Month: October 2006

My new favorite blog, Lifehacker.com gave a tidbit on a new search engine called MsDewey.com. Forget asking Jeeves. MsDewey has personality, spunk and sass.
Definitly marketed to the male market. I better stick with Google to stay out of trouble.

Google has announced plans to install 9,200 solar cells — capable of powering 1,000 average California homes at their California headquarters to power 30 percent of the company’s energy needs.
I applaud them.
Outsiders estimate the solar cells will cost nearly $10 million to install, but should pay for themselves within the next 5-10 years.
We talked about solar power while we were in Nigeria.
The national electric company is so up and down that there’s no real reliable energy source unless you can afford a large generator yourself.
I’m hoping to do more research and see if solar power might be a viable alternative for some of the boys homes or ministries there.
With as little electricity as they use, it may be a worthwhile investment.
Who knows.

The DMN ran a short feature today comparing the Texas gubernatorial candidates and their beliefs on intelligent design.
All but one candidate said they didn’t agree with teaching intelligent design in the classroom.
Kinky said teaching intelligent design wasn’t intelligent.
Only Perry took the stand and said he supported teaching intelligent design alongside evolution.
I’m hoping to hear back from Libertarian candidate James Werner in the next day or so on his viewpoint.
His side is pretty much non-existent from the MSM.
I haven’t heard or seen mention of him in anything the DMN has done since June or July.

I found a news article today on another group from Maryland who visited Jos recently. They worked with almost the exact same ministries we did.

JOS, Nigeria — “Bob, you are back. You said you’d come back. And here you are,” one of the Africans told him joyfully.
Recalling his experience, Robert Phelps couldn’t help but wipe the tears from his eyes.
The 60-year-old electronics engineer didn’t know what to expect on his third trip to Jos, Nigeria—each trip has been so different, he’d tell you—but he did know that seeing God at work “was amazing.”

I’ve been asked to write a magazine article for our paper’s magazine and I’m having trouble putting everything into words, but I pray God will be glorified through it and the Nigerian story will be told.

From the BBC:

Several high-ranking Nigerian officials have condemned the impeachment of a state governor for corruption.
Nigeria’s most senior judge Modibbo Belgore described the procedure adopted in removing Ayo Fayose as illegal.
Justice Minister Bayo Ojo says the government viewed the move as unconstitutional, however, he failed to say what the government intends to do.
Critics of President Olusegun Obasanjo say his anti-corruption drive is a cover for a political witch-hunt.

Just hangin
Originally uploaded by Jdblundell.

Maybe it’s her face, no makeup at all
As she tells me she’s not beautiful
Maybe it’s her hair, soft golden and wind blown
As we drive through the streets of town
It could be all these things
But I think it’s her smile
Maybe it’s her laugh when she throws back and sighs
Or her eyebrows when I do something stupid
Maybe it’s her smell, the lotion she wears
Or how my hands smell like country pear for days
You know it could be all these things
But I think mostly it is her smile
Cause I love to see her smile back at me
And I know she is happy
Maybe it’s her touch, the feel of her hands
When she puts her tiny fingers in mine
Maybe it’s her eyes gently searching my soul
Still nothing stirs me like when I see those lips roll
and I see her smile
Cause I love to see her smile back at me
And I know she is happy
– Stephen Speaks