July 2009
6 posts
“Your friend is your needs answered.
And let there be no purpose in friendship...”
– Kahlil Gibran on “Friendship” in The Prophet
Recovering Identity :: A Sign of Restoration ::... →
Dusting Off The Shelves :: The Competitive Reading...
It’s just over 2 weeks into the 3rd quarter of 2009. That means it’s time to update my competitive reading group’s totals.
As of June 30 the 9 of us have a combined total of 196 books worth a staggering 43,705 pages.
Adam Thada is in the page count lead with 7,587 pages read (between January 23-June 30), I’m breathing down his neck with a mean 7,555 pages. However, in...
In Case You Missed It :: WMF Pushup-A-Thon Final...
Well, we owe our department’s “Push Up Contest” victory to the huge guns that Twyla O’Callaghan carries around all day long. She dominated. Shortly before the competition she called her totals in which pushed us over the top to take the victory.
The office totals as recorded by Jara are as follows (the modified push-ups have been calculated into each person’s final...
As If We Don't Have Enough To Do Around Here ::...
After our staff meeting on Thursday this week, we will be having the first WMF Omaha Office Push-Up Contest/“Push-Up-A-Thon.”
As if we don’t already have enough to do around here, sometimes we come up with little competitive events to keep the thrill of working in Omaha alive.
For example, in January 2008 we had a little contest where 4 of us stood outside in the freezing cold barefoot. There is...
Why Evangelicals and the Interfaith Movement Need... →