- announcing my New Year's resolution: Ending conflict in Iraq, by myself. (Hey, if the Pres doesn't ask for my ideas, not my fault!)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
officially ready for 09. Hope above optimism, in all circumstances.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
- wondering why I've got a lookalike on screen in tonight's episode of The Bill!
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
enjoying an Aussie Christmas: Dog already exhausted. Connected with family via mobile calls, on 'speaker'. Testing limits of the 'AA's.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
getting ready to wrap, not rap... although I can do that too if you ask me in rhyme, holding a boom box on your shoulder.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
A question. What is the best newspaper? NY Times? Wall Street Journal? Straits Times? Le Monde? Another?
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Empower CC sent a Merry Christmas to the community tonight. Well done to all.
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Only few more sleeps til Christmas, & we Aussies are bound to arrive earlier than our US friends. Sorry guys. It's how we roll.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
disturbed by the inadequacies of social security, as outlined during broadcasts this week: www.npr.org
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
in the clouds...
Been thinking a bit lately, and experimenting, with the value of the cloud. No, I'm not getting off the deck of the planet's surface with lofty time-wasting... rather, appreciating and testing the value of online living.
Moving from the early ideas of desk-bound communication, our mobile world follows us rather than being a place that we access from single points beyond our daily lives. Even in 1975, there was a preview of the advantages... have a look at these slides!
- Gmail, Picasa, me.com, online storage and backup, Google calendar
Sure, there are some dangers... NPR presented a report that's got some helpful cautionary value to it.
But I'm prepared to embrace the good of the new before fearing the bad of its shortcomings. Yeah, I'm cautious and conscious of security... but the online world is a resource to use rather than run from in a sweat.
love getting the washing done! And twittering away the occasional thought in my online clouds - now how's that for multi-skilling?
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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
loving Kung Fu Panda. Jack Black is pure awesomeness! http://ping.fm/zQNTW
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Monday, December 1, 2008
loving a status update as an expressive communication tool... and a little bit of a statement of one's personality: http://ping.fm/QpgxR
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
impressed by Shane Baxter's thoughts at ECC on Sunday night. Very encouraging and inspiring.
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back from an inspiring service... looking forward to this evening's big bash: http://ping.fm/PnCBB
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
not bothered by claims of old-guard members cramming Obama's first appointments. Change is delivered by those who who know their way around
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Thursday, November 27, 2008
disturbed by the scale of attacks in India... http://ping.fm/ZPRBq
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
enjoying the weekend with my great girls, but looking forward to another fulfilling week... http://ping.fm/p5HlB
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Saturday, November 22, 2008
contemplating mobile communications and a cloud... http://ping.fm/xJk3N
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
loving the CBS 60 Minutes interview of the first family from last weekend... http://ping.fm/vEANQ
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Saturday, November 15, 2008
loved the CBS 60 minutes interview with the Obama team... http://ping.fm/KgcyD
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loving The West Wing, all over again... http://ping.fm/vdeIA
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Friday, November 14, 2008
mystified at the delay in the 'Bloody Sunday' enquiry: http://ping.fm/zdcqH
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
trusting all works together for good. Love that scripture http://ping.fm/oMW7l
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
... just saw 'Body of Lies' and loved it. Have to agree with David on this one... http://ping.fm/G5jvo
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
... I've got my POTUS08 party all set for Wednesday... just gotta get the speech notes finished. Yes we can!
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
only 9 days to go... bring on those elections! Now, if only I could vote 'Stateside'...
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Saturday, October 4, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
way to go... a worthy start to the day http://ping.fm/eZQjX
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Reactive rescue
There's clearly a theme in play right now - something that links the behaviours of recent US decisions. That theme is a sense of reactive rescue rather than considered response. The US - and international governments - are all spending less time positioning for the future... more passion reacting to the mistakes and misadventures of the recent past. Call it 'panic', but don't called it misplaced fear.
The biggest challenge will be for the next President to focus forward while mopping up the failures of past strategies (or the absence thereof).
The biggest question will be if there's even time enough for such strategic planning. At least for now... there's clearly the energy to repair, then reset.
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great story on OnPoint - Dexter's written a classic: http://ping.fm/TAyIc
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Listening to: Mars Hill Bible Church - Mars Hill - The Wind of God - Kent Dobson - Audio http://ping.fm/AtRna
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalm 103: 2
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
loving the elections race, now that it's reaching the pointy end of the cycle. Jon Stewart, from The Daily Show, is must-see!
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Retail therapy
Gotta start changing the way I shop...
Awesome Ways to Grocery Shop - Watch more free videos
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
wondering what life is like without Olympics viewing? http://ping.fm/zX5WB
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Great catching up with East District last night... back to my life of words now.
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
checking out new news widgets for news junkies like me.
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The One - playing up stereotypical fears?
One of the recent video advertisements by the McCain campaign is titled The One:
What bothers me about this video is the implication that Obama is somehow suggesting he is messianic. I don't see that in the prayer he posted in the 'Wailing Wall' while visiting Jerusalem recently, as shown.
I also do not see it in the words he uses when describing his faith in Jesus Christ. In Obama's own words, he 'accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior' and is 'a big believer in not just words, but deeds and works. I don't believe that the Kingdom of God is achievable on Earth without God's intervention, and without God's return through Jesus Christ, but I do believe in improvement.'
Before McCain's team rushes to label him Messianic, or attempting that card, I'd prefer to look at the humility of a prayer that seek's God's intervention and admits to needing God's forgiveness.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
Life's a balancing act...
Yeah... not something I'm ever going to do...
... not even this one...
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Friday, August 1, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
relaxing by listening to US politics talkback... yeah, that's what I do...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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- getting ready to wrap, not rap... although I can d...
- A question. What is the best newspaper? NY Times? ...
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