Check out the amazing 8×10 prints for sale by my photographer friend, Steven Bush.

He’s selling these beautiful prints for $35 each to help fund the last leg of his and his wife’s adoption process.

He only needs a little bit more to go and do to some unforeseeable circumstances, time is of the essence.

Check him out at stevenbush.org!

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I’m glad that I do.

Last night I was hanging with some friends at the Hermitage Starbucks (as we do every Wednesday evening) when the incident happened.

I can’t remember how it started exactly, but it came up that a misunderstanding of Take Your Should and Shove It had occurred.

We pushed each other (not physically–conversationally, logically, and psychologically), clarified points, explained motivations, and basically resorted to playing the “bullshit” card.

You might be thinking, “geez, some friends you have Jeffrey.” To which I would reply, “yes, they’re great indeed.”

You see, I (and the others involved) only push the ones we care the most about in those ways. I am only quick to judge, challenge, and call “bullshit” on someone I care about deeply.

What resulted from the pushing, the challenging, and colorful language were deeper relationships than before.

Which brings me to the question:

Why do so many of us feel the pressure to agree on everything with our “friends”, as if we’re afraid we can’t be friends if we don’t?

Why do we not press and sharpen those we care most about?

I, for one, am glad that I have friends whom I can press and who I know will press back on me…even to the point of calling “bullshit” on me.

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We were talking about how no one and nothing is separate, but are all part of the whole…but not even separate parts, mind you. Why then are we confined in our separateness?

Why do I have a different physical makeup than you? My physical makeup isn’t really me is it? Can you dissect my body and find “me”? Of course not.

What happens to a person when they cease to rely on the sensory world as reality? Can someone reach this point on their journey? If we are spirit/source/energy/etc, why are we even confined in a body to begin with?

Just some questions I’m pondering today…and i’m sure i will be for a long time coming.

No one can beat his eye for the setting and the shot or his prices. Contact him about your senior picture needs here.

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Check out this video of Jim, crammed in a big drainage pipe, to discover how experiencing and living in wide open spaces has absolutely nothing to do with how confining, cramped, or uncomfortable life might presently feel.

It’d make a great Christmas gift…pick up a copy for you and a friend from the above link to amazon.com or at Barnes & Noble.

“Atonement

What is it?

Maybe it’s a way of life with God.

At-One-Ment“

Hmm, that’s interesting. Check out his blog and myspace for more convo…there’s some good exchange going on at his myspace about it now, as a matter of fact.

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“If the Unborn Baby You Save is Gay Will You Still Fight for Its Rights?”

Wow! I can’t even begin to unpack that simple one line question in a single blog post (nor do I feel the need to try). Shaunna and I came across this sticker last night while walking from our car to Cafe CoCo to hang out with our friend Lacey and to get acquainted with her friends Kyle and Anna, in town from their home in Vancouver.

The same car on which this bumper sticker was found had a plethora of equally clever and thought provoking stickers as well.

So, I throw the sage sticker’s question out to you: If you knew that the unborn baby you save would turn out to be gay, would you still fight for it’s rights to live?

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It’d be well worth your while to check out her myspace and listen to some of her tunes.

Here’s some pics from the showcase:

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I’ve already used the coffee pot care post to clean some deep rooted, long standing stains in our decanter. Until now, the stains have remained the victor, but following the advice from this post, the tide has finally turned and the stains have yielded.

Check it out for yourself. You won’t be sorry.

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