Archive for February, 2008
Austin Real Estate Market Update - Jan 2008
Closed Published by Steve Crossland February 22nd, 2008 on Austin Real Estate Blog - Austin TX Real EstateThe real estate market in Austin was very slow for January 2008. Number of homes sold was down 15% over the same month last year, yet we continue to see sold price appreciation for the homes that do sell. I’ve added a new metric to my chart below. I’ve decided to start tracking “Not Solds”. […]
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Five Wireless Networks In My Range:
URIdiot
Zoom
Smiths
The Matrix
Charlottes_Web (get it LOL)
I’ve got a brother almost 3 full years younger and a brother 7 years younger than me. I left the house when I was 16, making them something like 13 and 9. Over the years our dynamic has changed, from me thinking I was crucial in their upbringing to me wondering if they even remember […]
Evangelical Scandals: morality, justice, and politics
Closed Published by jdodson February 21st, 2008 on Creation ProjectIn the past decade, Ron Sider has contributed two solid books that should jar every evangelical: Just Generosity and The Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience. If Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience took a chunk out of the corrupt evangelical pietistic soul, Just Generosity restores it with a holistic vision of the gospel of Jesus. Sider’s […]
Slate has a good piece on Amy Winehouse.
HT: ChristandPopCulture
Keller and Taylor on Secularism and Religion
Closed Published by jdodson February 20th, 2008 on Creation ProjectIn reference to cultural division in the U.S., Tim Keller makes the claim in his book, The Reason for God, that: “the population is paradoxically growing both more religious and less religious at once.” (xv) He provides primarily anecdotal data to support his assertion. There is no doubt that the spade of recent books on […]
9. Change ‘Wife’ To ‘Husband’
Closed Published by somegosoftly February 20th, 2008 on Some Go SoftlyThought this was pretty cute
I have updated my Books and Articles links to reflect current reading and publications. Categories for articles include: Culture, Family, Discipleship, & Church Planting. I am also working on developing a personal reading plan that deliberately includes diverse readings each month. This will give greater focus to my reading. If you have any suggestions, feel […]
2/29 - Homer Hiccolm and the Rocketboys @ Red Eye Fly
3/7 - Dropkick Murphys @ Stubb’s (Sold Out but I’m still trying Craigslist)
3/28 - A Fine Frenzy @ The Parish
4/7 - Colin Meloy @ La Zona Rosa
4/15 - Feist @ Stubb’s
4/18 - ZZ Top @ Kyle Field (College Station)
4/20 - Brian Regan @ Austin Music […]
We’ve been a lot lately. In the airport. Traveling. Picking up visitors. Getting rid of those visitors. A lot = over twenty times in the last few months and likely another twenty coming up.
I have to tell you what I like the least. It would be the TSA. I’m not sure that I’m allowed to […]