nirvana. a dedication…

No doubt, you’ve seen this album cover… it is a classic cover that has been parodied by the likes of Weird Al Yankovic, and many others…

including me…

tsunami honeymoon…

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photo: beachfront along Honoapiilani Highway two hours before the tsunami.
As many of you may have seen on the news, a tsunami hit the Hawaiian islands this past weekend, and as many of you know, I was in Maui with my lovely wife on our honeymoon.
I don’t exactly know what the news in the states [...]

please do not disturb…

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A BIG thanks to everyone who joined us in Pella to help us celebrate our wedding day!  We hope you had a memorable time, and wish you all safe travels home.
- Sam & Candace DuRegger

five finger trailrunning…

As seen on TentLife… but now in HD! Go outside and DO SOMETHING!!!

a celebration is in order…

Urgent Update: Please pray for “T” as he is back in the states and has been admitted to the Children’s Mercy Hospital in KC with double pneumonia and some other symptoms… to read full update click here.

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Photo: a collage of pics from Bicycle Basket a blog by Michael and Krisyn Jones.
I don’t know about [...]

the decline of the MBA…

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Photo: “Power suit, power tie, power steering…”
This is more or less a rant against higher education (specifically – the declining value of the MBA degree), so if you don’t care, don’t bother…
In 2004, I was working for Fellowship of Christian Athletes as a Field Representative in Northeast Oklahoma, and through a series of events [...]

quit being so vague…

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I had a hour long phone interview this week… it was one of those scripted interviews where the interviewer cannot interpret the question for you, but can only repeat the question. Yeah…
One of the questions was very vague and I didn’t know how to answer it, I had no clue as to what they [...]

happy new decade…

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Photo: The Jetsons’ – the Future’s quintessential family unit.
We’ve now eclipsed the single digits, and have ferociously stepped into 2010. So. Where are all the flying cars and robot butlers?
Hope all of you are looking forward to what this next decade has to offer, as life continues to be [...]

Book #1 – The Last American Man

The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert. This book is enthralling… mainly because of it’s blinding transparency of a man and his struggles whist himself. Elizabeth Gilbert’s biographical memoir of Eustice Conway, is a collision of one man’s draconian ideology and the reality of this American life. Conway is a smart, disciplined [...]

Book(s) #2 – A New Kind of Christian (Trilogy)

Brian McLaren’s Trilogy, consisting of: A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey; The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian; The Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity.

Followed closely with his [...]