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Entries from August 2007

The Future of Education

August 17th, 2007 · No Comments

What will it look like? If the past is any indication, it will not be much different than it is today or has been since the early 1900’s. According to Will RichardsonĀ it will look much different in ten years. Part of me say it will not, the realistic part, the part that comes from being [...]

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The Tunnel is Stretching

August 16th, 2007 · No Comments

My last post was entitled The Light at the End of the Tunnel. I felt I could begin to see a time when I would have this deck finished. Not that I hate working on it. Quite the opposite. I get involved in what I am doing and literally lose track of time. It is [...]

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The Light At the End of the Tunnel

August 15th, 2007 · No Comments

The deck I am building is looking more and more as I had planned it. This amazes me. I had a vision and it is coming to fruition. During the process of building the footers I was doubting whether I wanted to see this through. Now that I am working on the frame of the [...]

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August 14th, 2007 · No Comments

The deck is really starting to take shape now. The four posts to support the pergola are up and the girder is installed. Now you can start to see the shape and height of the deck.
One long post to support the pergola beams is not as sturdy as I’d like it to be though. It [...]

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Building the Deck: Foundation

August 12th, 2007 · No Comments

For two hours last night I wrote down every step and problem I have encountered since starting the construction of this deck. I was typing for two hours! I saved the post, published it, and, when I went to view it, the post had vanished. All my hard work gone. Today I tried to find [...]

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Tags: General Ponderings

Wild at Heart

August 11th, 2007 · No Comments

I saw this video while reading some blogs yesterday. It reminded me of a message about lifeĀ from a book I am reading and discussing with some guys at my church. The book is Wild at Heart by John Eldridge and it shows men how to find themselve in Christ and explains what it means to [...]

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Women In Art

August 9th, 2007 · No Comments

A video I saw on iCaught the other night and wanted to share. Five hundred years of women in art.
Can you find Mona Lisa? Matisse? Picasso?

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