Archive for December, 2008



Top Posts 2008

Here are the top posts of 2008. I think there were some much better posts, but these were most popular.
New U2 Album and No Line on the Horizon
Radiohead: In Rainbows
Dark Thoughts from The Dark Knight
The 7 New Deadly Sins
Primers on Pullman and the Golden Compass
Thank God for Evolution
New Tim Keller Book: The Reason of God
Archaeological […]

Pure Cuteness

Not too many words, just my favorite non relative cutest kid ever on the entire planet, in a Christmas Dora tent, Christmas dress up jewels, and the awesomest Longhorn shirt ever.

      

A Biblical Theology of Idolatry

Review of Greg Beale’s We Become What We Worship: a biblical theology of idolatry

      

Park City Utah During Ski Season

Every place that we have lived has been a learning experience. Seattle right downtown gave us real city living. San Diego, of course, showed us life’s a beach. And here in the middle of Park City ski season we are learning what it feels to be like the other 8000 people completely shocked by the […]

That Time Again

So it’s that time of year, when the blogging is slim, the holidays are abounding or whatever it is they do to you, and we’re planning on starting over fresh.
Our little plan kind of backfired. We wanted to wait until after Christmas and splurge on some things for each other. Nothing we really wanted was […]

Year End Lists Again

It was probably better last year.
#76
Five Things I Want 2009 to Forget:

Presidential Elections. Or that GW ever was…
Economic crisis anything.
The lamest World Series ever.
This year’s season of Heroes.

Everything unhealthy I ate and drank.

okay to remember:

      

I just finished entering the last listing we’ll take this year (that I know of) into the Austin MLS. I know, it’s Christmas Eve, but I’m all done shopping and don’t have anything better to do before we have a house full of relatives later tonight.

Anyway, we signed the …

Streaming Christmas Music

Here’s a gift - if you are sitting around trying to make your holidays more festive:
Christmas.fm
Free online streaming Christmas music, of all varieties! Wish I’d found it sooner…
Somegosoftly wishes a very
Merry Christmas
to all my readers and their loved ones.

      

Postponing Christmas

It has been a little slow around here, and I’m assuming everyone is off decking there halls and mistletoeing each other…but I’ve got more serious things to worry about than why you’re too busy to visit Somegosoftly. As a matter of fact, Christmas is being postponed over here. Myriad of reasons including:
1. Company. It’s going […]

Texas AM economist Mark Doutzer Dotzour has a new video outlining his 4 stage plan to fix America’s housing problems. Regular readers know Dotzour is my favorite economist on these issues, not to mention a funny speaker if you ever get to see him in person.

He breaks it down like this; …