Weblog » Archives » February 2006
-
buy 1 get 1 freedom!
as tracy has mentioned on her xanga, we love the local grocery stores because of the "buy 1 get 1 free" parade (seriously, i think i'm going to start a parade next time i see 2-pound steaks on sale again. floods of rando… -
a mere fleabite
lately i've been concluding my sermons with some kind of lesson i've learned from an intellectual father of mine, clive staples lewis. after reading mere christianity over the last few weeks i am continually amazed at hi… -
the 21st century boombox
while tracy and i where on campus talking about our future as directors at cornell university, an interesting flow of students in casual wear wondered by from time to time. since we were sitting next to one of the twenty… -
i'm wearing no pants
i thoroughly enjoyed reading the gospel of luke yesterday and i'll tell you why. a while ago i was listening to a lectureship from a man who leads high positioning personel and leadership in the united states. it was d… -
finding humor in devotion
today as i was reading and taking notes through the account of Jesus' life according to st. luke, i added to my list of most humorous sentences and situations in the bible. here are just a few of my favorite spots. 1. "… -
when i snap my fingers you will leave a comment...
i was reading "time" magazine the other day and the rising star of the political stratosphere, barak obama, said something not many of us would freely boast: "I probably always feel on some level I can persuade anybody I… -
google me!
so i set up a site meter last weekend and found out how to track down who is watching me and how they found me. well, someone from japan found out about matteli's xanga because they googled "matteli" and looky there, i'm… -
what the whack?
have you ever driven somewhere and when you arrive you realize that you cannot remember actually driving in the car you just stepped out of? how many times has this happened to me, and how scary is it when black holes in… -
snowboarders, ipods, and big hair
last night tracy and i watched the men's halfpipe olympic competition at a friends house (actually our friends were house sitting for an administrator from cornell with a hd 42" tv! sweet!). the winner of the evening… -
exegeting my functioning world
this picture is typical of how is see my life right now. let me guide you around my desk and you can open up my head and see what's inside, in a non-literal physician sense. The first observation is that my life is ecle… -
sorry to all my unc friends
i'm impressed with the resilience with the north carolina tar heels considering they lost almost all of their talent last year...but...duke far exceeds their standards once again. i hope north carolina can bounce back, b… -
fill in the blank
a little while ago i received an email in which a word was missing from the sentence the person was trying convey. the attempted sentence was "i hope to see you soon," i think. the actual email print, however, said, "i h… -
if you don't like this post don't worry, you won't remember it anyway.
i find it ironic that i cannot remember anything i learned in my university class, communications 326: effective listening. does this mean i did not learn? mark batterson's evotional blog spurred me on to such thought … -
i'm the wakeboard fool: a quick devotional
this sunday i'm speaking at a church and so i'm preparing for what to say. over the last week i have been captured by the thought that God's grace and power is clarified in our weaknesses or foolishness. i needed a story…
Recent Weblogs
-
you gas...it smells like petunias
it looks like the essence of blog is not original ... -
television makes you more dummer
humboldt squid, or killer squid, in the sea of cor... -
i am western man...with a hint of united nethermoroccagentine
it has been an ambition of mine to visit every con...

