Sprigler Collective

This is the title of an interesting book and I am fairly sure that I saw it on sale at Destinations.  I have read it and I agree with some of the arguments.  I am actually experiencing the pull of this argument right now.  I realize that I am lucky to have choices.I have many stories and pictures to share with you, but I cannot ...

The Iraq Veterans Memorial is an online war memorial to honor the members of the U.S. armed forces who have lost their lives serving in the Iraq War. It is a collection of video memories from family, friends, military colleagues, and co-workers of those that have fallen. The memorial will be an online destination for people to honor ...

I wish that I had more time to devote to this topic, but I am leaving in less than an hour to pick up our new foster puppy.  Expect photos tomorrow.  Until then, have you visited conservapedia?  I heard about it on NPR and it scares me.I am not in the mood for a debate about censorship and children.  So this post is *gasp* not ...

This post may seem too focused on the negative this week, but love is in the promise of a more humane world.Yesterday, I read this story.  In sum, and how I hate to claim to sum this life in  a paragraph on a blog of a person that he will never know.  There is no sum.  A life, no matter how long it is lived, can never by ...

**DISCLAIMER** This post is rather humiliating, but I hope that it keeps me from ever owning this many things again.  Today's Love Thursday is rather embarrassing for me. While I was in Thailand (so many sentences seem to start this way these days), I started to reevaluate what I need in life.  I am not the biggest consumer by western ...

Have there been explosions in Bangkok?  Yes.Were there injuries? Yes.Are we in Bangkok? Yes.Are we safe? Yes.Do we feel safe? Yes.Will we continue to be careful and safe? Yes.Will we continue to venture out and spend our remaining days in Thailand outside of La Residence? Yes.Any questions?More information can be found here. 

  The last few weeks have been indescribable. The program has been intense and rewarding.  My cousin had her first child.  Please say hello to my nephew Justin.  Also an article was written about my trip in the paper.  The program has ended.  Our group has been dismantled and we have said goodbye to the life that we ...

Update:Click to download Newsletter October 2006: Challenging the Status Quo   October 26, 2006 We surprised Ajaan Ooh with a pre-wedding girls only party.  We found a veil at some random store in Khon Kaen and made an adequately obnoxious bouquet for her out of condoms - classy eh?!?  She took it well and seemed excited that we ...

  Today I feel a bit like the insect I photographed earlier in the week.  I should first mention that I am safe here in Khon Kaen with nothing to fear.  There have many "firsts" for me since I arrived in Thailand a little over a month ago.  I learned to use squat toilets, eat incredibly spicy food, and attract ...

I know that many people think that I am a peace-lovin flower child.  I do prefer peace.  I do hate war, but I also support our troops and I want to bring them home.  There have been so many deaths.  So. Many. Deaths.  I have numerous ties to the military.  My dad was a Marine; my father was in the Army.  Jim’s ...