Any time I begin to collaborate on documents, I inevitably come up against one of the greatest banes of the desktop publishing world, manually formatted text. This is a particular difficulty with website submissions. In submitted web articles text comes in manually formatted with headers, often with line breaks following to make the text look…
Category: Thoughts
Just my general thoughts on things.
What a way to end Summer
Shortly before I returned from vacation I received an email from my church treasurer. It had some updates on ongoing projects, nothing out of the ordinary. The last line, however, stood out. It said, “I would also like for you to be my guest at the Bruce Springsteen concert on September 2.” Accepting the invitation…
Cutting Loose
Shortly before we went on vacation, my family “cut the cord.” It's been a long time coming. I haven't wanted a home phone number for years, and have grown tired of feeling like live sports was keeping me hostage. With the arrival of netflix, hulu+, and network web-sites I wanted to break free for a…
Pastoral Expectations
Today I was out at a party where a member of central was also attending. At one point he joked, “I need to watch what I say, I'm sitting next to my pastor.” This brought forth a cry from the other side of the room, “Pastor's shouldn't judge, they can't judge you, pastors shouldn't judge.”…
Dazed and Amused at Crater Lake
My family and I recently returned home from a cross-country trip for a wedding. We travelled to Ashland, Oregon and spent a week sampling the culture and coffee of the area – but were able to take one road trip to a destination which has always fascinated me, Crater Lake National Park. The park was…
A thought on iBooks
I am writing my first book using iBooks author. It's nothing major, just about 50 pages on a presentation concept I call “Idea Painting.” As I continue to research the concept, and do more reading on communication theory, I be adding to the book over time, and issue updates through the iBooks store. Yes, there…
