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What do you want for (insert gift giving time here)?

Jamon AbercrombieDecember 07, 2006Leave a Comment

Enough is enough when it comes to trying to tell people what I want for Christmas or birthday. It’s too much pressure to figure out a list on the spot … enter BoxedUp.com.

Now, I (and you) can keep an updated, ongoing list of gift ideas all year long, as I surf the web. Using the included Firefox plugin, all I have to do is click on the “gift tag” in my browser bar, fill in some information and viola, it is added to my list.

All I have to do now is say, “check out GiftList on the blog.”

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Walking in a winter wonderland

Jamon AbercrombieNovember 30, 2006Leave a Comment

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Warm enough to wear shorts. Low 60’s/high50’s

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

1:00 PM – Here comes the freezing rain in Kansas City. 31o
3:00 PM – Schools, churches, others cancel evening activities/services. 31o
5:00 PM – Here come the school closings. 28o
6:00 PM – Freezing rain/Sleet/Ice changes over to light snow. 28o

Thursday, November 30, 2006

7:30 AM – My 1989 Oldsmobile Culass Cierra has bald tires, no fan motor for heat/AC/defrost/etc, wipers haven’t been changed in 9 months, radiator leaks – quickly, right headlight broke out … I think I’ll stay home today. 15o
8:00 AM – Local news/weather reports ice is over, but 3 – 16 inches of snow likely tonight! Weatherdude warns of record snowfall. 18o

5:30 PM – Snow has been falling steadily since about 3:00 this afternoon. Here’s a peek from my cell phone. 16o


Right now we are at about 3.5″ or so, and it’s supposed to let up about 9:00 tonight. The snow is now falling much lighter than earlier, but it still is coming down.

What happens during the 9 months between last year’s last snowfall and this year’s first that makes people forget how to drive in this stuff? I figured Kansas City drivers would be used to this weather … or any weather … but no, it starts to rain or snow or sleet and these drivers will go from 80 MPH and no cares to 30 MPH and freaked out in the blink of an eye.

Hmm?

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10 Things Techs Wish They Could Say to Worship Leaders

Jamon AbercrombieNovember 03, 2006Leave a Comment
  1. I can’t break the laws of physics just so you can have more vocal in your monitor. I didn’t invent the laws, I just live by them.
  2. Repeating the phrase, ‘More me, more me’ from the microphone, over and over, comes across just a bit self-centered.
  3. No, there isn’t a ‘muddy knob’ I can turn down to make it sound better.
  4. A new microphone will help some, but let’s not expect any miracles.
  5. Do you think you could move your monitor yourself? If not, I’ll certainly run all the way down the stairs, across the auditorium and up to the stage to scoot it over three inches.
  6. Oh, never mind me. I didn’t want anything from (insert restaurant here). I’ve only been here by myself for the last three hours setting all this up for you.
  7. No, if you ask me to turn all the house lights down, I can’t make it so you can see the audiences’ reaction during the songs.
  8. The camera angle doesn’t make your hair spike in strange directions … you do that yourself.
  9. There is not a knob to make it sound more round, more blue or any other shape or color.
  10. Thanks for that input on how to mix, after the service I’m going to give you some pointers on how to play music.
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