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March 15, 2008
Last Post on Monkey Outta Nowhere
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Blogging)My blog has officially moved out. You can keep up with it at KevinDHendricks.com. If you're using my FeedBurner RSS feed you shouldn't have to update anything (I hope). If you're using one of my other RSS feeds, you might... Read More
March 14, 2008
Blogging Turns 10
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Behold, the Internet)Jason Kottke is celebrating 10 years of blogging today. He wasn't the first, but definitely one of the earliest. However you want to divvy up the credit, 2008 is the 10th anniversary of blogging. Amazing how it's all growed up... Read More
March 13, 2008
Yes, We're Still Waiting
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Adoption)Lots of folks have been asking how our adoption process is going, and the answer is the same as it was two months ago: We're waiting. We've been approved, we've filled out all the paperwork and we're officially on the... Read More
March 10, 2008
Kevin: 2002 vs 2008; or Real Office vs. Home Office
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Personal Pics)Speaking of hair (or the lack thereof), I thought it'd be interesting to compare my current self to my 6 years ago self: Me in 2002: Me in 2008: Why compare the two? Hopefully it's good fun, and not just... Read More
Shave Your Head to Fight Cancer
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Health)St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven fund raising program where people shave their heads to fight cancer. We're such an image-based culture that I love the idea of putting our image to work for a cause (I was going to... Read More
March 8, 2008
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer Gives 'Em Hell
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Politics)Apparently a number states have balked at the Department of Homeland Security's attempts to require nationwide standards for ID cards, known as the Real ID Act. It sounds like a fairly boring story, though maybe an interesting case of state's... Read More
March 6, 2008
My House is Broken; or I'm Inept at Home Improvement
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Domicile)My house hates me. Since we moved in last April things have been systematically breaking. The guys who installed our washer and dryer hooked them up wrong. Didn't help that I didn't properly install the drain hose on the first... Read More
Ninja Eema: My Sister-in-Law on Etsy
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Art)My sister-in-law, Limor, has set up shop on Etsy, selling her crafty wares under the name Ninja Eema. She's made some great stuff for Lexi for various presents, and now you can get your own stuff. I'm partial to Dudley... Read More
March 5, 2008
NextGen Summit Article Online
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Company News)I spent my New Year's in California covering the Foursquare NextGen Summit '07, on assignment writing an article for Advance magazine. The article I wrote, "Generation Change" is now available online.... Read More
March 3, 2008
Blog Archives Now Complete
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Site Updates)It only took four and a half years, but my blog archives are now complete. All 2,370 entries going back to Dec. 5, 1998 are now available right here. No more going back to the hand-coded pages on the utterly... Read More
March 2, 2008
Still Waiting to Adopt and Where the Money Comes From
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Adoption)We haven't talked about our adoption much lately. Mainly because we're on the waiting list, and there's not much to do other than wait. Yeah, we try to busy ourselves with things like our rummage sale, but we're really just... Read More
Today is Dr. Seuss' Birthday
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Reading is Fun)Today is Dr. Seuss' birthday, so don't forget that adults are just obsolete children. I wrote about the good doctor's birthday nine years ago, so can just see what I had to say back then.... Read More
February 29, 2008
Watching Sesame Street Again
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Stupid TV, Be More Funny)This week Abby showed Lexi some old school Sesame Street clips on YouTube. Lexi loved them--especially the YipYipYipYipYip monsters. So I decided we'd try watching some Sesame Street when it was on PBS. I'm usually not big on watching TV... Read More
February 28, 2008
Teaching Kids About God
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Children)Last week at church we sat around with some other parents and talked about spiritual formation in our children. Basically how we're teaching them about God. I felt kind of dumb because I didn't think we were doing much. But... Read More
February 27, 2008
Watching Justin McRoberts
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Music)I'm a longtime fan of quasi-indie artist Justin McRoberts and I heard last week that he has a new album coming out, Deconstruction. As part of the album releasing festivities, Justin made videos of the entire album and released them... Read More
February 24, 2008
Given in to Sickness
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Health)I've been battling a sore throat and cough most of the week and by Friday I'd finally given in. Well, I had an important meeting Friday morning that I struggled through, but by Friday afternoon I collapsed in bed while... Read More
February 20, 2008
Believe What You Want to Believe
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Society)No matter what you want to believe you can find someone who backs you up. Pick a topic--any topic. Whether you think global warming is a crisis or a hoax, whether you think second hand smoke is harmful or just... Read More
February 15, 2008
Adoption and Child Sponsorship
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Adoption)One of the Compassion International Uganda bloggers named Carlos shared this story. Carlos has an adopted son from Korea and as he was showing a picture of his son, Losiah, to a group of children, a boy named Butewas looked... Read More
February 14, 2008
Questioning Child Sponsorship
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Society)I love that Compassion International is doing this blogger's trip to Uganda. I applaud them. But it also raises a lot of important questions for me. As I read through the entries and the comments, almost everyone responds with tears... Read More
You Can Do So Much More Than the Least You Can Do
(From: thoughts / Filed under: Society)I mentioned about a week ago that a group of bloggers were going to Uganda to experience Compassion International's child sponsorship program. They've been on the ground this week sharing their stories. It's pretty eye-opening. we spent some time at... Read More