New Memorial Day Tradition?

Last Saturday, Jodi and I got to work on our bedroom.  I finally got around to hanging the closet doors.  While I was doing it, I got to thinking about it and suspected that it was Memorial Day 2013 when I framed and drywalled the closets.  A quick search of my blog confirmed it (click the link to see that blog with the before and during pictures).  So, an entire year passed between building the doorways and putting doors in them.  Sheesh. It also took me all day to do it.  This was my own fault.  I purposefully framed the doorways according to my drawing that called for a 48" wide hole for two 24" wide doors.. ...

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Salvaging the '59

After 6 long years cooped up in the garage, the '59 has reemerged covered in a thick layer of dust, but happy to be free of its wooden confinement.  We pulled it out last Friday after I got home from work.  It wasn't too difficult to do.  The tires held air long enough for us to pull it out, but not much longer after that.  I steered it successfully keeping it from hitting anything while Jodi eased it backwards pulling it with the '74. I started pulling it apart on Saturday.  It was pretty rough.  I was blowing up my face with a pretty steady stream of sneezes like I was powerfully beat boxing.  Everyone...

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Blog Stats

Over this last weekend, I had a new blog take over the first place spot on my list of blogs with the most all-time views.  Congrats, World Cup Excitement - Free Download on topping the list.  You shot to the top with a bang. If you'll notice the dates on the blogs that made this list, you'll see that it took these others many years to accumulate as many views as they have.  But, I posted my most popular blog just six months ago. Now, the reason for the popularity is quite obvious.  I added the words "free download" to the blog.  It's not the first time that I've created something to give away, but it is the first...

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World Cup 2014 - Free Poster

The week after the draw, I created a poster using the open-source photo editing software GIMP.  I put it together for my own personal use but thought that some soccer fans such as myself might also like to have it.  So here it is in JPG format and PNG format.  Only 29 days left before the action begins! This was designed to be printed at 24" x 36".  It can be printed smaller, but some of the text can become difficult to read at smaller sizes, particularly the dates of the games. I printed mine at Staples for $3 plus tax at 24" x 36".  If you would like to do the same, you can upload the PNG format to the Staples website...

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Theistic Evolution

Theistic evolution: the acceptance of the theory of evolution as the mode for which God used to create the world. I still remember when I first came up with theistic evolution.  No, I'm not pulling an Al Gore.  I didn't invent theistic evolution.  I didn't coin the phrase.  I didn't put pen to paper and get anything published in any scientific journals either.  I didn't do any of these things. However, in 1998, I did formulate a version of theistic evolution in my mind.  I wasn't introduced the idea.  On the contrary, the only exposure I had to the teaching of life's origins fell into one of two contradictory...

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