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SolWest Renewable Energy Conference – Followup #1

Green Christians?!

That is one of many comments we received this weekend at the SolWest Renewable Energy Conference. Everyone was very surprised to see a Christian group – let alone a church – at a renewable energy conference. It was fun to challenge people's sterotype of Believers!

I am going to try [...]

SolWest Renewable Energy Conference

We leave today for the SolWest Renewable Energy Conference in John Day, Oregon. It is going to be a fun filled three days learning about all types of renewable energy.

In addition to enjoying the conference, we will be running a booth on behalf of Let’s Tend The Garden. The booth will be [...]

Ketchum Camping Trip

On a whim I took off by myself and went camping in the mountains by Ketchum, ID. I pulled off the side of the road in a small meadow, laid out my sleeping bag (no tent) and stared up into the Milky Way (stars, not the candy bar).[@more@]

As I laid there [...]

Dibert – On Global Warming…

The weekend is the SolWest Renewal Energy Conference in John Day, OR. As we prepare to attend this conference on behalf of the Boise Vineyard's Let's Tend The Garden ministry, I thought it would be fitting to enjoy some Dilbert…

Note: These five strips are from June 18-21 & July 1th, 2007

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$100 labtop for $350? Come again?

Have you heard about the $100 laptop for kids in developing countries? Well, now you can own one of these awesome, free to the poor computers for only $350!

Designed for elementary school children, it comes with free Linux software (J will like that) as well as a battery that can run for 12 [...]

Wildfires near Sweet!

Yesterday a scrap metal truck driving along Hwy 52 between Emmett and Horseshoe Bend sparked 10 different fires. These fires quickly joined forces and turned into four huge wildfires covering 2,500 acres!

While our house was safe from the blaze, it did reach within a quarter mile of our place (too close for comfort..).  [...]

Dr. Graff and his new necktie…

One of our LeTournea University professors (Dr. Graff) was crazy about neckties – he collected all kinds of neckties: ones that glowed, blinked, made you scream, ect..

A few months ago Em and I happened upon this interesting necktie:

 

 

Notice the soda can and the cool camo colors…. 

 

 

We [...]

Some quick pics from our vacation

 

Our luggage took a lunch break in Denver so we don't have any pictures from Dad's place… but we do have a few pics of my nephews and niece. Enjoy.

 

                                               

 Plus some bigger kids…

 

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Swamp Coolers – Part 3

It's 101°F today…. and I have a swamp cooler!

As promised, here are some pictures:

Step 1: attach wheels and waterhose hookups..

       

  

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Step 2: Place cooler on porch faceing inward towards the house

             

 

Step 1.5: Screen in the porch [...]

Morality

Is morality inherent or learned? WNYC New York Public Radio recently broadcasted an hour long radio program under their Radio Lab label talking about this issue. I heard a five minute clip on NPR’s This American Life and wanted to learn more – so I looked up the Radio Lab and downloaded the program. [...]