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Blog Your Heart Out – Part 2
A few Nelly-thoughts on blog commenting: 1. When appropriate, answer your comments within your own posts. It’s fine to answer a comment on the commentor’s blog (if they have one), or privately by email, but, that sort of takes away the fun of allowing everyone else in on the conversation. And it confuses the hades […]
November 8, 2007
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Blog Your Heart Out – Part 1
I think far more people should become bloggers. It’s very easy, it’s a creative outlet, and it’s easier than writing long, boring, mass-emails. I’m starting a short series on some things I’ve learned over the last year or so about blogging. Go blog your heart out, kid. 1. Be patient with yourself as you develop […]
November 7, 2007
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Screams in the Dark
This weekend I went to see Bella the movie at the indie theater. Great film. I cried happy tears. A little Christiany-idealistic, but beautiful, nonetheless. It won loads of awards. Just go see it. (There’s my paltry movie review of the day.) I had the best parking spot in town: about three steps outside the […]
November 6, 2007
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10 Questions
Scholarly John Hobbins has (creatively) responded to a new meme concerning the summarization of the Bible in about 10 lines. John offers us 10 pointed questions in Scripture that, he argues, sums up all of God’s story. I was moved by his choices. He writes: Here are ten paradigmatic questions in the Bible:(1) “Where are […]
November 5, 2007
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Streams for Sunday: Debt and Indebted
I need more concentrated Sabbath in my life.
November 5, 2007
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Meet Ziggy
The Klein’s have a kitty. His name is Ziggy. He is slightly insane in his pre-neutered state. He likes to climb on things. In this case, he perches on my sweaty back after a bike ride up the Altadena hill. I think I might try to rig my little camera onto the bike to tape […]
November 4, 2007
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Haiku, For Joy
Joy strains to find herLate at night there is stirring-November arrives. Very impressive where’s waldo-ing, particularly as I have not yet met Joy face-to-face. Yes, I have met joy, and we shake hands and then play dodgeball. (Or, we play dodgeball and then shake hands?) But I have not yet met Joy. “One for sorrow, […]
November 3, 2007
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Where’s Nelly?
Presenting, Fuller’s 2007 School of Intercultural Studies. A special haiku award goes to ye who finds me the fastest, and scribes it upon the comments. I will write a haiku in honor of you and post it for all of blogdom. (Hint: I am partially hidden behind one very tall human.) As a way of […]
November 3, 2007
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Gimme More Dodgeball
I think we all need a little more dodgeball in our lives. What a game! One of the newest highlights of my week is playing dodgeball and yelling, “Ohhhhh!” as I point (and gloat) that I’ve just gotten someone out. (I’m a little competitive.) Ok, so I’m playing dodgeball with middle schoolers. It shouldn’t massage […]
November 1, 2007
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If This One Laptop Per Child Thing Works…
…I hope that someone will teach the children how to blog about their lives. Then, perhaps, we’ll hear their voices louder than before. (With the help of a few nice translators, of course.) I think that a child’s words over wires from distant lands could really change some things. The big idea is to put […]
October 30, 2007
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Wax Words, Give Rice
Sweet procrastination candy! FreeRice, people! Now you can work out your vocabulary-biceps while simultaneously helping fight World Hunger. For every word you choose correctly, the corporate folk donate 10 grains of rice through the U.N. food programme. This is an addictive little site. Especially if you oddly enjoyed the vocabulary exercises during your SAT days. […]
October 29, 2007
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I Fly With Crickets
I am on a flight heading west, and I’m blogging from my phone, like a silly star trek girl. I’m in Houston on stopover watching a strange sight from my plane window. The baggage people are loading six, no, seven large boxes of live crickets into the cargo hold. Hmmm.
October 29, 2007
