An Unexpected Post

Ater 6 months of blogsperimentation, I am putting this thing on the shelf. I am taking the next 6 months to devote my writing time to a project I’ve been putting off.

I like the blogging thing alot and have a much better idea of how to go about it for next time, Gadget. I’ll continue to use this blog as a crossroads for other blogs- making this blog an old-timey pub and inn, I suppose- but that means i’ll probably keep up the blogroll and expand it as i find new stuff, and give more thought to other blogs and interact with them on the hyways and bighways.

I may pick this up again next May- that’s to be determined. What i would appreciate is this; if you have any devastating critiques or humorous anecdotes regarding this weblog, please drop them in the comments for this post so’s i can reference them when i decide to blog again.

Thanks, Jesse, Josh, Jeff, Mike and my wife (and Brad!) for the hits and comments over the last 6 months… i think you were the only people to actually visit. Sweet! 

Filed under: Blogging

Musta ben thuh Chumby

The Chumby entered my brain as a harmless idea and grew into a huge discussion regarding pirates, technology and cultural integration- savvy? I am not. It threw me into a bottomless pit of word-traps and all my critical thinking faculties flew out the window. I wanted to care about the Chumby, but can’t bring myself to it. I guess i will never matriculate the technation.

In other words, i’ve been doing things other than blogging the last few days. For instance, i picked up “Made to Stick” by the Brothers Heath (these are not the Brothers Brick or Grimm) upon the indirect (to me, anyway) recommendation of Matt. So far, this is an unbelievable book and should be in the hands (rather than on the shelf) of anyone who deigns to call themselves a communicator. Parantheses aside, it is a must-read and will likely grace my Cloning List one day.

I was going to pick up the (new?) one from Mark Scandrette, but Borders didn’t have it in the store. (do i want to order it? i could get a better price from amazon- i came here to spend more money for the joy and convenience of pulling it off the shelf all on my own. so no- i don’t want to order it. i want to pluck it when it’s ripe.) The book is Soul Graffiti and my only worry is that it’s going to be another Blue Like Jazz or New Monasticism (these books are fine, whatever) but the twist would be that it’s based in San Fran. That would be lame. I read a little this evening in another, better bookstore (B&N) and i think it’s worth a read- it certainly got me thinking seriously about the issues he raises… rather than just the misty-eyed idealism i usually wolf down.

Filed under: Blogroll, Interdisciplinary Action, Leadership, Recommends, Seemingly Random, Theology, i love technology , Chip Heath, Donald Miller, Mark Scandrette, Mike Heath, Shane Claiborne, tim stevens

Relevance and the Chumby

Jeff has opened up a discussion over at his blog on the topic of relevance- one of my favorite hot-button issues! At least, i think it’s on relevance- I may be projecting that just because i like talking about it so much.

Speaking of… wait, what on earth is this? What would i do with it? I am clearly not up to speed.

Filed under: Interdisciplinary Action, Leadership, Seemingly Random, i love technology , carl trueman, chumby, jeff lash, relevance, tim stevens

Batman

Updated the blogroll a wee bit. Some new additions like Jesse and Bear are up now- sorry it took so long, Jesse! Both of these blogs are hosted by Blogspot. Coincidence? Hardly.

Uh, there was something else…

i forgot.

Filed under: Blogroll, Seemingly Random , Batman, Bear Grylls, Jesse Hunter