Archive for December, 2005

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Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

D&D is back in my life. When last played, it was referred to as AD&D, which is now quite archaic. I played Dungeons & Dragons through Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, but hung it up when my brother did. That was 20 or more years ago and I’m just revisiting a fond childhood [...]

Christmas Adam

Saturday, December 24th, 2005

Yesterday the family celebrated Christmas Adam with my mom. It’s a traditional ceremony for us - one that I invented when I was very young, so a long-standing one at that. Christmas Adam is the day before Christmas Eve. Christian mythology teaches us that Adam came before Eve, though there are no [...]

Loathed Sermons

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Last night’s sermon after the Christmas play was not a favorite of mine. The pastor said that anything done in your life without Jesus Christ was a waste. There were countless additional versions of that to support the discussion, and they were all equally as displeasing. It’s one thing to try and [...]

Free Chapel Presents The Story of Christmas

Monday, December 19th, 2005

My wife, a good friend of ours, and I were hired to perform for Free Chapel’s production of The Christmas Story in Gainesville this past weekend. The show was probably astounding, though I’ve haven’t seen it yet. It works out that way for those of us that are actually in the play. [...]

Advent for Dorks

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

24ways.org is an Advent Calendar for web developers. Each day, you receive a technique or tip from the world of WebDev.