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A neat little feature I just discovered is the Google Books Library. You can find a RSS feed and link on my sidebar. There are several full books available there, including some good old hymnals that some of my readers might find good reading. If you decide to start a library page yourself, please feel [...]

Google has announced Virgle: The Adventure of Many Lifetimes…

I just read about airfarewatchdog.com. Looks like some pretty sweet deals…

Apparently it involves rock-climbing walls and serving kids communion…

Lenovo has a very nice sale going on on ThinkPads. With their current 25% off “Spring for the latest technology” sale, plus the coupon code USPSPRINGSAVINGS, you end up getting 40% off the price. I just ordered a ThinkPad R61i which listed at $1200 for around $800- with 3GB RAM and a 160 GB 7400rpm [...]

This is hilarious…

I read this over at Bill Simmon’s column at ESPN:
Heartbreaking doesn’t even begin to describe what happened here — it’s just … awful. It’s about a junior college coach back on the job a year after his wife killed herself and their 2-year-old son. I’ve gotten a little choked up at a movie or two, [...]

Prompted by Rod Dreher, I thought this would be an interesting way to begin the 2008 blog year. What have you, my readers, changed your mind about?

Well, after job hunting for about a month with no apparent success, I am starting work on a lunch shift at an Arby’s restaurant in Grand Rapids tomorrow. I interviewed with them today, and with my previous experience in Iowa, I could very easily have a job that would offer a comfortable salary to support [...]

Jesus, Lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high:
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at last!
I am sitting up comfortably for the first time in a week.
Last Saturday, as happens periodically in [...]