Well, I decided to come back after all. During our weekend to remember a few weeks ago, I decided to take a month off, as I did once last year as well. At one point a few weeks ago, I considered just closing up shop, having grown a little weary of this after [...]

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Well, Agassi could not quite pull it off. He played another great match in the semi’s to knock off Genepri, but Federer, as expected, was just too much. He held on up until the tiebreak in the 3rd, and it seemed Federer just jumped to another level to win it in four sets. I noticed [...]

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I stayed up past midnight (highly unusual for me these days) and watched the Andre Agassi-James Blake quarterfinal match at the U.S. Open last night, and all I can saw is “Wow!” What a great match. I’ll say more on this later…

Thinking more about the devastation along the gulf coast, and the lives lost and [...]

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Saw this posted elsewhere… thought it was worth sharing in light of Katrina….
Praise You in This Storm
words by Mark Hall
I was sure by now
That You would have reached down
And wipes our tears away
Stepped in and saved the day
But once again, I say “Amen”, and it’s still raining
As the thunder rolls
I barely hear You whisper through [...]

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I’ve been watching some of the coverage of hurricane Katrina. The power and destructive force of hurricanes (as well as tornados and other storms) is always compelling to watch. They march across the waters, then hit land and level everything it their path for a while, and gradually start losing their strength. The amount of [...]

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