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Life Under the Sun

This blog is written and maintained by Michele from New Jersey who is either 45, 19, or 80 years old, depending on the day (and time) that you ask. I can relate to the first two, but I don't think I've ever felt 80 years old. In fact, I'm not sure that when I'm 80 that I'll feel like I'm 80. And you know what? I bet I won't admit it, even if I do.

So, what's the blog about? I'm not really sure. In the sidebar there's a section for "Blog Description." Here's what it says:

"What has a man from all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? For all his days are full of sorrow, and his work is a vexation...There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?" (Ecclesiastes 2:22-25)

Anyway...

One post highlights a "Chunkster Challenge." This is one challenge I'm not sure that I'm up to. In it, "You read as many very large books (over 400 pages) that you can in a six month period." Now it's not that I don't like to read, but still -- that sounds like a lot of work somehow. I was perfectly willing to write tens of thousands of words in a month, but I'm not sure I have time to read that many books. Then again, I guess that's the point of the challenge, isn't it? Stop on over if you want to join up.

She has another post up that I really, really wish I would have read before I had my laptop stolen. In it she suggests using an online service to store your bookmarks. For some reason, technological me never thought of such a thing. That would SO simplify things for me in so many ways. On a daily basis I often use as many as 5 different computers -- and each has it's own collection of bookmarks. I have GOT to try this.

And in yet another post, she points out a Bible Map. This combined a Bible with Google Maps with active hyperlinks. Now that's just neat. For anyone who wants to SEE places that they read about in the Bible, this is just cool. Go ahead, take a peek!

So, thanks for stopping by today and for reading about my neighbor. Feel free to head on over there this afternoon and drop by and say hello. I think this is going to have to be a regular stop for me, what with such useful and interesting posts!

Posted by: Ogre at 05:04 PM | Comments (13) | Add Comment
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1 Too lazy to use ur brains? How in the hell can someone be as stupid to create a homepage like this or one of the others, where u can get ur daughter a T-shirt with the only purpose of provocating the radical islamists? I mean, yes, there are a few really crazy fanatics in the world, also fanatic christians, and they are even worse than the islamic extremists. So if your daughter gets killed by a fanatic moslem dont blame Islam, blame ur own stupidness! Remember Christianism 500 years ago, look at the vatican, look at the pope, telling africa that Condoms are not accepted from God, because they prevent you from having AIDS,and the pope wants Africans to die of Aids...Is Jesus Happy with the catholic church? I dont think so! I'm also gonna do some T-Shirts: Bush is the greatest Terrorist in the world! He and all the people telling him what to do are the worst dictators, They dont even know the meaning of human rights! Hang Bush and his father for crimes on the humanity! Iran has got weapons of mass destruccion? Yeah, off course, just like Irak had, isnt it? I dont care if iran has got Weapons of Mass destruccion, Im more concerned about U.S. Army thinking they are helping to make the world better with their own Bombs. Death Penalty is medieval! Do your self a favor and dissappear from the earth!!!

Posted by: think at January 07, 2007 10:20 PM (dJYrE)

2 See, now folks, that looks like a random spam. However, if it's a comment that's spam, note the foolishness of the spammer -- there's no links to his spam-filled site. Also note how well the comment relates to the topic of the post. Wow. So, I'm going to leave that comment there and we can debate whether it's a spammer that's so incompetent that he didn't put any links in it, or it's an unhinged person that really, really, really doesn't have any clue about reality, including even the topic of the post on which he's commenting. Also note the lovely contradiction in the last two sentences -- "Death Penalty is medieval!" followed by wishing death upon me.

Posted by: Ogre at January 07, 2007 10:35 PM (we4MX)

3 Oh, and Michele, of Life Under the Sun, if you happen upon this, please excuse the horrible manners of the first commenter.

Posted by: Ogre at January 07, 2007 10:36 PM (we4MX)

4 This is a different Michele saying the first commenter is definitely unhinged. YOu exercised more restraint than I would have, for I would have deleted him within 30 min of posting his comment. Have you tried the google reader? that's how I read your blog and others when I'm travelling. its a place online that holds a list of all the blogs I read and displays summaries with links in case I want to go read the full post. I love it! btw, aren't you glad you're a gmail user.

Posted by: Michele at January 08, 2007 04:11 AM (vMvlg)

5 I almost deleted it, but then, since it didn't have a spam link, I thought it might have actually been a real person. And such comments really do accurately illustrate the utter derangement of some people -- and I bet that person gets to vote, too.

Posted by: Ogre at January 08, 2007 12:40 PM (oifEm)

6 The references in "think's" comment (the irony of that handle is downright magnetic) to "a T-shirt with the only purpose of provocating the radical islamists" says it all. Anyone capable of being "provocated" by a T-shirt -- or a cartoon -- is an automatic Darwin Award nominee. Jeez.

Posted by: McGehee at January 08, 2007 01:23 PM (lAOTn)

7 And if you look around this page, you won't actually find anywhere that you can get such T-shirts, strangely enough...

Posted by: Ogre at January 08, 2007 01:56 PM (oifEm)

8 Well, I'm used to the non sequiturs that pop up in the comment section of my blogs, so it doesn't bother me :-). Thank you for explaining my blog to your readers, though I'm bummed that my blog description was confusing, I guess I better work on that (though, I assure you it will be enjoyable). My blog was originally meant to be a place where I could share what I was learning at seminary and to write about culture from a Reformed Christian perspective but it's expanded to include things I've learned about blogging and helps I've found along the way, as well as stuff that's going on in my life. I guess I'll have to find another way to get that across to first time visitors, something a little less opaque than Ecclesiastes, though that might mean I'll have to rename my blog :-) BTW, you and your readers might be interested in my other blog, it's a political/current events blog, Reformed Chicks Blabbing (www.reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com).

Posted by: Michele at January 08, 2007 04:26 PM (t2/4J)

9 Michele's blog is a GREAT one to feature; she's done an awful lot to help many other bloggers get started...like me . And I was totally confused by that first comment .

Posted by: Robin at January 08, 2007 06:06 PM (xk3pG)

10 Thank you for stopping along, Michele! I look forward to your "revised" description -- and I'll be sure to check out that other blog you listed. And thank you, Robin, for stopping by and NOT leaving a comment like that first one!

Posted by: Ogre at January 08, 2007 06:29 PM (oifEm)

11 Thanks Robin!

Posted by: Michele at January 08, 2007 06:52 PM (t2/4J)

12 WOW - that guys sounds liekhe hates everyone - must be a lonely existance. I almost feel sorry for him - ALMOST, not quite. Someone that aweful almost deserves to be lonely! Love Michelle's blog though - good choice!

Posted by: Crystal at January 09, 2007 06:13 PM (am54d)

13 I'd love for him to come back by, but I doubt he will. Thanks for stopping along, Crystal!

Posted by: Ogre at January 10, 2007 01:31 AM (we4MX)

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