http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com Postcards from the heart... Wed, 14 May 2008 02:21:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Scott's Morning Brew will be moving to a new host soon! There is lots of work to do to get ready for the move. I am hoping, hoping, that I can import at LEAST the posts from the current blog.If you have subscribed to my feed, I strongly ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/05/13/smb-moving-to-a-new-host-soon/ The official Sea-Monkey Website.UPDATE: My wonderful wife just informed me that she had Sea-Monkeys when she was young. Said she bought the package out of the back of a HIGHLIGHTS magazine.She doesn't recall if they grew and then died or never grew at all. I told her that ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/05/11/may-15th-is-national-sea-monkey-day/ I posted these on my other blog as well. I am sure these have been around the Internet a couple of thousand times, but I always enjoy them when they make it back to my inbox. ADULT:  A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/04/15/should-be-in-the-dictionary/ Scott was kind enough to allow me to do a blog on a recent church experience I had. I had been to Atlantic Shores Baptist for several years, went through the membership classes and became a member. I found a great ladies class with Pam Ainsley being the teacher. Great ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/04/12/its-later-than-you-think/ There is movement called the Emergent Church or the Emerging Church. It takes post modern ideology and overlays it on the Christian Fundamentalism we all know. This is NOT a discussion on the emergent church. A flag bearer for the group made the following statement. What is your opinion of ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/04/08/the-emergent-church/ The Williamsburg Police Department is hosting a Cycle 4 CYCLE 53K Bicycle Ride on April 26, 2008, in Williamsburg, Virginia, which is sponsored by the Virginia Police Chiefs Foundation.  There's still time to register! Advance registration deadline is April 19, with the field being filled the morning of the ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/04/04/williamsburg-police-department-cycle-4-cycle-53k-bicycle-ride/ How do you serve in your church?  Do you volunteer to greet?  Offering?  Serve Communion?  Work on the Production Staff?  Lighting?  Sound? Leave me a comment and let me know. My family serves a couple of different ways.  Video Imaging, singing (NOT ME), Multimedia, greeting...  And ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/04/04/how-do-you-serve/ You clicked 245 times in 30 seconds. http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/31/i-need-to-ease-up-on-the-caffiene/ Sounds whacky doesn’t it? Well our friend Tommy Neeson is going to make the run. For Ronald McDonald House Charities. Once in awhile a really wild idea gets into your head, ferments, grows and if powerful enough has the power to transform your thoughts into actions. Tommy Neeson, husband to Elaine, father ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/30/maine-to-florida-four-million-steps-2300-miles/ From the WordPress Development Blog: WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/29/wordpress-25-is-out-and-installed/ Portsmouth NEATFest is coming on May 3rd, 2008! This event is a change from the previous years' NEAT Summits. Creating more of a carnival atmosphere and bringing displays and presentations from many units within the Police Department. This year's event will be held at North Landing, (the old PortSide site) at ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/28/portsmouth-neatfest-celebrating-13-years-of-success/ For some history on this post go here. Then see here and here for more fun reading. Technorati Tags: botanophobia http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/23/botanophobia/ George Carlin's Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. 'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/23/george-carlin-on-age/ Last night Courtney broke her ankle in gymnastics class. She was coming off a high mat from a round off that should have moved right into a back handspring... instead she lost her balance and her ankle twisted beneath her.  She crashed down on top of it and it broke.  ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/21/say-owie-daughter-two-with-broke-ankle/ Happy St. Patrick's Day ya'll... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/17/happy-st-patricks-day/ According to Ericsson's Chief Marketing Officer they are. The rapid growth of mobile broadband is set to make Wi-Fi hotspots irrelevant, according to an Ericsson executive. "Hotspots at places like Starbucks are becoming the telephone boxes of the broadband era," claimed Ericsson's chief marketing officer Johan Bergendahl, speaking to delegates at ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/10/are-wi-fi-hotspots-a-thing-of-the-past/ I found this post in the ICOC Discussion forums on Delphi... tough questions. I wonder if any have the backbone to answer them... The ICC Discussion forum #21519.1 What actions did you take immediately after the HKL in order to self-examine your teachings and beliefs? ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/03/07/questions-for-icoc-leadership/ And hasn't changed much... We cannot be controlled by the past. The abuses of authority may have been in the hands of the few on occasion in over organized and controlled groups or in the hands of the many on occasion where autonomous churches function with ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/29/icoc-abusive-mentality-is-alive-and-well/ Life in a Dallas Cult, Book by Wendy Duncan, Expose of Trinity Foundation I Can’t Hear God Anymore is an instructive example of how normal people can be vulnerable to the psychological manipulations and spiritual abuse of a skilled cult leader. It is also an inspiring story of hope, as the ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/29/i-cant-hear-god-anymore/ Each day I surpass my previous record of consecutive "days alive"!!! This is a realization I came to this morning!  Isn't it grand? http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/29/congratulations-are-in-order/ There are several things that I love taking photographs of. Marinas rate right up there near the top. Boats. Sailboats, motorboats, tall ships. I love them. At one point, and still in the back of my mind, I dreamt about living on a boat. Traveling ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/25/i-love-marinas/ What drives people to do "wrong"? Silly question? Maybe. Let me narrow it down. What would drive an otherwise moral person, to the point where they use God and the church for their own personal gain? I don't have a problem with someone being blessed by God and given great things. ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/25/what-drives-people/ The short answer is yes in my opinion. Now for the long answer. First, I can only base this on my experience, not that of hearsay or word of mouth. I refuse to sit in judgement of those that I know nothing about and I refuse to question the ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/25/can-churches-be-abusive-yes-they-can/ Remembering April 16th, 2007 - There are no words... DEKALB, Ill. - A former graduate student armed with two handguns and a shotgun opened fire Thursday in a large lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University, killing five students and wounding 16 others before killing himself, authorities said. -=SOURCE=- You ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/14/our-hearts-go-out-to-you/ I always look forward to new releases of WordPress themes and I use Weblog Tools Collection as my source. Generally, my only source. Today's selection came out and I found a great new free them called Uncrufty by Azmeen at HTNet. I have been looking for a theme that was plain, ... http://thoughts.sdwhiteonline.com/2008/02/14/new-look-for-scotts-thoughts/