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Skipping to Germany for Food
Today after madly dashing off some important emails in the morning that I hope I haven’t sent too late, Stephan and I took the...
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The First Five Days in Switzerland
Has it been five days since I arrived! I hardly know how to count time. I sleep too little, eat bread and cheese, go into town...
Good Article on the Teaching of Writing
Check out this essay by Andrew Pudewa on teaching writing . I've been perusing his site, which I find very interesting, and...
Electricity 101
What constitutes a passing knowledge of electricity? If I was in Japan, where 30% is a passing grade, I know what I need to. ...
Family Fun
Here are some pictures of the dear family I'm staying with. Anu in front of the house early in the morning ...
My New Home
Here are a few quick pictures from my new place of living. I think I beat the time it took me to post house pictures of Japan by...
Some Basel Sights
Now that I have internet and power I am tired and have too much to write! In an effort to boost my energy level I'll start with a...
Voice from the Past
Jon alerted me to this performance by a man singing a duet with himself as a young boy soprano. The idea itself is moving, and the...
First Post from Switzerland
I don't think the Swiss use the exclamation mark, or at least I can't find it on this keyboard. If zou didn't figure...
The Very Beginning (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)
Here I am, sitting in the Orlando airport waiting for the flight before my flight to Charlotte to leave the gate. If the rest of...
New Life International Baptisms at Lake Yamanaka: Three...
On Sunday, July 30 th 2006, my last full Sunday in Japan, I went with everyone associated with New Life church plus friends and...
Harping is Fun!
I'd like to be able to provide pictures and movies as my adventure in Switzerland unfolds. Playing my harp for you seemed to...
Japanese World Map
I'm fooling around with this blog trying things out, so here, for your amusement, is the world according to the Japanese.
What Hath Judge Green Wrought?
Taking up Janet's challenge , I'm attempting to put a YouTube video in this post. Being perennially out of date and out of touch, I...
Last Two Weeks in Japan Part III: Days with friends, fun,...
Oh, I shouldn’t have let so much time pass before writing all of my Japan experiences up. Ah well, I’ll do the best...
Coercive "Health"
I wonder how much of the harm in the world has been done to people "for their own good." I think of the Crusades, forced...
Reflection on 1 Peter 2:7-9
As I read 2 Peter this morning I was once again faced with difficult language. I grew up in a church that said God wills from...
Good...
A Candian study indicates that knowledge of two or more languages can play a significant role in staving off dementia. ...
Learning Time!
According to this WebMD article , napping helps babies process and retain new information. Extrapolating to all ages, maybe a good...
My New Baby
Well, not exactly, I’m only trying her out and I actually don’t like her that much, but if you know me at all you’ve...
Completely Irrelvant and Trivial Sad News
Beginning January 1st, one of my favorite comic strips, FoxTrot , will be published on Sundays only . I love FoxTrot primarily...
Join the Rescue Effort - Pray!
A break in the weather (in which the winds on the mountain are predicted to be "only" 60 mph) is expected to set off an intensive...
Japan story from a friend
Here's a link to a crazy story about Toilet Cleaning Day in Japan at my friend's Jr. high school. Besides the 80min individual...
Why I'm Afraid to Travel Overseas
Terrorism? War? Disease? Crime? Not being able to communicate? For the places I'm likely to go, the biggest danger is none of...
Decorating my Room Finally
The purpose for this post is mainly to experiment with adding pictures to my blog and mostly so I can procrastinate on work I don't want...