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Archive for March, 2005

Social Security and Private Accounts

Saturday, March 19th, 2005

I have such mixed emotions on this one: “Because all the evidence from every credible government source shows that Social Security faces no immediate crisis … and because we firmly believe that nothing of value can be gained by sitting down to compromise with an administration that is once again opening a debate with lies [...]

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Hotel Rwanda and Darfur

Friday, March 18th, 2005

Seriously. If you’ve seen Hotel Rwanda and have read up about what’s going on in Darfur, there are scary similarities. Especially in the way the governments and the U.N. are handling the situation…

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Point Pleasant on Fox

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Wow. Another great episode. Before you check it out on my reccommendation, know that if you don’t enjoy the fantasy or sci-fi genre, you probably will be predisposed to not liking this show. My favorite line tonight (about the devil): “That’s why he’s making a comeback. Nobody believes in him any more.” (by Boyd… who [...]

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Some Good News

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

So this doesn’t get me out of my bind (at least immediately) financially, it was really nice to get something good in such an awful, awful day. I have my first audition with my new commercial agency tomorrow! And… it’s for a commercial for a video game that, hmmm… let’s see… I don’t want the [...]

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Help! I need somebody, help!

Thursday, March 17th, 2005

Okay, besides the cheesy song title opening, I really do need some help. An account I took over awhile back for maintenance and marketing is at least temporarily reverting back to the person who handed the work off to me. The problem is, they did this without notice and I rely on the fixed amount [...]

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Elisabeth Harnois is no Sarah Michelle Gellar

Wednesday, March 16th, 2005

Yet. I’m truly impressed with this actress. Just when I think she might be just another pretty face that landed a leading role, she struts her stuff with some intense scenes that come off totally believable. This girl’s the real thing, my friends… Elisabeth Harnois In case you have no idea who I’m talking about, [...]

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Mambo, and a lack of things to say

Tuesday, March 15th, 2005

I think I’m burned out from a crazy week. And I’ve been doing some web work which has been keeping me busy. I’ve discoverd the wonderful world of Mambo. Mambo is a content-management system which I’m using to develop a site for a church and a site which I’ve been working on for ages. I [...]

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I found a site which is entertaining, insightful, and painful all at the same time. Lighthouse Trails Research Project (the link goes straight to their emerging church page) One of the most interesting things about the site for me was that much of what is said is completely accurate. Many times I read something thinking, [...]

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Soularize 2006

Saturday, March 12th, 2005

Soularize is over for this year, and it was a great time. I look forward to next year’s Soularize… which we’re basically planning for starting next week Next year’s Soularize will again be in Venice Beach, so come visit me where I live!

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War on the Sermon – Podcast

Thursday, March 10th, 2005

http://www.alanhartung.com/podcasts/a-different-perspective-9.mp3 Two in one week… I’m at Soularize right now. I actually recorded this the day before Soularize, but I got busy and haven’t had the time to do the shownotes. Show notes: New podcast: Conversations of Faith – Aaron Klinefelter and Alan Creech. Some good stuff, check it out. I don’t think they’ve created [...]

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