Splat!

I had a blast during today’s adventure.  Every month I get together with a group of players for a Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game session.  Our game is set in the Grand Duchy of Karameikos, the setting for the old Basic & Expert Dungeons and Dragons rules boxes.  I’ve been running them through some modules from [...]

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iPhone Shuffle Wasn’t Working

I was getting frustrated.  I clicked “shuffle” on my iPhone and the song began playing.  After it was over it just repeated the same song again.  I had to manually click to the next song.   It did it again. And again.  And again!  This went on all evening before I realized the problem.  I [...]

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What iPad Apps and Why?

I’m sending out an all call.  What iPad apps do you use and why?  How do you use them? Having just recently acquired my first iPad, I’m exploring all the ways this machine can benefit my life and ministry.  I’m curious what folk out there are using.  What apps ought I to look at?

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First Words of the Day

A1: “If Werewolves were real, what would happen to them if they ate that frosting Maggie put on that cake?” Me: “Um, nothing.  Why?” A1: “I thought they were just meat eaters.” * These were her first words of the day. Not, “Good morning, Papa”, not “I’m hungry”, just a question about the ability of werewolves to [...]

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Religious Responsibility of Parents

O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:  Psalm 44:1 (ESV) We have a responsiblity to pass on to our children our faith.  Our children will not know if we don’t tell them.  It is not primarily the pastor’s, or [...]

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Every Christian is a Minister

Priscilla and Aquila were tent makers. They were not seminary graduates or even students. They had been taught by Paul, but so had a great many other people. Yet God chose to use them to mentor a well educated, well spoken Alexandrian named Apollos.

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Win For Team Caffeine

Drinking normal levels of caffeinated beverages does not cause a net dehydration effect.* The mild diuretic effect of caffeine is offset by the large amount of water in the caffeinated beverage.** * Maughan RJ, Griffin J (December 2003). “Caffeine ingestion and fluid balance: a review”. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics 16 (6): 411–420. doi:10.1046/j.1365-277X.2003.00477.x [...]

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Good Baby, Bad Husband

Ever hear someone say they have such a good baby.  He or she just sleeps and only wakes to be fed.  Apparently the definition of a good baby is the same as that of a lousy husband. Hmmm … does anyone besides me see the inequity here?

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Book Nook

In the category of awesome design ideas: I’d change the wall paper for sure, maybe even the other colors, but the idea rocks.  I’d love a reading nook like that.

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A Fun Pandemic

I mentioned the other day that I spent some time at the Kearney Area Gamefest this past weekend.  Despite my unfortunate migraine on Saturday afternoon I had a good time.  Many thanks to Casey Petersen for telling me about the event. While there I had to opportunity to discover several new games.  One of my favorites [...]

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