I have a lot of respect for Pastor David Wilkerson. I'm inspired by his moving to New York in the late 1950s to minister to gang members and drug addicts, a story recounted in The Cross and the Switchblade. I also admire his current activities, serving as a pastor of Times Square Church in NYC. ...

Filed under: Online, Meta (about Joystiq), MMO It's PTR time in the World of Warcraft, which means we're all checking out the next content patch before any of the changes go live (or are actually finalized). So now's the time for crazy stuff, whether it be testing out brand new bosses, seeing Warrio...

Dear (former) friends. I am writing to inform you that I have joined a network marketing company. I realize that this decision may cause you to terminate our friendship. I apologize for the inconvenience. That was the e-mail I felt like writing when I decided to begin selling beauty products. My tre...

The trend watchers at Iconoculture made a great point earlier this week -- we can get the economy chugging again by going back to the hyper consumerism so many of us lived by only months ago, but that wouldn't be good for the long run. Writing on the Iconoculture blog, Hans Eisenbeis talks about...

When I first moved to Colorado several years ago, I can remember something catching my eye. It was long stretches of, what appeared to me, random fencing alongside the highways. You'd be driving along and all of sudden there were several hundred feet of mesh wire fencing, held in place by large met...

Last Friday the New York Times sent out a memo telling staffers it's cracking down on expenses across the board. Sunday it published Maureen Dowd's (expensed) account of three days at Canyon Ranch resort. Huh: MoDo is in top, infuriating, faux-self-loathing form. She spends the first several paragra...

In hard economic times, people give things up: eating out, lattes and...divorce. According to this article on MSN fewer people are splitting up in a slow economy. The recession and economic turmoil is creating a new class of casualties: married couples who can't afford to get divorced. In these ...

Hurrah. I see from Kablenet that Directgov has appointed three new directors. Injection of fresh blood is just what DirectGov needs. Obviously we need wonderful, clear, well designed online services. DirectGov, the “flagship” has fallen into a dark place of editorialising in a broadcasti...

What's outside your window? Maybe you're like me. A peek outside reveals the manicured lawns and minivans of suburban life. Or maybe you see something different, like city sidewalks full of bustle, or acres of crops and pasture. A recent Boundless article challenged me to look for something else out...

On a previous post, a topic came up which I thought merited some discussion. The topic: Should Christians give their time and money to Christian organizations only -- or should they just give wherever they deem appropriate? This big question is made up of a lot of little ones. Who does the Bible cal...