). Fox News here. CNN Here. (HT: The write Jerry and Darrell.) MCF has some good words on voting with respect. Jeremy has some good words on voting even when you will lose in your area. Doug’s heart is in the right place but he links to a guy who has some crazy ideas about voting for Obama.
baracka. Obama on the coal industry. “Bankrupt them.” Worthy goals though.
socialweb. I started dabbling in twitter. It feels like Facebook status message without all the rest of the facebook coolness.
money. Save $1000 in 30 days.
ideology. Is there a lot of it in the US?
Article Tags>> election | links | politics | votingRey’s Wisdom: A Black Hole
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I’m not a wise man, by far I’m fairly an idiot in a lot of things. But I’ve learned that wisdom is generated by experience and I have 34 years of that (and counting) which results in a bunch of experience that allows me to learn Something. That being the case, I’ll share it with you. Here it goes.
Article Tags>> proverbs | web 2.0 | wisdomA Message Of Hope From The Eye
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Mordor, DC
The All Seeing Eye of Obama
Darth McCain
Princess Palin
