Archive | February, 2008

Reading Together and an Unexpected Call

Jessi caught this moment of the girls reading together – well, almost. Olivia doesn’t really read, she just knows how the story goes and makes up the words. Either way, it’s genius, of course. :)

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Where I Work: The Neoti Broadcast Network

Many of you may have heard about my recent job change, but have no idea what it is that we do.  Well, hopefully I can shed some light on the subject.

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First of all, the name, Neoti, stands…

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Disturbing Disney Display (or DDD)

Walking out of the Disney Store this evening with Olivia, I spotted this – what I think is – a disturbing display of a headless “Cinderella” holding a smaller, yet headed, version of herself.  Very strange.

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If Google Maps Existed When…

the Bible was being written. You and I would probably have been able to look up something like these created works of art by Sydney-based “creative collective” The Glue Society :

Entitled, “God’s Eye View (Cross,…

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An Unexpected Addition to the KipferHome

Maybe we’re crazy. Maybe we’re too soft. Maybe we just wanted to help orphans.

Whatever it was, it’s over now and we’ve got a new K-9 addition to the KipferHome. Unbelievable, but true.

Let me rewind.

Last evening, we went…

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Shopping in Peace.

Well, almost. ;)

Every now and then, we head up to the Fort Wayne Meijer to do some grocery shopping – sometimes you just have to get away from Bluffton – and Jessi likes that…

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Ellie’s Twin

Some of you may not be aware, but Ellie has a twin – in the wild.  ;)

A little girl from church (and Jessi’s MOPS group) is almost the spitten image of Ellie.  The girl’s dad has even mistaken them…

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Spiritual?

This evening as Olivia was bouncing off the walls, I captured this “holy” moment:  :)

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/677393[/vimeo]

More seriously, as I was putting her to bed tonight, she said she was scared…of her jammies.  Strange, but…

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SuperBowl Ads: My Favorites

I know, I know, I’m a little late, but here are my favorite commercials from the big game (in highest ranking order):

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vW9gUmooFg[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpVhS_cX55A[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anLqu77uTH0[/youtube]

Commercials I didn’t like?

Anything related to that…

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Scratching Your Itch: Custom Online Radio

I’m going to start posting some of the favorite places I visit on the web – most on a daily basis. I figure there are those of you out there who aren’t quite as crazy as I am scouring the…

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