Entries Categorized as 'Rants'

(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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Dunce Cap Goes to Princeton Theological Seminary…

February 15, 2007

…because Princeton Theological Seminary just recently received a grade of D minus from the Sustainability Endowments Institute. I ran across the story on CNN last night, and was shocked to see that my future alma mater, Princeton Theological Seminary, had performed so poorly. To see the detailed “report card” for Princeton Seminary (which includes 1 [...]

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I Want a Local Mechanic (or “Why I’m done with Pep Boys on Piedmont!”)

January 16, 2007

In the spirit of people getting terribly annoyed and upset with companies (DIRECTV for example) I’ve had it with Pep Boys.
First, let me say that I don’t think it’s just the fact that they’re one of those big one-stop car places. I grew up in the Northwest and used Les Schwab during high school, college [...]

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In defense of hookahs.

October 5, 2006

Hookahs. Who would have thought such controversy - from Slice to North to South - would come from a simple photo of a hookah. But that is not the point of this post. This is simply an informational post [check the Wikipedia post for the history of the hookah]. A post in defense of hookahs. [...]

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Slice of Laodicea Slander Strikes Again: Pt II

September 29, 2006

Ingrid Schlueter highlighted my blog yesterday in her "On Hookahs, Emergents and Booze Aplenty" article. I think when I first started to get "picked on" by Ingrid and the Slice of Laocidea, I was a little offended. Upset. Why are they going after me? Then, the more it happened, I began to find it humorous [...]

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Slice of Laodicea Slander Strikes Again: Pt I

September 28, 2006

Perhaps a confession is in order, a little transparency? I like transparency, authenticity, etc. And not that this may come as a surprise to many of you, but, here goes: Sometimes, I like pissing people off. I like rocking the boat. Sometimes I even enjoy getting a rise out of people. It’s certainly not my [...]

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“All-Access” Visa Gift Card

September 23, 2006

When Sarah and I were in Washington last month for a reception that my parents arranged for us. At the reception, some people gave us some wonderful gifts and we are extremely grateful. Now, we received 2 VISA Gift Cards and 1 American Express Gift Card. The people who gave us these are wonderful people [...]

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“Holding me still, holding me near…”

September 21, 2006

Sarah and I were worshipping at a church where a friend is serving as a new pastor. The community was really wonderful and it was good to see where this friend serves and is setting down roots. During worship, we sang a song that I have led youth and adults in many a time, [...]

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Going to the Movies: A Rant

July 16, 2006

So you think you have a good reason to bring your kids to an evening movie? Wrong. You think it’s okay to bring your infant to a movie that gets out at 10.20pm? Wrong. Oh, you don’t have money for a babysitter, but you really want to see the movie? Tough. And even if you [...]

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Bye-bye McCosh.

June 30, 2006

Dammit. So, once again they’ve changed the health-coverage plan at Princeton Theological Seminary. They assure us that the 8% increase in the already incredibly expensive fee is "a rate increase well below the trend in our area." However, the most significant change is our loss of access to Princeton University’s McCosh Health Center. In all [...]

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