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One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for April, 2008

Leaving church

Posted: Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 @ 8:11 pm in Christianity | No Comments »

We have recently left the church we have been an active part of for the last four and a half years. We love the people there. I miss them still, even though I only saw most of them at church. But it seems odd. So I related to a post I found at Missio Deo [...]

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Photographers denied right to deny photography

Posted: Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 @ 7:53 pm in United States | No Comments »

Volokh tells of a Christian photographer who is being fined $7K in legal fees because she wouldn’t photograph a same-sex commitment ceremony. This is part of what the whole PC movement is moving us towards. Freedom for some people, but not for Christians.

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I’m not loosing weight as fast as I want to

Posted: Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 @ 7:41 pm in Health | No Comments »

and I think that could be because I am eating too many calories. Breakfast: 390 Lunch: 600 Snack: 200 Supper: 600 1800 calories today. Yep. That just could be it. I guess I need to be more careful. There probably is a big difference between “not having to count calories” and “ignoring calories all together.”

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Men’s jewelry

Posted: Saturday, April 5th, 2008 @ 5:12 pm in Life in General | No Comments »

AskMen.com says a necklace- either plain beaded or medium weight metal- is good. A strong bracelet is good. A ring, they recommend silver or silver with a stone, is good. Earrings, they say no. Subtlety is key with men’s jewelry. Your watch is a fashion statement. You don’t need it to tell time. “…[L]eather ties [...]

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UK Independent reports the Mecca orientation of the Flight 93 crescent

Posted: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 @ 8:25 pm in United States | No Comments »

On Saturday, the conflict over Islamic symbolism in the Flight 93 memorial got its first international news coverage. One highlight is the conversation that Leonard Doyle, U.S editor of the UK Independent, had with Tom Burnett Sr.: Tom Burnett, whose son Tom Jnr died in the crash, said of the design that it is “aesthetically [...]

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