crusher7 writes: Several Wales churches and Christian leaders have figured out a new way to connect to young people–through pubs and nightclubs. “Pubs by definition are public space, they feel inhabitable and unpretentious, a quality that, unfortunately, is not shared by many churches,” the website for one church-in-a-pub called Bar None explains. Bar None, affiliated [...]
crusher7 writes: The last country in the world to turn on television (it was introduced in 1999) may be the first nation to ban smoking. The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has outlawed cigarettes in 18 of its 20 districts, and hopes to break the habit completely by the end of the year.
The Independent reports that [...]
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The Over the Rhine show Saturday night was amazing. I ran into a lot of friends from highschool, bought a t-shirt that says, “Wine me, dine me, Over the Rhine me”, and enjoyed a fantastic set by one of my favourite groups. Why this band hasn’t hit it big time is beyond [...]
Last night I went out with Amanda. We had dinner at Rossino’s, then went to Dressel’s for some drinks. We ran into Ryan and Molly in the pub above and also Jon Lutjens, whom I haven’t seen in ages.
Tonight is the Over the Rhine show at Blueberry Hill. I’m pretty excited.
Oh, and [...]
Monday night, I went to a dinner and discussion at Lauren and Tommy’s place. I really enjoyed myself. It was good to gather with a bunch of friends, meet others, and eat delicious homemade soup and bread and discuss meaningful issues. The topic of the night was, “When you think about Jesus [...]
Friday night I went to see Matchstick Men with Amanda, Josh (”shua”), and Laura. Pretty darn good flick. After the movie Josh went home to get some rest since he had to go to Chicago the next day. Amanda, Laura, and I went to the Halo bar for a few drinks.
Saturday I [...]
I was bored last night so I went by myself to see S.W.A.T.. I was on my way out of the bathroom before the movie when some teenage kid that worked at the theatre walks into the bathroom and asks me if I’ll stand by the door while he takes a leak. He [...]
I love Free and Open software. And when I use the word “free” I mean free as in speech, not beer. Although, free beer is always nice. Freedom to use software as I see fit, modify the software, learn from it, build upon it, and share it with others is very important [...]
I had a pretty good weekend. Went to a party Friday night where I met some interesting people and ran into someone from high school. I hadn’t had a lazy Saturday in a while so I declared Saturday thus: I slept in, played some Diablo, did a bit of reading, and enjoyed the [...]
Here’s a screenshot of my new GNOME 2.4.0 desktop.And here’s another
