Friday, April 27

Random

~ Mission Springs Conference Center, where I worked for four summers, where Cheryl and I were married, and where we have spent countless hours relaxing, is having a bit of a crisis -- the only bridge onto the grounds has been condemned -- a new one will cost $1.6 million. Ouch! More details.

~ Our friend Daisy Ho, who happens to be Cheryl's boss for her 15-hour-per-week job as secretary at the Guam United Methodist Church, is leaving the island soon. She is about to become the associate pastor at the United Methodist Church of Garden Grove. Daisy grew up in Hong Kong but went to school at Biola and Fuller. So she is going back to her old SoCal stompin' grounds -- which she is excited about. But we'll miss her.

~ Dell is releasing a laptop with the option of replacing the hard-drive with a flash drive. The 21st century has arrived.

~ The $100 laptop just went up $75 -- rapidly inching closer to the $399.99 laptops at CompUSA -- although the $175 machine designed for children in developing countries has cool features like really low electricity consumption, a pulley for hand-generated power, and a screen with indoor and outdoor reading modes -- and it's Shrek green.

~ Speaking of whom, Shrek the Third is scheduled for theater release on May 18th. Let's see, that's three days after PIBC graduation -- what a week of celebrations.

~ Easter resurrection story from Ireland. Man pronounced dead but morgue staff notices breathing.

~ This Sunday is "Internet Evangelism Day" -- Oh, brother... We should take up a special offering... and...

I better hit the publish button before I get too snarky.

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