Entries Categorized as 'Rants'

Tom Brokaw and NBC Miss the Boat

December 6, 2007

I’m a little late with this, but some of you may not have watched the segment on NBC Nightly News featuring the emerging church movement (more detailed interview with the pastor can be found here). Tom Brokaw (my oh my is he looking old!) did the segment, and after watching it, I have some thoughts [...]

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Acer 22-inch X223W Widescreen Monitor Makes Audible Buzzing Sound

November 25, 2007

I picked up an Acer 22-inch widescreen monitor this past Thanksgiving at Circuit City for $169 (after rebates). It was a phenomenal deal and I was very excited. However, upon returning home and setting it up, I noticed a very audible buzzing sound coming from the back of the monitor. Everything else about it was [...]

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West Windsor Charlie Brown’s Closes

October 3, 2007

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I have terrible news. Charlie Brown’s is closed. Not only is this unfortunate because I just scheduled the first Princeton Emergent Cohort meeting to take place at Charlie Brown’s - but it is an utter travesty. Why? On Thursday nights, Charlie Brown’s was the hangout for Princeton Seminarians (especially those of [...]

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Mark Driscoll, this Wink’s for you.

September 24, 2007

I promise this won’t turn into another Mark Driscoll rant - if you want something like that, I’m pretty sure you couldn’t find something like that on this site. I ran across a link to a new podcast of Mark Driscoll on Bob’s blog - I don’t agree with much of his analysis. Driscoll is [...]

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A Grilling Rant: Why Charcoal Grills Suck

June 20, 2007

I love to grill. It’s really been just in the past year that I’ve started doing it a lot. Sarah and I bought a nice gas grill last year and we easily used it 2-3x every week. Chicken, vegetables, hamburgers, hot dogs, turkey hot dogs, steaks…it was great. Turn on the grill, throw the [...]

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Atlanta’s Pollen Count: 5,449

March 27, 2007

I have allergies. Now, granted, they used to be worse when I was younger (many, many years of getting allergy shots 1x/month), but they still kick into high-gear in the spring. And Atlanta’s pollen is not helping the situation. Today’s pollen count was 5,449. I don’t follow pollen counts religiously, so I didn’t know how [...]

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3 Fonts That Should Not Be Used Anymore

March 13, 2007

These should not be used anymore. Not on blogs, websites, PowerPoint presentations(!), or anything else.
I know this is going to be a controversial post. I understand that personally. My wife really likes Comic Sans, while I think we should Ban Comic Sans. We have gotten to a point where we just don’t talk about Comic [...]

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One Reason to Not Live in Georgia

March 8, 2007

Georgia’s Ad Valorum Tax on cars. Property taxes on cars - one of the only states that does it. I opened up my Vehicle Registration Tag Renewal letter yesterday, expecting it to be like $40 or something (like it is in Washington or Idaho), and there it was. A $300 bill - and the culprit? [...]

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Teaching Methods: A Rant

March 7, 2007

I’ve never really been very interested in teaching methods, pedagogy or anything like that until this past semester at Columbia Theological Seminary. But first, let me back up a bit. When I first heard that professors read manuscripted lectures at Princeton, I was so disappointed. I couldn’t believe they would teach in a way that [...]

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(mt) Media Temple Needs WordPress Upgrade

March 5, 2007

First, let me say that after my last frustrations with (mt) Media Temple, things have been going much better. I haven’t experienced much, if any, downtime, page load time has been very good, and my WordPress Admin is working much smoother. Has everyone else noticed more consistency? I think so. I am very pleased with [...]

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