Sunday, June 16, 2013

Star wars ep. 3: a better idea (than Lucas had)

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Add long time ago in a galaxy far far away... So in 2005 when episode 3 came out the whole world was wondering what would cause this cute/...
Saturday, March 16, 2013

Memories from Nanjing

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We started the process of adoption in January of 2012. We might have finished a year later but Christmas slowed down the USA portion and Ch...
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Are you sure you're American?

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A friend at work asked me this at the end of lunch on Friday. She's a Muslim girl who I've had the privilege of eating and talking ...
Thursday, July 5, 2012

My experience in a (four) Chinese hospitals

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(This was written on Tuesday, June 26, on my last day in the hosipital, but couldn't be posted until I returned home.) On Thursday, J...

Missed Opportunity

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(Written on Tuesday, June 19, in a hotel in China, unable to post until I returned to the USA.) Well, I blew it tonight.  It didn't e...

I'll take care of you

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When I was in Waterloo, Iowa, I thought my property taxes were high.  They were about $1,000 a year for a four bedroom, two and a half bath...

The Prayer of a four year old

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Back on May 29, 2012, little Carrot (almost four and a half years old) prayed without excessive prompting that "Jesus would take away ...

Capitalism & Socialism

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(This was typed in mid May but was delayed at being finalized until now.)  Following is a modern parable.  My comments will make more sense...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Government 2.0

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While most of this blog is dedicated to my kids when they get older, this post is more general.  Even as recently as 1912 the concepts of go...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Angels

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Two incidents happened last weekend that made wonder about angelic interactions. Saturday we all went to Lowes and Pickle and Carrot wanted...