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  • Living the Dream [my 30th birthday]

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    I turned 30 today. It was really a wonderful day, because my parents kept our two kids last night, so that my wife and I could go out and be together for the evening. We went out to dinner, got some coffee, took in a movie, and talked until late before going to bed. This…

  • God is good.

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    In February of this year, I realized for the first time that I didn’t trust God. I didn’t want to give my life over to him, to fully submit to Him the future of my family and my children. I didn’t even realize I was doing it, but I was keeping them from Him, as…

  • Fears and Dreams

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    I was at lunch with a friend discussing movies that were surprisingly emotional. The Pixar film Up was mentioned. My friend said that the movie was so sad to him because his worst fear was getting to the end without having lived out his dreams. I didn’t think he understood the point of the story…

  • Lives acceptable to lose…

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    I have never been a pacifist, nor am I now. I believe in defense of self, family, home, and freedom (not necessarily in that order). I have never been a violent person, nor prone to act out in aggression, but I do get passionately angry about injustices done to innocents. I am against abortion. I…

  • 2 Free Alternatives to Expensive Software

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    I recently bought a new computer; when I went through the options deciding what I did/didn’t want, I cut it down to the barebones. I elected not to have any software on the computer that I’d have to pay for. Below are a few terrific free alternatives to spending lots of money on software. OpenOffice.org…

  • How I Got Here

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    I went to school for graphic design, realizing in my 3rd year that it wasn’t what I wanted to do with my life. In 2004 I graduated with a BS in Communications (with a major in Graphic Design…confusing I know). I applied for jobs and graphic design agencies, but didn’t find anywhere that wanted to…

  • My New Favorite CSS Selector

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    I recently read the book “CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions” which I highly reccommend to anyone who uses CSS extensively. In the book it lists not just what you can do, but how to do it right. One selector that I read about in the book and implemented last week was the [att$=val] attribute…

  • In Ward

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    For the past year I have struggled on and off with anxiety and mild depression (yeah, this is Joseph, and yes this is true). Being a man of deep faith, I have begged to God to take this pain away from me, this constant worry, this feeling of dread and hopelessness. The past month has…

  • Controlling a Budget; Restaurants

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    My family unit (at this point in time) is myself, my wife, and my 16 month old daughter. In the past year we have budgeted sporatically, but as of late have gotten back on the wagon. The biggest area of controllable spending for us was restaurants. This past month, with some extra travel expendatures and…

  • That’s impressive

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    Ryan Portnoy tweeted this video, and I had to show it on my site. It’s incredible.