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  • If you believe in Freedom

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    For anyone who stumbled here and doesn’t know me, let me say right now that I am a Christian. I believe that Jesus’ teachings and the life he modeled for us are the key to the salvation of the world in every sense. I’m more of a conservative than a moderate, I didn’t vote for…

  • 5 Ways NOT to get a Computer Virus

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    It’s not that hard. 1. Don’t go to sketchy sites. 2. Don’t download from sources you don’t know or trust. 3. Don’t open emails from people you don’t know, and ESPECIALLY not any attachments you get from them. 4. Don’t download Bittorrents. 5. Don’t be stupid.

  • What I can’t control

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    I have struggled with anxiety since the night I saw the ultrasound of my daughter at 12 weeks. I’m not sure exactly why, from what I can gather, I think it’s the realization that I am solely responsible for the well-being and security of my family. Perhaps it’s because I didn’t just become a father,…

  • Stop Holding Back

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    I am not, nor have I ever been, excellent at any one thing. This used to bother me. I had friends who were talented artists, or musicians, or terrific athletes, but not me. In being a singer, guitar player, and designer, I always knew I would never be the best, nor ever reach fame and…

  • Be afraid…be very afraid.

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    I have seen updates about the Swine Flu in the last few days…and none of it told me about how serious, or how “deadly” it is. But as far as “deadliness” goes, thousands of people die from the normal flu every year…and I don’t fret about that, but that’s not my big issue here. I…

  • A bad movie, is a bad movie. It has nothing to do with religion.

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    There are three very critical components to a movie: acting, story, and cinematography. The most critical of the three, in my opinion,  is acting. When I see a movie with a bad actor, it immediately jolts me out of the fiction of the story and into reality, where all I can see is the man…

  • My favorite tools

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    The basement is essentially done  now, and I wanted to geek out on some of my tools that helped me get the job done easier. These tools rank in my top 5 favorite tools list. Disclaimer: (the tape measure isn’t mentioned, because it’s kind of a given that I couldn’t work without one, so I’ll…

  • If I had $100,000…

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    I recently started reading “The 4-Hour Work Week” by Tim Ferris. The book is not about getting rich quick or anything like that. It’s about thinking differently about what you want out of life, about why waiting until you’re 65 to enjoy life, not just pushing through 40 years of working just so that you…

  • What this site is about

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    This site is basically an extension of myself. I’ve had several sites over the years, but not since my early years of college did I have one where I was unabashedly me. Sometimes I wonder if my unique combination of passion and geekiness overwhelms people. It’s kind of like when you ask someone how they’re…

  • Suspended Ceiling; not that hard

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    Last night my dad and I worked on hanging the ceiling grid, and I’m happy to say, it wasn’t that hard. It moved along pretty quickly, and we learned a lot about how to level the main T grids effectively. Which leads me to think, when I finish my basement, I think I might start…