Month: November 2003 (page 3 of 4)

Pretty Ominous Words from General Franks
General Tommy Franks (US Army, Retired) is the man who led the campaign in Iraq. In this interview he talks about the possibility of terrorists acquiring – and using – weapons of mass destruction against the United States, and what that would mean for our way of government and our way of life.

He also talks about President Bush and other matters.

But the words that got to me were these:

“Franks ended his interview with a less-than-optimistic note. ‘It�s not in the history of civilization for peace ever to reign. Never has in the history of man. … I doubt that we�ll ever have a time when the world will actually be at peace.'”

One day, General Franks, one day…

Pretty Ominous Words from General Franks

General Tommy Franks (US Army, Retired) is the man who led the campaign in Iraq. In this interview he talks about the possibility of terrorists acquiring – and using – weapons of mass destruction against the United States, and what that would mean for our way of government and our way of life.

He also talks about President Bush and other matters.

But the words that got to me were these:

“Franks ended his interview with a less-than-optimistic note. ‘It�s not in the history of civilization for peace ever to reign. Never has in the history of man. … I doubt that we�ll ever have a time when the world will actually be at peace.'”

One day, General Franks, one day…

Just Let Thanksgiving Be Thanksgiving!

I found this quote on a review of the Windham Hill Thanksgiving CD.

“Aww, poor Thanksgiving. It’s been reduced to Christmas’ bridesmaid. I believe the only people who celebrate the day most untouched are elementary school teachers and their students. Today it’s a day alot of times to eat and then plan which store to hit at 4am (ok, I’m a hypocrite, I do that too)

If your town is anything like mine, you’ll know that Christmas decorations are available to buy by the middle of June. Now I love Christmas as much as the next person, but lately I just want Thanksgiving to be Thanksgiving.”

Kind of interesting…

Just Let Thanksgiving Be Thanksgiving!

I found this quote on a review of the Windham Hill Thanksgiving CD.

“Aww, poor Thanksgiving. It’s been reduced to Christmas’ bridesmaid. I believe the only people who celebrate the day most untouched are elementary school teachers and their students. Today it’s a day alot of times to eat and then plan which store to hit at 4am (ok, I’m a hypocrite, I do that too)

If your town is anything like mine, you’ll know that Christmas decorations are available to buy by the middle of June. Now I love Christmas as much as the next person, but lately I just want Thanksgiving to be Thanksgiving.”

Kind of interesting…

Just Let Thanksgiving Be Thanksgiving!



I found this quote on a review of the Windham Hill Thanksgiving CD.

“Aww, poor Thanksgiving. It’s been reduced to Christmas’ bridesmaid. I believe the only people who celebrate the day most untouched are elementary school teachers and their students. Today it’s a day alot of times to eat and then plan which store to hit at 4am (ok, I’m a hypocrite, I do that too)

If your town is anything like mine, you’ll know that Christmas decorations are available to buy by the middle of June. Now I love Christmas as much as the next person, but lately I just want Thanksgiving to be Thanksgiving.”

Kind of interesting…

Where Salvation and Discipleship Meet
Read this simple, but powerful statement over at Hanson Carter’s blog, Tales from the Briar Patch…

“Talked about Zaccheus today……His salvation occurred when he stood up and declared that he would return fourfold all that he had defrauded from people.

WOW!

Where Salvation and Discipleship Meet
Read this simple, but powerful statement over at Hanson Carter’s blog, Tales from the Briar Patch…

“Talked about Zaccheus today……His salvation occurred when he stood up and declared that he would return fourfold all that he had defrauded from people.

WOW!

Where Salvation and Discipleship Meet

Read this simple, but powerful statement over at Hanson Carter’s blog, Tales from the Briar Patch…

“Talked about Zaccheus today……His salvation occurred when he stood up and declared that he would return fourfold all that he had defrauded from people.

WOW!

The Care and Feeding of the Inner Designer/Creator
I know some amazing creative people who are masters of design. I asked some of them these questions one day:

“What do you do to ‘feed’ your ‘inner designer?'”
“How do you stimulate your creativity?”
“What are some resources that might help us ‘non-designers’ get ‘better’ at it?”

So, in response to some of their repsonses, I’m doing some things…

Right now, I’m in the middle of reading Michael J. Gelb’s How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

And one of Gelb’s chapters lists some of the “great music” that has inspired and developed creative people over the years. I’ve always been a music lover – music of all kinds – but since starting the Gelb book, I’ve been on one of my “classical” kicks. Right now in my CD player are these five new CDs…

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 “Tragic”

Mozart’s Requiem

Brahms’ A German Requiem

Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs

Great recordings! Great prices!

The Care and Feeding of the Inner Designer/Creator

I know some amazing creative people who are masters of design. I asked some of them these questions one day:

“What do you do to ‘feed’ your ‘inner designer?'”

“How do you stimulate your creativity?”

“What are some resources that might help us ‘non-designers’ get ‘better’ at it?”

So, in response to some of their repsonses, I’m doing some things…

Right now, I’m in the middle of reading Michael J. Gelb’s How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day

And one of Gelb’s chapters lists some of the “great music” that has inspired and developed creative people over the years. I’ve always been a music lover – music of all kinds – but since starting the Gelb book, I’ve been on one of my “classical” kicks. Right now in my CD player are these five new CDs…

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring

Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 “Tragic”

Mozart’s Requiem

Brahms’ A German Requiem

Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs

Great recordings! Great prices!