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Friday, November 17, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
This little holiday questionnaire I’m about to post is part of a thread on CWS Talk and I thought I would post it here so you all could get to know me better, seeing as this is titled, “Get to know your friends better holiday edition 2006. The question is in bold, my answer will be in plain text:
1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate?
-- Hot Chocolate
2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?
-- I think the whole Santa Clause thing was concocted in the Pit of Hell!
3. Colored lights on tree/house or white?
-- Colored on tree, white on house
4. Do you hang mistletoe?
-- Negative
5. When do you put your decorations up?
-- Thanksgiving, either the day of or the day after
6. What is your favorite holiday dish?
-- STUFFING!!!!!
7. Favorite Holiday memory as a child:
-- Family putting up decorations
8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa?
-- I don’t remember ever thinking he was real
9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve?
-- Sometimes
10. How do you decorate your Christmas Tree?
-- Lights, garland, a few various decorations, a star on top
11. Snow! Love it or Dread it?
-- Depends on the day
12. Can you ice skate?
-- Quite well considering I don’t get to do it much
13. Do you remember your favorite gift?
-- Negative
14. What’s the most important thing about the Holidays for you?
-- To bring honor and glory to the Lord
15. What is your favorite Holiday Dessert?
-- Pecan pie… YUM!
16. What is your favorite holiday tradition?
-- Hard to pick favorites
17. What do you put on top of your tree?
-- A star… see above
18. Which do you prefer, giving or Receiving?
-- You mean I have to make a choice?
19. What is your favorite Christmas Song?
-- Don’t know
20. Candy Canes, yum or yuck?
-- YUCKOLA!!!!
Monday, November 13, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
I just took this very interesting political quiz, below is my score:
ACCORDING TO YOUR ANSWERS,
You fall exactly on the border
of two political philosophies...
.
CONSERVATIVE
LIBERTARIAN
CONSERVATIVES tend to favor economic freedom, but frequently
support laws to restrict personal behavior that violates “traditional
values.” They oppose excessive government control of business,
while endorsing government action to defend morality and the
traditional family structure. Conservatives usually support a strong
military, oppose bureaucracy and high taxes, favor a free-market
economy, and endorse strong law enforcement.
LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal
and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government;
one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion
and violence. Libertarians tend to embrace individual
responsibility, oppose government bureaucracy and taxes,
promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the
free market, and defend civil liberties.
If you feel like taking the test, and if you feel like commenting, feel free to leave your score in the comments.
Thursday, November 9, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
Anybody bought any off brand Tylenol lately? Better double check!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
Firefox 2.0 was released yesterday and may be downloaded here.
I have installed this version on my Mac Laptop, my G5 edit station at work, and my stupid Windows PC at home and on all 3 computers, it seems faster, snappier and in general is an even better browsing experience than it already was. There are some nice new features too, like putting tab closing buttons on the individual tabs like Apple’s Safari has had for years, and better built in RSS and feed reading support. Since I use Google reader for my RSS and feed reading, Firefox’s new integration with Google reader is nice. You can set it up in preferences to use Google reader to subscribe to a feed when you click the little RSS icon. AWESOME!
Let’s see, what else… O yes, the big one, and one of the reasons I loved Apple’s Safari, Firefox now has inline spell checking. Which makes it nicer to post on this blog for instance, because it will underline misspelled words in red just like a word processor.
Firefox 2.0 also feels much more refined. So far, I highly recommend the upgrade.
Tuesday, October 3, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. If you want to see what I have been up to, visit the Evans’ blog
Specifically, This post, This post, and This post.
I’m on the ground running this week. Franklin Springs Family Media is in Oakland, IL filming a concert of the Eden String Quartet, for which I am responsible for the audio recording.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 | Posted by TJ Draper
It is a new phase in my life and I don’t know how much I will be able to post anymore, but I will try. I go back to work full time tomorrow so it should promise to be hectic. I have quite a bit of stuff on my plate and they are as follows:
- Spend time with wife and baby
- Spend time with wife and baby
- Spend more time with wife and baby
Well, I think you get the point. Anyway I intend to make that little guy a high priority. He is after all the cutest, most adorable baby I have ever seen!
I also have other stuff going on, like a couple of trips to Peoria coming up. One will be for Allen’s baptism at a still undetermined time. Also, Providence Church has a Family Reformation Conference with James McDonald coming up September 29 through October 1 that I am heavily involved in planning (head on over there and register!). I will also be doing the graphical design for the bulletins, as well as filming and editing the entire thing.
Then we will be traveling to San Antonio for the Film Festival held on October 19, 20, and 21.
Busy times, busy times!
