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Scrolling Through Highs and Lows

March 30, 2011 — Leave a comment

The power of photographs is amazing.

They take us places – places we’ve been and wish we could go.

Invoke feelings – feelings we cherished enough to capture using this medium.

They help us recall experiences and people.

They spark memories that we’d consider highs and lows in life.

I know, those are pretty obvious statements – not revelations at all; but I was recently scrolling through the Camera Roll on my iPhone and traveled, felt, recalled, and remembered some recent highs & lows:

  • A ton of “set-up” shots for Facebook & Twitter statuses
  • A relaxing anniversary trip to Monterey

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2 Manny I Ron’s

March 28, 2011 — Leave a comment

2 Manny I Ron’s

Funny, when I write it out that way it doesn’t seem that bad!  But, that is the state I often find myself in – through no one’s fault but my own!

Oh well…

If you’ve ever wondered, the phrase comes from blacksmiths putting bars of iron in the fire to get them hot enough to work with.  The smith had to be aware of the status of the iron and if he had too many to keep track of, it could be a big problem!

Are you a “2 Manny I Ron’s” -type person too?

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GOOD READ: “How To Get More Done At Work By Doing Less”

March 26, 2011 — Leave a comment

Good article at the Dumb Little Man blog – click image to read:

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Bored…And Armed With An iPhone

March 25, 2011 — Leave a comment

I was on a business trip this week and goofed around with my iPhone and a few apps…

On the flight out, I finally watched Inception…thus the first video:

Ever the TiltShift user, I goofed around with a TiltShift Video app I downloaded.  Two views (portrait and landscape) from my hotel room one afternoon:
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Old Georgetown Sign

March 24, 2011 — Leave a comment

I’ve been in the Washington D.C. area this week and the weather improved this afternoon, so I took a walk over to Georgetown for dinner.

An old Georgetown sign located at 1351 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest caught my eye as I was walking.  I snapped a picture and later goofed around with some of the filters on an iPhone app.

The original, unedited version is the first shot in the first group of images – original, un-cropped version at bottom.

My favorite filters are the fourth one from the left in the first grouping and the first one from the right in the second group.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: SPRING

March 23, 2011 — Leave a comment

This week’s photo challenge at The Daily Post at WordPress.com was:

Spring

I took these in our backyard…

OK, the tree with blossoms (it’s a peach tree) is actually in my neighbor’s yard, but it hangs over into our yard…

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World Water Day

March 22, 2011 — Leave a comment

Today was World Water Day at charity:water.

Check out their lesson in how “WATER CHANGES EVERYTHING” for some great information and also their WHY WATER page to see how you an help

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Trash Talk From Judges 9

March 21, 2011 — Leave a comment

This year, I’m reading through the Bible using a historical plan.  It’s a plan where the “order of the Old Testament readings is very similar to Israel’s Hebrew Bible, progressing from Law to Prophets to Writings. The New Testament ordering is based upon research regarding the order in which the books were authored.”  I thought it would be interesting…

This bit of trash talk caught my eye this morning as I was reading in Judges.

I’m reading from the NIV, but loved the way it reads in The Message paraphrase:

Zebul said, “Where is that big mouth of yours now? You who said, ‘And who is Abimelech that we should take orders from him?’ Well, there he is with the troops you ridiculed. Here’s your chance. Fight away!”

Gaal went out, backed by the leaders of Shechem, and did battle with Abimelech. Abimelech chased him, and Gaal turned tail and ran.

Judges 9:38-40

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GOOD READ: They Will Know Him By Our Love: Not Our Agenda

March 19, 2011 — Leave a comment

Great post and reminder by Nathan Sutliff over at Contemplative Creativity.

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That tweet is a gut check on motive and mission, not only in relation to the drastic situation in Japan, but also in our everyday lives as followers of Christ.

It’s often only after we are seen as someone who genuinely loves and is concerned with a person’s basic needs that we will be afforded the privilege of presenting the Gospel.

What’s your reaction to the tweet and Nathan’s post?

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Careless Whisper – Never The Same Again…

March 19, 2011 — Leave a comment

This made me smile the other day and forever changed my reaction to “Careless Whisper”  – which was “meh” before and now ranks a smile and probably outright laughter.

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