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Na-No-Blog-Mo

Apparently November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, which makes me cringe to look at). Blogger’s got an event in which they want people to write a novel (50,000 words or more) during the month of November…on their blog.

I’d do it, except I’ve got way too much to focus on. I may attempt it sometime though. It sounds like fun, even though I bet most of the ‘novels’ that come from this won’t be that great…

but I can’t really make that judgment until I’m a certified author like my friend and writer-extraordinaire, Brad Whittington.

Google Desktop Search Download

Crazy. I have to post this now too. I just sent a message to Google telling them this story. Just last night a question came to me from somewhere, but I can’t remember where now. I wondered why no one had made a program that could look through all the words on my computer, i.e. looking through my word docs instead of just looking for the title.

And less than 24 hours later, during my random web wanderings, I stumble on to this discovery, the Google Desktop Search. It looks like exactly what I was thinking of. I’m just about to download it. I think I may be giddy with excitement. Or that could be the Dr. Pepper.

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Bummer. I just tried to download it but it’s only available for WinXP or Win2000. Could this be the reason I’ve been waiting for to upgrade? Is it a sign? Does anyone want to contribute to my purchase of a new PC, preferably tablet-sized? It’s not that far from Christmas?

This actually makes me anxious to go to work tomorrow, just to try out this program…

Google SMS

I wish I were as smart as the people at Google. Though only in Beta, you should check this site out. Need to know where the closest pizza place is in a strange city? Text message Google and they’ll send you some choices. Need to define a word? I tried “lugubrious” and, within a few minutes, received the reply, “mournful or doleful to a ludicrous degree.” How many moons are there around Jupiter? What’s that guy’s number? I can only remember his last name? Check it out. I’m impressed. Not that it takes all that much.

“For those coming to be fed, taste is a neverending battle. But this is the wrong conversation altogether. The real issue in worship isn’t so much about songs and style but the larger issue of Story: the story of Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”

I thought this was going to be a rebuttal to McClaren’s article I linked to earlier, but it actually accentuates McClaren’s points. Good reading.

“But more than that, is Jesus being pimped?”:

Isn’t that what we’ve all wanted to ask at some point or another?

Read the article. I’m not sure what I make of it. Yet.

Internet Anagram Server

I blogged this a long time back I think (on a separate blog), but it’s still a very fun internet toy.

LeadershipJournal.net - It’s All About Who, Jesus?

I like Brian McClaren’s words. I like the way he makes me think. I like the fact that he was once an English major as I once used to be. I like that’s he’s unafraid to say what most people feel.

Read the above article. See if you agree with his views. It’s definitely worth a read if you’ve ever sung a “praise” song in church.

So I used to write bi-monthly articles about Christianity and Postmodernism for a website called Suite101 back in college. Today I googled myself and found this:

“THE INTERNET CHURCH: ANOTHER LOOK

Add to the list of writings about the Internet church this recent
article by Blake Atwood, who writes about religion and spirituality
for the Suite101.com web community.

‘The church is the one brick-and-mortar place that the Internet can’t replace,’ he
writes in his recent article, ‘The Internet Church?’

‘It seems absurd to even mention the idea that one could `go to church’ just by logging on.’ A fully Internet church, Atwood argues, ‘represents a
much greater problem that plagues society — hyper-individualism.’”

I must be important. I’ve been quoted.

My favorite signed book, “Welcome to Fred,” by Brad Whittington. Brad is a family friend, and reminds me of my future self. This hilarious tale about a hippie-PK (preacher’s kid) stuck in Fred (redneck), Texas is now a trilogy. The sequel is set to come out sometime soon, and the sequel to the sequel is currently in the editorial process. Visit FredTexas.com.

If you did, you’d get many more posts, and I know how much you love reading my words. Seriously, I’m on a laptop right now and I feel like commenting on everything that’s going on - Julia Child’s death, the gay, resigning governor, the war on terror, how much I like Dr. Pepper…I could get addicted to this…

I’ve made another website to hawk some books. If you buy them through that site, I’ll get a tiny bit of that money, and then I can buy more books, and that would make you happy, because that would make me happy, and you want me to be happy.

That site is readthesebooks.blogspot.com. I’ve only got the last two books I’ve read posted. (Technically, I’ve only read a few chapters in The Friendly Dickens. I plan to add more, given time, and especially if I get a laptop. Hint. Hint. Wink. Wink.