Archive for February, 2009

Thriving on Less

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Another installment from Leo Babauta’s Thriving on Less, the companion ebook to his The Power of Less. Chapter 5 – Make Small Financial Changes First “Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take small steps.”     – Saul Bellow While it’s important, when scaling back, to try to eliminate non-essential expenses as much as possible, you can’t change […]

A Lever Long Enough

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]

Bailout Approved by Congress

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

A breaking news alert from The New York Times stated that a deal compromise has been reached by the House and Senate.  The package pared back Democrats’ proposed spending on education and health in favor of tax cuts needed to win over Republicans.  I’ve not had a chance to read the final wording, but there’s probably […]

John’s Quest

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]

173 and Counting

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Rick Rycroft The fires burning in Australia have taken 173 lives and the toll is expected to top 200.  Two towns have been nearly obliterated.  Both Kinglake, above, and Marysville have few buildings which survived the fires.  It is now thought that some of the fires were started by an arsonist or arsonists.  The entire town […]

Pirate Invasion Nabs 141

Monday, February 9th, 2009

by Jeff Katanick This past weekend Tampa was invaded by Jose Gasparilla’s ship sailing under the Jolly Roger.  This ship and it’s flotilla has been sailing into Tampa Bay since 1904.  This year Tampa was bludgeoning with over 350,000 pirates and revelers.  141 of them has less fun than the others.  They were grabbed, not […]

The Two Shall Become One

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”  He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her.”  But Jesus said to them, “”Because of your hardness of heart he […]

Thriving on Less

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Another installment from Leo Babauta’s Thriving on Less, the companion ebook to his The Power of Less.  . Chapter 4 – Focusing on Enough, Not More “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi I think it’s something that’s conditioned in us from an early age, by friends, television, […]

When God & Grief Meet

Friday, February 6th, 2009

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]

Lost in Las Vegas

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason […]