With gas prices topping $3 per gallon out here in San Diego, it’s hard to hear that Exxon had a year of record profit, raking in $36 billion. And no matter where your political allegiances lie, when American servicemen and Iraqi civilians are being killed in a drawn-out war that has less ties to WMD’s [...]
I’ve been getting into conversations about money these days, and that’s not usually my style. But in the past three days or so, I’ve had at least four major talks or so about money — about people who have it, about people who don’t, and in particular, the dreams people have about it. But I [...]
Prophets are hard to find these days. But there is one in our midst, wearing a leather jacket, long hair, colored shades and some stubble. Perhaps it’s the camel-hair clothing and leather belt of the 21st century. Bono was born Paul Hewson, but a high school buddy stole the name “Bono Vox” from a hearing [...]
Yesterday, we visited some dear friends who live in the suburbs south of Seattle. Through dinner conversation, we found out that the mother of two daughters commutes an hour and a half each way through traffic to go work, while the father commutes to class two and a half hours away, and preaches at a [...]
@jameschoung Mt. Rainier at sunset is stunning, and Ice made his first snowball. 3 hrs ago
