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I have not blogged here in a while, and have actually moved my personal blog to this domain: http://www.aaronaiken.com/blog

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Team Seesmic Twitter Client Twhirl 0.9 Screencast

If you are a Twitter user and have not checked out the desktop Twitter client Twhirl, then watch this screencast and then over to www.twhirl.org and download the app. I used to use Tweetdeck, but find Twhirl to be much more user friendly.
 
 
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Team Seesmic Twitter Client Twhirl 0.9 Screencast

If you are a Twitter user and have not checked out the desktop Twitter client Twhirl, then watch this screencast and then over to www.twhirl.org and download the app. I used to use Tweetdeck, but find Twhirl to be much more user friendly.
 
 
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Team Seesmic Twitter Client Twhirl 0.9 Screencast

If you are a Twitter user and have not checked out the desktop Twitter client Twhirl, then watch this screencast and then over to www.twhirl.org and download the app. I used to use Tweetdeck, but find Twhirl to be much more user friendly.
 
 
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Team Seesmic Twitter Client Twhirl 0.9 Screencast

If you are a Twitter user and have not checked out the desktop Twitter client Twhirl, then watch this screencast and then over to www.twhirl.org and download the app. I used to use Tweetdeck, but find Twhirl to be much more user friendly.
 
 
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Thought for Today

I’m currently reading through several books. One of these is “Make Today Count” by John C. Maxwell. In chapter 5, entitled “Thinking”, he makes several excellent points about the practice of thinking. This next line struck me the most: “ideas, put into action, give an advantage.”
 
Personally, this was great to hear. I always have new ideas, but don’t always act on them, but I should, and this quote reaffirms that. An idea not put into action never even had a chance, but an idea put to action has that chance and gives you the advantage. Just a thought.
 
What do you think?

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Standing Short in a Tall Body

Mid December of last year I had a meeting at our church with our youth pastor. The meeting had nothing to do with the youth group, church, or even me, but instead how to use the sound system for my parents 25^th wedding anniversary that my wife and I were hosting at the church building. Before I left, he asked me if he could show me the youth rooms downstairs. I had not seen them yet, so I followed him as he started down.

They have a nice large room for the main sessions and worship and then a few rooms off of that for smaller events. There is an arcade room complete with a Foosball table, air hockey, PS2, Xbox, and a classic standing arcade game. It is all really nice, I told him.

Then he asked me the question. You know, THE question.

Lindsay, my wife, and I had been attending Living Water Community Church for about 18 months at this point and we had not volunteered much at all. I had been meaning to get involved, but you know how it goes…

So he asked if I would like to be a group leader for the youth group. I quickly said yes, I would love to, and had my first experience as a “group leader” last night.

My background with youth group runs deep. At my parents church, my “home” church, I went through the youth group program starting in middle school and all the way through my high school graduation. Then, I started teaching the youth group every Sunday morning and every other Wednesday night. I had a passion for reaching the youth and felt that because of my age they were able to relate to what I taught easier than say a 40 year old youth pastor. I picked the topics to teach about, and did just about everything except plan events and such.

So last night was the first youth event I went to at LWCC as a youth volunteer, as a group leader. Not THE leader, which is my last memory of youth group. I struggled. I’m not going to lie. It was hard for me to be in the background and not be the one challenging the kids as an entire group, to be the observer sitting down and not the leader standing up.

I never was good at small groups, so that made it extra difficult. I came home discouraged and was tempted to not go back to another Wednesday night event…but I know that it will take time. The kids don’t know me, and I don’t know them, so we are starting out very fresh, where at my home church I grew up with the kids I taught.

Just not the experience I am used to.

Conversation with My Father

Just about every Sunday morning, my dad and I get the chance to talk for a good hour or so over coffee. I look forward to this time and the fact that we only live 3 miles apart right now makes it easy. He will brew the coffee and while doing so start us off in a conversation about who knows what. Today’s topics included:

-the economy. He and I both disagree with how the media is portraying this “recession” we are in. “It is no where near what the state of the economy was in 1929, or even 1979.” -blogging. I have been telling him for some time now that he needs to start a blog. He is pursuing is doctorate and has a boat load of material up in his head. I think starting a blog would be a great way to get his name out there. It could even be a group blog that he and his classmates write for. A no pressure type thing. I’ll keep telling him this

-work. We discussed what I should do since my project end date is coming up (March 31st). I’m not certain if the funding/project will be extended, and I’m not sure if my original admin position will still be waiting for me. Questions that will be answered in time, but I’m afraid it will be too late if I wait.

-the Inauguration. We still cannot get over two things about the Inauguration: 1) that bogus poem, and 2) the prayer. The poem was 100% stupidity and if you ask me, a first grader could have written a better piece. And the prayer, I mean, what the heck? I believe that racism is still a major issue, and that prayer is one of the reasons.

-President Obama. We don’t want his Presidency to fail, we want his policies to fail. Bigger government, a government that wants to control every aspect of our lives, is a government that is headed towards Socialism, which is a close cousin to Communism. No thank you. Last time I checked, that hasn’t worked out too well in the history of the world.

So, as usual, a lot of different topics but always a good conversation.

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Posterous Is Cool

First, what is posterous? It is a service that allows you to post to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, your blog, and many other places, all from your email. Which means, you guessed it! From your mobile phone as well!! Why is it cool? See paragraph above.
 
Go to www.posterous.com to get your own account and keep an eye on www.techguyandstuff.wordpress.com for a screencast on the service.
 
Have a great weekend!

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Going to Try Something Different

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So my life has been on heck of a roller coaster the last few months. Work is work, and I’m busy at home. So I’m going to take things and put the brakes on. I am going to stop multi-tasking my life. Work will be work. Whatever that means I am going to try and just be happy that I have a job. I should be and am beginning to grow tired of my negative attitude towards my work.

Blogs will be what blogs will be, thoughts. I let myself get burned out with our Personal Finance website and have backed off a little. This is good. Not good for the exposure for the blog, but good for me. I’ve since started another blog for my thoughts and experiences with technology. Just going to use the blogs to get things out of my head and onto this paper.

I am going to read one book at a time and not start reading another book until I have finished the first. Recently I have gotten in the habit of starting a book and getting distracted with another and not finishing the first. I’m tired all having a lot of books going all at the same time. Right now I am going to focus on and read SPY by Ted Bell. Next I’ll finish Make Today Count by John C. Maxwell. And I’m going to start to keep track of the book I am currently reading and the books I have finished reading using this product from Google.

This is all in an attempt to calm down. I’ve become way to distracted with life that I’m growing tired. Hopefully this works and I’ll start to appreciate what I have more than I currently do now.