Link Dump -- June 17th

Here are a few more interesting articles and posts...


LEGO Man -- be sure to view the gallery
I hope she brought a change of underwear
Religion vs. The Gospel
Is it ever right to lie?
eBay your religion
How to give your resignation...
We have it way too easy... Iraqi Christians "disappear"

more to come.

Another "time to get a clue moment" -- Little League International

I just added Google Analytics this past week. It tracks all kinds of cool stuff. The thing that I and many others are finding interesting and fun is the feature that tracks the searches that people did that led them to your blog. In the past week I have had 13 people visit my site due to searches involving the Little League rule book. The sad thing is that you will never find this book online. If you do it will be for a short time because if LL finds the site they will sue to take it down. They have done it in the past. You cannot just call Williamsport and get a copy of the rules either. You have to get one through an approved source (like your ballpark). It makes me frustrated to see that volunteerism is at it's all time low at our local park and it appears others are struggling as well. Why are the rules almost treated as secret? Organizations who act this way tend to slowly die. I love baseball; I love most of what LL stands for; I hope they wake up before it's too late.

Game of the week -- Bowman 2

Like Bowman, but better! Bird hunting is fun.

BOWMAN 2

Blogger gets the boot

Governing bodies like NCAA just can't seem to get out of their own way sometimes. Heaven forbid a championship tournament event (that by the way is available to only a limited audience by radio or TV) be given coverage like it is important. Instead of people being drawn to the sport and the tournament, they just alienate more people, real smooooooth!
Here's the article

Link Dump -- 6/9/07

A few things I found interesting/ thought provoking from around the blogosphere... some are recent, others have been around for a while; all are worth a read.

Belief-O-Matic : find what religion best suits you.

Churches with websites are more likely to grow

Life in the Googleplex No wonder these people are cutting edge creative

Keys to picking a great team member

It's a wonder I survived my childhood

Church 7 days a week

Living as practical atheists

Love 'em or lose 'em (Volunteers)

Fire in Perfidy

More to follow in the coming days/ weeks.

New Theme

Trying on a new design for the blog... do not be alarmed. :)

The Friendly Atheist -- Christians who hurt Christianity

I just found this blog. One thing I wonder is why someone who is convinced that there is no God would spend so much time talking about Him. I have other questions as well... anywhoo. He has a well written blog entry called "Christians Hurting Christianity" that is a good read. We need to understand how others perceive us. The comment about the person who started with "how can I explain this to a secular person..." makes me cringe. I look forward to reading more of his thoughts in the future.

Game of the Week -- Levers

A bit frustrating, but a good mental challenge.


LEVERS

Nobody's Watching Soda and Candy Experiment #4

a good laugh... 30 years of Star Wars has had it's effect

Sharing my birthday...

My birthday was Sunday. I always find it nice that people will wish me a happy birthday, give me a card or some other similar nice gesture. I have never been real big on celebrating myself, doesn't seem that big a deal to me. Within the past 24 hours I have found out a couple of cool people I share "my" day with. I grew up with a girl named Laura who always was in my circle of friends. She brought her mom to church on Sunday and after wishing me a happy day she let me know that her son also was born on June 3rd. kinda cool.
The ones that I find really cool are that I have just found out that a pastor whose blog I read as well as a young lady in our church have June 3rd as their spritual birthday. That makes me happy! Here's hoping for a whole bunch more people to share this day. I really am willing to share!