Live Tardy » Journal http://livetardy.com An Inside Look at being Tardy Mon, 31 May 2010 23:43:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 iPhone Fun http://livetardy.com/iphone-fun/2010/04/19/ http://livetardy.com/iphone-fun/2010/04/19/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:03:20 +0000 Kirk T http://livetardy.com/?p=1485

Our kids love our iPhones as much as we do, if not more. Kadence plays her educational games, and Hayden would like for us to think that he is playing his.

When I walk back over to check on them, I find Kadence still playing her game, but Hayden is rapidly deleting my apps, editing contacts, sending emails, and who knows what else. He disguises his mischievousness with, “Uh oh?…Daddy? Uh oh?” as if he has no idea how he ended up out of his simple game of flicking monkeys across the screen.

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Pursuit of the Perfect Shave

It may sound ridiculous, but I wanted to get rid of the beard—and keep it off—in the best way possible. No more electric mini-mower chopping at my skin each morning, or scraping the Mach-5 across my face while wondering if yet another blade on this thing would do the trick.

There had to be something better than this without going to the cut throat barber every morning.

The Perfect Shave

Last weekend my wife said my face was as smooth and soft as hers. I think it’s safe to say that I’ve found the answer in the classic strait razor shave. All the details aside, this way of shaving is the way to go. The results couldn’t be better.

However, my wife now thinks I was born in the wrong decade…

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Speak with Conviction

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Thus the project of a homemade bound book.  Here are a few pictures of the process.

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Since my friends and family are using my design now, I figured it was time I change things up a bit.  So I got motivated over the weekend, and with some inspiration from my wife came up with a new look. Visit the site to check it out. Be sure to leave a comment to let me know what you think.

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Click the Image to View Full Size

I always love a good visual illustration to make it easier to see what’s really going on—as in the case of the AIG Bailout where we’ve conveniently robbed our left hand to pay our right and thus delay the inevitable even further.

Source: GimmieTheScoop [via Challies]

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“…the tower [of Babel] was not built so that people could ascend to heaven, but so that deity could descend to earth.” — John Walton

Interestingly in Gen 11:5, “…the Lord came down to see the city and the tower…”

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