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Entries from April 2004

Google wants my children!

April 15th, 2004 · 2 Comments

My first thought as I entered the library, walked past the fish tank and spied the silver e.encyclopedia displayed on a table with the prominent Google logo in the corner. Branding items for babies is nothing new. Plenty of companies try to attract consumers from the cradle. But a search engine seeking children?! Curious, I […]

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Tags: geek

Live here: in the springtime

April 14th, 2004 · Comments Off on Live here: in the springtime

Earlier this year I posted photos I had taken at Bainbridge Island’s Fort Ward park while enjoying an early morning walk in Live here. Last week I returned to the park with friends and captured a few more scenes to share…I’ve already posted a few here and here and here…here’s the rest…. more below

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Tags: island

Kindness, tolerance and patience

April 14th, 2004 · Comments Off on Kindness, tolerance and patience

Qualities of God I noticed when I read this morning: Or do you show contempt for his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance? Romans 2:4

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Tags: journal

Seeds I didn’t sow

April 14th, 2004 · Comments Off on Seeds I didn’t sow

I’m noticing in my garden this spring that unexpected sprouts are springing up from the dirt, plants I didn’t plant. Or at least not this season. I suspect a squirrel may have stashed a cache of seeds, taken from my neighbor’s bird feeder. I do like sunflowers and have planted them in the past, but […]

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Tags: gardening

Tabloid truths that enticed me today

April 14th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Jeff Jarvis today linked to a Wall Street Journal article describing how one magazine (tabloid) had altered a cover photograph of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, changing the colors of their clothes to white in order to match their headline story about the couple’s wedding plans. When I read his link I had just gotten […]

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Tags: news