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Archive | November, 2007

The Obligatory Thanksgiving Post

25. November 2007

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Things For Which I am Grateful The substitution, sufficiency, and satisfaction of the sacrifice of Christ. (Thanks, Jack!) I have a beautiful bride and two wonderful daughters… all three of whom are healthy, and all three of whom love me. My extended family, including my dad, are all doing well. Considering the health scare he had earlier [...]

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New Mac Ad

21. November 2007

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So, apparently, the following appears only on a couple of specific websites (namely, News.com, Engadget.com, and PCMag.com.

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Should Teachers Blog & Use Social Networks?

19. November 2007

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I admit it: I am on both MySpace and Facebook. I joined MySpace first, and eventually I got around to using Facebook. I enjoy both of them. I have been able to reconnect with friends from high school that I literally haven’t seen or spoken to in more than a decade. I have been able [...]

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Family Update

13. November 2007

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Miranda did this a month or so ago. I suppose I am allowed to do so as well, just from my point of view. Chloe: For no particular reason, I will start with our youngest. Chloe, or Coco as she is apt to be called, is in her second year of preschool, and she absolutely loves [...]

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Why Deeper Water?

8. November 2007

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Recently, I was asked about the title of this blog. “Why Deeper Water? What is it supposed to mean?” The title of this blog originally came from a monthly worship service that a church in Montgomery used to hold. Donald Butler was the worship leader at Christ Community Church at the time, and once a month [...]

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So, We Bit the Bullet

6. November 2007

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Those of you who know me well at all know that the spiritual journey that my wife and I have traveled over the past few years has not been an easy one. The story includes hurt at the hands of the children of God, disappointment in those in leadership, and general disillusionment with the American [...]

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Reasons Why I am a Dork

5. November 2007

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So, I am totally stealing this idea from my bride. Frankly, I may be opening a Pandora’s box by even posting something with a title such as this one. For crying out loud, I teach high school students who would gladly accept a writing assignment with a title “101 Reasons Why I Think Mr. Andress [...]

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New From NBC

4. November 2007

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As many of you know, NBC pulled its titles from iTunes after extended negotiations broke down. Their new offering, Hulu, is currently in private beta testing. The videos will be flash formatted, so we won’t be able to save them on iPods or other portable players. We will, however, be able to embed in our own [...]

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A Teaching Meme

4. November 2007

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I will post a delayed wrap-up about Paris in the next day or two. In the meantime, I offer the following. I wasn’t tagged by anyone because none of the teachers I know blog, and I don’t know any of the teachers whose blogs I read. 1. I am a good teacher because… I genuinely care [...]

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