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  • Management vs. Leadership

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    Management means control. Leadership means release, and good managers know it.

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  • Monkees

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    At Theo Chocolate. Garrett, CC, Jaime, Valene, Dustin, thanks for allowing me to be an honorary family member this weekend!

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  • Alton Brown Hair

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    Abby and Alton Brown. Anyone else see it?

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  • My Kicks (Asia Edition)

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    This was taken while I was waiting for the students to tour the migrant children’s school. Yeah, I was bored. Not sure if other people do this, but I keep a separate wardrobe for traveling. And I NEVER wear socks when I’m in Asia.

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  • Tuesday Two: Cursive or Print?

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    I wonder who still writes in cursive. Anyone? [poll id=”5″] Why do people prefer one over the other?

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  • Aren’t All Religions the Same?

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    …it’s not respectful at all to dismiss the distinctive beliefs of all the world religions and just say, “They’re all the same,” ignoring that some religions believe in a god while others don’t believe that any type of god exists at all.  [People] don’t wonder, What really happens when I die? Will I be reincarnated,…

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  • Hi Auntie Jennifer

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    Got this email today… huhlo auntie jennifer! i’m growing up so fast, you’re missing so much!  my cheeks blew up, my hair’s standing up like mama’s when she was a baby. Not sure why my sister likes writing for Abby like that. She’s weird like that. But I LOVE the pictures she’s been sending me…like…

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  • Cute Sushi Heads

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    This was a taken at a sushi take out place where all the sushi are individually wrapped. You just pick what you want and take it to go. No, I didn’t buy any, but I thought these little sushi people were the cutest things! Look at their sushi hats, or hair, whatever that is! So…

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  • Tuesday Two: Movies or Music?

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    Jaime was saying that she was a TV & movies person and that she doesn’t really listen to music. I, on the other hand, rarely watch movies, probably because I’ve had bad experiences from motion sickness. Yeah, I’m weaksauce. So I’m definitely a music person. So I’d like to find out what my readers (the…

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  • Fun Fact Friday

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    Oops, I missed this week’s Tuesday Two. But here’s what I’m calling Fun Fact Friday. For people who hang out with me, they know that sometimes I’ll random throw out a fun fact about myself or ask them to give me a fun fact about themselves. So in addition to the 100 facts about me…

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  • Tuesday Two: Cash or Credit?

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    photo credit: mangpages With the economy in it’s sad shape, I’m definitely watching my money more closely. I love using my credit cards because they’re all tied to some sort of cash back or rewards program. But studies (like this one) show that people spend less when paying cash than using credit. Maybe I should…

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  • ur dad’s hecka cool

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    From Joey: ur dad’s hecka cool, he taught me more guitar yesterday.

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  • Tax Time

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    I hate paying money to the government. I should go buy a house or maybe get some kids or something.

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  • Never Let the Gospel Get Smaller

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    Never Let the Gospel Get Smaller by John Piper Here is a simple exhortation that I have been trying to implement in our family: Seek to see and feel the gospel as bigger as years go by rather than smaller. Our temptation is to think that the gospel is for beginners and then we go…

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  • 4 Oakland Police Officers Shot

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    It happened in the 7600 block of Macarthur Boulevard near 74th Avenue at about 1pm today. Look at where I was!!! (Courtesy of Google Latitude) No wonder all those cops blocked off the streets. I heard helicopters circling around too when I was eating lunch at Eastmont Mall, which is about a block away. My…

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  • No Time to Be Amazing

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    At work just now: Joshua: uh Jen hate to break it to you but Kurt sent out the exact same email that you sent me: yeah Joshua: you know … originality is an important trait copying others … while important … not as amazing :-P me: i dont have time to be amazing

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  • Message: Eating Out

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    Here’s a wordle from a talk I gave to students called “Things about serving overseas I learned from eating out.”

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  • Letter from the National Marrow Donor Program

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    Good thing I updated my info on the national bone marrow donor Registry.  I recently received a letter from the National Marrow Donor Program saying: Dear Jennifer: On 02/25/1995, you took the first step to help save someone’s life – you signed up to become a member of the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Registry.…

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  • Austin Adventures

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    Some memories from this weekend— Ate Chick-fil-A and Schlotzsky’s for the first time. King: (when he first picked me up from the airport) That building there is the…uh, forgot the name of the bank. Wait, is that even a bank? (He was pointing out the Frost Bank to me). I just LOVED Stina’s surprised face…

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