http://www.theonlinerant.com Jamie's thoughts and struggles Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:50:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This past weekend we had a hurricane/tropical storm hit the Pensacola area. Now Pensacola is no stranger to hurricanes. In the recent past we've had several large ones. Ivan and Denis both caused a significant amount of damage to the area. But this hurricane, Fay, had actually made landfall almost ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/08/25/panic-vs-complacency-the-hurricane-that-wasnt/ I just spent the day setting up a new family website. I’m using wordpress mu as the back end for it. The cool thing about using wordpress mu, rather than standard wordpress, is that you can set up each user with their own site using subdomains. So each of my sisters ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/08/23/new-family-website/ I finally did it. I gave in to the pressure and bought an iPhone. I've had a Blackberry for a while now, but I finally decided to switch to the iPhone. The push email ability and the new 3G network were big factors in the decision. http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/08/23/new-iphone/ Thursday I had a rather interesting and odd event happen to me. Something that seems rather bizzare and that reminded me of the many strange and odd people that live in our country. I had worked late Wednesday night, and hadn't gotten to bed until about 2 am. So Thursday morning ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/08/19/interesting-people/ What happened to church? When did church become a chore? When did it become a duty rather than a joy? For many people, church is just that. A place where people go because they have to, rather than because they want to. I don't mean they don't want to go. ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/08/04/what-happened-to-church/ I read a quote this morning that I thought was really relevant to our current society and culture. The quote goes like this. "The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/07/31/freedom-of-speech/ Sometimes I forget how well off I am. I look around and see all the things I don't have and forget how rich I am. Seeing the fancy cars, houses, and entertainment systems that others have makes me feel poor. But the truth it, that I'm actually very well off ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/07/27/how-blessed-am-i/ Well, now that I'm back in the US, I'm having to readjust to the "always on" life that I had before going overseas. And it's becoming a bit of an effort to keep up. I'm actually not sure how I did it before. And even worse, my current volume of ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/07/25/connectivity/ Well, I'm finally back home and happy to be here. The above pic is what I look like after three months of traveling. The whole time I was overseas I didn't bother to shave or cut my hair. Now that I'm home, I'm shaving it all off. http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/07/17/back-at-home/ Last year I was playing soccer a lot with a group of my friends. The games were just informal pickup games, but we had a lot of fun. And it was great exercise. Then one of us, I don't remember who, found out about a local soccer club. The club ... http://www.theonlinerant.com/2008/07/07/great-expectations/