The Digital Story of the Nativity

Just a cute picture…

We enjoy life on our hobby farm in Wisconsin. Can you tell?

The single best thing for our health

Well worth the 9 1/2 minutes to watch…

Your hands

Here’s a new favorite JJ Heller song that really touched me over the weekend…

This is soooo my wife… :-)

You are more

Who will love me for me?

I won’t back down

The 9/11 YouTube Project

YouTube worked with The New York Times on a YouTube Channel featuring archived news broadcasts and personal stories and reflections from the public…

Acrylic on canvas by Artist Tim Nyberg of g42art

Why Is This Happening To Me?

Jeju-do, South Korea
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These thoughts from Kute Blackson inspire me…

When you are in the midst of a situation itself, it can be excruciatingly painful. But I want you to also remember that sometimes the real reason you are going through the experience often gets revealed later on and isn’t so apparent at first. We often only see our experiences through a certain perspective. We only see part of the picture. Our view point is somewhat limited.What can often seem like something terrible today could turn out to be something amazing tomorrow. However, we only see this once we have come through it.It’s then we realize that it could not have been any different. Life needed to be the way it was. The situation although challenging forced you to grow, and become more of who you really are. The challenging situation was the necessary fire to give birth to the diamond you ultimately are. The challenging situation led you in a new direction, and opened up new opportunities and meeting new people that you otherwise would not have. Often what you think something is actually isn’t and what you think isn’t, in reality, is. Don’t be so sure that you know why something is actually going on in your life at that moment. Your biggest breakdowns can be your biggest breakthroughs. They can teach you the most about what is real, who you are, and what is truly important in your life. They can cause you to let go of everything that is inauthentic and serve as a wake up call. They can end up leading you to your soulmate, or your dream career. You just never know. So when things happen that you don’t understand, develop a curiosity about it, rather than being too quick to make up a meaning that causes misery or keeps you disempowered…”

via Why Is This Happening To Me?.

Speaking of breakthroughs and inspiration, enjoy this clip[ of Sung-bong Choi — the Susan Boyle of Korea…

What I am

Seen Soul Surfer?

Great family movie! I highly recommend it…

F-16 crash at EAA in Oshkosh

Yup, and I was right there when it happened, although this video is much better than mine. You can get the non-explanation here and some great pics here

I can’t get no satisfaction

Rare Stones footage of the song voted #2 favorite of all time…

Need a vacation?

Take a 134-hour cruise from Bergen to Kirkenes in 5 minutes…

Now get back to work!

My declaration of independence

Icon from Nuvola icon theme for KDE 3.x.

Click the icon below for the audio version…

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

And wisdom to know the difference.” via en.wikipedia.org

This independence day, I declare independence from…

  • Trying to manage the unmanageable…
  • Anger and resentment related to the first item…
  • Substances that stimulate or depress…
  • Anything that’s keeping me from being a more authentic me…

I’ll give myself 30 days and I’ve entered these issues into Habitforge to help keep me on track. July is going to be a hell of a month — you may want to wait until August to talk to me…

Lost

Coldplay Concert at Osheaga 2009 Montreal - Co...
Coldplay Concert at Osheaga 2009 Montreal

Just because I’m losing

Doesn’t mean I’m lost

Doesn’t mean I’ll stop

Doesn’t mean I will cross

Just because I’m hurting

Doesn’t mean I’m hurt

Doesn’t mean I didn’t get what I deserve

No better and no worse

I just got lost

Every river that I’ve tried to cross

And every door I ever tried was locked

Ooh-Oh, And I’m just waiting till the shine wears off…

You might be a big fish

In a little pond

Doesn’t mean you’ve won

‘Cause along may come

A bigger one

And you’ll be lost

Every river that you tried to cross

Every gun you ever held went off

Ooh-Oh, And I’m just waiting till the firing stops

Ooh-Oh, And I’m just waiting till the shine wears off

Ooh-Oh, And I’m just waiting till the shine wears off

Ooh-Oh, And I’m just waiting till the shine wears off

With or without you

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I’m waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can’t live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she’s got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can’t live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can’t live
With or without you
With or without you

I don’t care anymore

I Don't Care Anymore
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Well you can tell ev’ryone I’m a down disgrace
Drag my name all over the place.
I don’t care anymore.
You can tell ev’rybody ’bout the state I’m in
You won’t catch me crying ‘cos I just can’t win.
I don’t care anymore I don’t care anymore

I don’t care what you say
I don’t play the same games you play.

‘Cos I’ve been talking to the people that you call your friends
And it seems to me there’s a means to and end.
They don’t care anymore.
And as for me I can sit here and bide my time
I got nothing to lose if I speak my mind.
I don’t care anymore I don’t care no more

I don’t care what you say
We never played by the same rules anyway.

I won’t be there anymore
Get out of my way
Let me by
I got better things to do with my time
I don’t care anymore I don’t care anymore
I don’t care anymore I don’t care anymore

Well, I don’t care now what you say
‘Cos ev’ry day I’m feeling fine with myself
And I don’t care now what you say
Hey I’ll do alright by myself
‘Cos I know.

‘Cos I remember all the times I tried so hard
And you laughed in my face ‘cos you held all the cards.
I don’t care anymore.
And I really ain’t bothered what you think of me
‘Cos all I want of you is just a let me be.
I don’t care anymore D’you hear? I don’t care no more

I don’t care what you say
I never did believe you much anyway.

I won’t be there no more
So get out of my way.
Let me by
I got better things to do with my time
I don’t care anymore
D’you hear? I don’t care anymore
I don’t care no more
You listening? I don’t care no more
No more!

You know I don’t care no more!

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