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I did a bold thing… I edited the description of the Orthodox view of salvation in the Eastern Orthodox Church entry in the Wikipedia. See what you think.

Part I and Part II are a great resource for turning personal experiences into shared fairy tale experiences.

Telling a story is like showing friends around a place you love:

1. Your listeners have to trust you.
2. You have to be mindful of the story, its major landmarks, and its personal points of interest.
3. By the end of your time together, your listeners will have made their own connections with the story.

Before you begin the tour, however, you have to connect with your listeners and re-connect to the story. — by Doug Lipman

Here’s a good article on storytelling from storydynamics.com.

This is a big week for the kitchen. We get floors and cabinets to go with our new drywall. This has been a big project, removing structural walls to expand the kitchen and move a bathroom from one location to another. We didn’t have to tear into any external walls though, which is good. I’ll post more when more progress has been made.

Also, this is a test of the new “lightbox” plugin that I just installed. Click on the image for a larger view. It works great don’t you think?

January 2006

To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We’ve got it down to four words: “Do what you love.” But it’s not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated. — Paul Graham

This is an excellent article that everyone should read at paulgraham.com.  I’m archiving it here without permission. (more…)