Archive for June, 2008



Dieting With Your Eyes

These links are really great. They show you just what you get for you caloric intake.
What does 200 calories look like?
What do 300 calorie meals look like?
300 calorie food picture gallery
It can be tricky to judge whether or not a portion is too big. This helps!

Twenty-four Doritos contain about 300 calories, 16 grams of fat, […]

Our Worst for our Kids Best?

Children need to see the best and worst of marriage in order to understand not only the depth of sin but also the luminescent glory of conviction, repentance, grace, reconciliation, and celebration. Otherwise relational darkness will be known but not named. And it will poison the hope of healing. ..Whenever parents fail to grow as […]

Google - Determiner of Obscenity?

Who’s to determine what is obscene these days, especially on the web? Do we need a morality handbook for website filtering or should we just rely on our collective conscience? Or perhaps Google can make the call? In a court case in Florida, where operator of a pornographic web site is being tried, the defense […]

The average sales price for houses in Austin increased 5.14% in May from $259,958 in May 2007 to $275,711 May 2008. Sales prices had been flat or falling since Feb 2008, but May has us heading the other way again. We continue to have a large number of “failed sales” …

My Personal Favorites

Here’s a link to a stream if you need more. RIP, pottymouth.

Jeremy Nail

Jeremy Nail & The Incidents are another great Momo’s regular. A photo from June 23, 2008:

Vail Acts 29 Pastors & Wives retreat

I will be out for the next four days in Vail, CO at the Acts 29 Pastors and Wives Retreat for some overdue time of refreshment and relaxation. Acts 29 is so cool–they are paying for all the expenses except airfare! We really anticipate whats in store, spiritually, relationally, culturally and so on. Probably grab […]

Get Smart

Saw Get Smart with my wife tonight. It was so fun to laugh out loud together, not at or with the kids. It’s pretty funny. Steve Carrell (Max) did a fine job escaping Michael Scott and convincing the audience that he is smart, dorky, and lovable. One thing I liked is that they don’t make […]

A Sad Day for Zimbabwe

It’s always hard to know what is truth in much of the world news that reaches here to the States, but it does seem official that Robert Mugabe will remain the “President” of Zimbabwe. What a sad day for the wonderful people of Zim who used to live in such a flourishing country. […]

Zombies Attack

Think we’ll be able to read about it in the paper?