Merry Christmas to you and yours!
From me and mine…
BTW – where do we get the idea that Mary rode a donkey to Bethlehem?
Tag: thoughts
St Peter’s Brewery – one year later
It was one year ago (Dec 2, 2009) that I launched my first novel, St. Peter’s Brewery, into the wild.
I will admit I had high-hopes for the book (I’m sure every author does) but at the end of the day only a “select few” will ever sell more than 100 copies (where’s that stat on Kevin’s website when I need it?). Kevin Hendricks points out that only 79% of all books will sell more than 100 copies.
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A little change in direction?
I’m considering a slight name change for my blog…
From Stranger in a Strange Land to simply “Jonathan D. Blundell” – with Stranger in a Strange Land as the “tag” or “description”…
Can’t decide if it’s more or less confusing.
Thoughts?
Seven films to watch over the holiday season
I love me some movies… especially those that tell a great story, make me think, teach me something new or challenge my way of thinking.
Perhaps that’s why I really appreciate the art of documentary.
With the holidays coming up, a lot of us will have more downtime than normal. So rather than popping the same ole’ comedy into the DVD player, try some of these thought-provoking documentaries on for size.
If you have a Netflix account, most of these can be viewed instantly on your computer (Wii, mobile phone or any other Netflix enabled device.)
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Things I would have tweeted yesterday
- Beautiful video shot at the Dallas Aquarium by my friend @stealingsand: http://vimeo.com/15928650 Watch it in full screen HD.
- Of all the online bios I have – I just realized I like my Vimeo bio the best. http://vimeo.com/jdblundell Time to make some updates.
- Cool new app for batch downloading Flickr photos. Works on PC, Mac and Linux: http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/72157622874451890/
- Father and son send iPhone and camera into space: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/10/watch-father-and-son-send-iphone-camera-to-film-space.html (HT @ericbaze)
- Great interview re: To Kill a Mockingbird and social justice: http://thenickandjoshpodcast.com/2010/10/12/ep-166-matt-litton-the-mockingbird-parables/
- Sweet new knitted caps for the boys! Thanks to @kevinhendricks, @abbyhendricks and family! http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdblundell/5094522367/
- Come on Rangers… Just two more innings
- Enjoying the 9th inning tonight
- Way to go Rangers! Great job Cliff Lee!
- Interesting interview with John McCain on Nightline tonight — says his positions haven’t changed –“the voter’s have spoken”
Also in today’s mail… @jonathanbrink‘s new book – Discovering the God Imagination – http://amzn.to/9BJhwc
I would have tweeted all that… if I had been tweeting.
Less than 55 hours to go!
iPhone vs Android initial thoughts
Well I’ve done the unthinkable… I’ve switched to an iPhone… for the time being.
After several months of using a rooted G1 and Cyanogenmod 6 (Android 2.2) on AT&T the phone was becoming more and more unreliable. While the last few weeks (since the stable version of Cyanogenmod 6 was released) I haven’t had too many problems, after missing a vital text message early Saturday morning, I gave into Laurie’s request to consider getting a different phone.
After all, with twins on the way and her at 34+ weeks… it’s probably best I have a phone I know I can count on.
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