Archive for November, 2007



Looks like Austin is still comparatively right up there in the top 10 cities. The following is from Forbes Magazine.
Top-10 Best Performing Housing Markets
As anybody who has ever sold real estate knows, there are no national markets, only local markets. The adage holds true when you look at the condition of the real estate business […]

How To Write A Novel In 3 Days

Keep in mind this advice only gets you as far as I get for the rest of the day, I’m right down to the wire…that might not be a whole novel, maybe just most of a novel.

Shower when you’re stuck for an idea. It’ll make you creative.
Find someone else to cook for you.
A […]

Girls everywhere!

I’m sending out a shout out all the way to Lubbock this morning… My sister, Beth, just had a little girl - Abby. She’s a healthy 8lb little girl. Tim sounded very proud on the phone, of course, he had…

DIY Event this Saturday

Come visit us this Saturday at:

A $5 cover benefits Habitat on Wheels, a local non-profit project that helps homeless people in Austin get on payment plans for RVs.

awsome

just found a post from one of my favesbitbox.comit was somthing id never seen beforehere was my go at it

Please sir, may I have another…

**Bonus points if you know where that headline comes from** Yesterday I had the privilege of officiating the funeral for Mary Jane Dickson. Mary was a loving mother and wife and grandmother. She had polio for much of her life….

I hope you’ll join my family in giving to the cause of international missions this Christmas. The “Lottie Moon Christmas Offering” that our church promotes each December is named for a Southern Baptist missionary who served in China in the late 1800s.

Nicknamed “Lottie” by those around her, Charlotte Moon was born to a wealthy Virginia family in 1841. She began her work as a missionary to China

This Is No Fairy Tale

We read This is No Fairy Tale children’s book to our son once or twice a week. It is among the best I’ve come across. In fact, I read some excerpts from it to a group last night and people seemed to really like it.
Dale alternates between what the fairy tale version of the Jesus […]

Feeling A Little Green

It’s Christmas time! It’s time to buy reindeer and decorate! Jingle Bells and Deck the Halls! Charlie Brown was on last night, awww. In my steps to make the world a nicer place (by not talking about my book) I thought I’d let you know the answer to your burning question:
Is it “greener” to buy […]

Door To Door Disasters

Here is the NY Times article detailing the life of kids on ‘mag crews’, the annoying phenomenon that rings your bell and tells you they’re collecting points for a paid vacation etc.  The reality is much more grim…
violence, drug use, indebtedness and cheating of customers during their cross-country travels….Daniel Burrus scrolled through digital photographs of […]