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On Blogs

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As my five loyal AndyBox.com readers know, I enjoy blogging. I try to update my blog a couple of times a week with news, thoughts, and some fun stuff. I thought you might like to see some of my friends’ blogs:

Bag of Nothing – BagOfNothing.com belongs to my friend Keith Geeding from church. It’s the best example I’ve found of the “random interesting stuff” type of blog. He finds pictures, stories, and sites that you would never find on your own.

Committed Critic – This one is by my friend Scott from high school, a PhD student in New Testament in Boston. It’s heavy, so make sure you have your thinking cap on AND are ready to challenge what you think you know and believe about God.

Brandon May – I took a great screenwriting class at Baylor with Brandon, and now he runs his own Dallas Mavericks blog…with flair.

One More Idea – OneMoreIdea.com by Matt Martin is a good example of a random thoughts/personal news blog. Matt is crazy. Check out his site.

Want your own blog site? It’s really not that hard anymore, thanks to sites like Blogger and WordPress. You decide what you want, including the content and the color/formatting scheme, and then simply plug in your content. Some sites even let you post blog entries via email or mobile device. They handle the complicated stuff for you. Personally, I’m old-school and update my blog using plain old HTML, but I might set up a WordPress blog one of these days since it works so well. Until then…

Need a Good Firefighter?

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I’ll dedicate this blog entry to my best friend Lacy. After many months of hard work, he completed firefighter school this week and passed his state exam, so he’s now a certified firefighter. He worked a tough job all day and spent his evenings in class on top of being a good husband and father. Now he’s looking for a firefighting job, so if you know of any, drop me an email. He gets very excited any time you bring up his new career, so I know it’s a perfect fit. It feels a bit odd to be so excited about seeing your friend pursue such a risky career, but if my house were on fire, I’d want him on the scene.

And in other news, I want to give a shout out to my homegirls in the Labor and Delivery unit at Baylor Irving. Apparently they check out my blog sometimes between deliveries, especially on the night shift. Thanks for stopping by! “Empuje el nino!”

Finally, I want to make sure you know about one of my other favorite websites: babelfish.altavista.com. You can type in a word or phrase in a variety of languages and have the site translate it into various other languages. It’s not perfect, but it’s fun to play with. Give it a try!