out to lunch

i probably won't be able to check in for a few days. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday i'll be in Austin, TX as a delegate at the District Assembly. http://www.southtexasnaz.org/ The hotel we're staying in has internet in the rooms but its ten bucks a day - i don't need to check my e-niverse (electronic universe) that often! i'll have my cell phone (and charger) with me if anybody *really* needs to get a hold of me and the hotel lists a "business center" as one of its amenities. (These generally amount to two PCs and a fax/printer but i guess it would do in a pinch)

i'm sending out an email tonight to a lot of people that i want to keep in touch with. i just spent more time than i want to admit tweaking the look of the blog and adding links, etc. before sending out the email. And no, i DON'T agree with everything the eBay atheist says (um, hello - he's an atheist) but if we as churches are going to be effective in reaching the world, it might be useful to find out just how we are perceived by those we are trying to reach.

The people that i have listed as "famous people" are not necessarily people who are "widely known" (the more common usage of "famous") but rather these are people who are "First Rate" and "Excellent". You have to check out Susan Wagoner, shes gonna put Pryor Creek on the map and Flood23 seriously rocks.
The blogs are (with the exception of the eBay atheist) written by people who (so far anyway) have been willing to be seen with me in public. If any of my other friends or family have a blog and you will let me link to it here - let me know about it!
"Interesting Sites" should be self explanatory and, if you're not familiar with these sites, i would encourage you to check them out.

And i finally quit just talking about it and today (Monday) i got the ball rolling to go back to school to finish a Bachelor's degree. i've been ruminating on this for a couple years now and i had landed on "BioEthics" as what i felt would be the most appropriate major for me. i will be pursuing this degree at the local branch of the University of Texas, probably one class at a time. (i gotta work) After doing some checking (read:asking people who know more about this than i do) it seems that the closest that i can get to a "BioEthics" degree is a B.A. in Philosophy with an emphasis in Ethics. i'm still wrapping my brains around that idea... but you have to admit - a couple Logic classes could probably do me a world of good :-)

Three cheers for freedom of expression - God bless America!