Cool clock

By joe on Mar 3, 2008 | In Nerd | 1 Comment »

Wish I could get this in a frame on my wall.

http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html

Bob Gluhareff

By joe on Mar 3, 2008 | In Faith | 1 Comment »

I’m not excited that this is the topic of my first real post to this blog. But I can’t seem to get this story out of my head…

I graduated from Naples (FL) High School in 74. There were a few teachers that had an impact on me. One of them was my history teacher, Bob Gluhareff. I honestly don’t remember anything specific I learned in his classes, but I remember that he seemed to care about kids. He worked some with a nearby church that held battle of the bands. I was running away from the church at the time, so most of his efforts were lost on me. But he paid attention to me and that little connection stayed with me.

My high school friend, and class clown, Bobcat Barber emailed me this weekend to say Bob had killed himself. It turns out Bob wasn’t very good with money. He may have started out with a heart for kids, but somewhere along the way he was seduced by money. He ran a school for troubled teens called Wellspring Academy. A few years ago, he plead guilty to stealing the tuition money, to the tune of about $500K. He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. When he didn’t show up to start serving his sentence, they went looking for him and found him on a back road with a bullet in his head.

I’m a Christian. I believe we are all sinners and I’m never shocked when someone does something really awful. I believe in salvation by grace, so I’m never even shocked when the something awful was done by a believer. But this news has rattled me. I don’t know if Bob was a messed up believer or if he was a religious charlatan. Either way, it is tragic that someone can end up in such a dark place.

God have mercy on Bob Gluhareff and God have mercy on us all…

Trying to learn WordPress

By joe on Feb 18, 2008 | In Nerd | 2 Comments

Is there a WYSIWYG theme editor out there that is any good?

Currently playing in iTunes: this WEEK in MEDIA 80: Tu-na Al-bacore by Pixel Corps

Hello world!

By joe on Feb 8, 2008 | In Nerd | No Comments »

Howdy. All great journeys start with the first step. I need a first post to get this thing configured. So here it is.

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