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	<title>The DIP Shtick</title>
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	<description>Fragmented pieces of information from a cluttered mind.</description>
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		<title>Welcome Home Pets!</title>
		<description>The girls pets all made it home and they had a Welcome Home party for them.  Below is a picture from Emily's class where Angel was welcomed home with all of her friends.  I will post more pictures from all of the girls shortly. (Weber, Rose)

Thank you to ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2008/04/14/welcome-home-pets.htm</link>
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		<title>Vote for who?</title>
		<description>

Monica Lewinsky's Ex-Boyfriend's Wife for President

I was walking down the street in Chicago yesterday and saw this t-shirt in a shop.  It made me giggle so I snapped a picture.  While I don't try to get too political on this blog, I did think that this kind of ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2008/03/18/vote-for-who.htm</link>
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		<title>How Did You Celebrate Valentines Day?</title>
		<description>So what did you do for Valentines day?  My girls and I had some dancin' fun at the Father-Daughter Dance!  

Like the heart shaped pizza?  Special from Papa Murphy's.

Click to see the Valentines Dance Album </description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2008/02/14/how-did-you-celebrate-valentines-day.htm</link>
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		<title>Pets Around The World</title>
		<description>

UPDATED: 

I created pages for each of the pets to follow them on their adventure!

Rose
Weber
Angel

*&#160;&#160;*&#160;*&#160;*&#160;*&#160;*&#160;*&#160;*


My triplet daughters have a second grade school project that I would like some help with.  It's called Pets around the World.  Essentially, they each have been given a small stuffed pet and a ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2008/01/16/pets-around-the-world.htm</link>
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		<title>Ping Me!</title>
		<description>Do you want to get an SMS message anytime I create a new blog post?  It's easy now with a new web application called Pingie.  You can sign up to get pinged by clicking on the link below.

Add to Pingie </description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2008/01/16/ping-me.htm</link>
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		<title>From Here To There</title>
		<description>Did you ever wonder how to get from Here to There?    Now, thanks to Google - you know!

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		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2008/01/09/from-here-to-here.htm</link>
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		<title>Air 5 on Flatland Podcast</title>
		<description>I used Air 5's - Here's Me Letting Go on Flatland's latest podcast.



Air 5's MySpace Page
Air 5's Website </description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2008/01/07/air-5-on-flatland-podcast.htm</link>
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		<title>On Turning 45</title>
		<description>Random - disconnected thoughts on turning 45.

Today I turned 45.  It was a slow process. It took me 45 years to get here. It just proves that I have patience.

45 - Half way to 90.

For some reason, the old joke about farting dust comes to mind.

It's amazing how old ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/12/28/on-turning-45.htm</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<description>

If the video doesn't show above, you can view it at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8


Merry Christmas! </description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/12/25/merry-christmas.htm</link>
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		<title>Wow - This Is Powerful</title>
		<description>Many of you know that I spent 8 years in the US Marines.  Here's a video of a Marine.  His words are powerful.

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		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/12/15/wow-this-is-powerful.htm</link>
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		<title>Breaking Through The Wall</title>
		<description>As many of you know, I have been losing weight since January 2007.  I was morbidly obese (5' 11", 350 pounds) and I needed to lose lots of weight.  My first goal was to be able to lose enough weight to be able to fit on the roller ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/10/31/breaking-through-the-wall.htm</link>
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		<title>Dr. Campolo Responds to New Man Magazine</title>
		<description>Recently I posted a link to an article in New Man magazine that featured an "open letter" to Dr. Tony Campolo.  Well, Dr. Campolo reponds. </description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/10/24/dr-campolo-responds-to-new-man-magazine.htm</link>
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		<title>New Man&#8217;s Open Letter to Tony Campolo</title>
		<description>I just read an  Open Letter to Tony Campolo by Drew Dyck of New Man Magazine.  In it, he questions a couple of positions that Campolo seems to hold - 1) Muslims obtaining salvation apart from belief in Christ and 2) homosexuals shouldn't have to change who they ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/10/05/new-mans-open-letter-to-tony-campolo.htm</link>
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		<title>tryphorgettin</title>
		<description>tryphorgettin
This is a funny video.  What will happen if too many people forget? </description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/10/05/796.htm</link>
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		<title>The Grand Weaver</title>
		<description>How differently would we live if we believed that every event of our lives - from the happy to the tragic to the mundane - was part of a meticulous and purposeful design in which all the elements intertwined with breathtaking precision?  That's the question bestselling author and internationally ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/10/02/the-grand-weaver.htm</link>
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		<title>Simple Obedience Unlocks God&#8217;s Future!</title>
		<description>Jeff Leake, pastor at Allison Park Church in PA, wrote this blog entry recently,



Thoughts On God's Will

Discovering God's will is less about searching for it, and more about doing it! 

This was the theme of this past weekend's message.  Just like a car driving in a night-fog can only ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/09/18/simple-obedience-unlocks-gods-future.htm</link>
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		<title>What is your Holy Discontent?</title>
		<description>Not very long ago, I wrote a piece  on wanting to discover a passion for something.  I'm certain that every person who is alive and breathing has a desire to make an impact on their little part of this world.  I know I do.  In that ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/09/13/what-is-your-holy-discontent.htm</link>
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		<title>Jott Blog Post</title>
		<description>This is a test of blogging by Jott.
 Click here to listen

Powered by Jott.com - Try it at 1 (866) JOTT123 -  </description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/09/06/jott-blog-post.htm</link>
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		<title>Why Should I Belong</title>
		<description>About a year ago, I wrote a post entitled, The Ultimate Doctrinal Question.  It was a fun look at how cerebral some churches can get.  At Flatland (formerly Grace) we want to be a church who welcomes everyone.  We're beginning a new teaching series called Why Should ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/09/05/why-should-i-belong.htm</link>
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		<title>God&#8217;s Grace - 101</title>
		<description>The other day, I was reading a book that discussed objections that some people have for not believing in God.  One of the reasons was that they couldn't (wouldn't) believe in a God that would send good people to hell.  It's hard to think about good people possibly ...</description>
		<link>http://www.dipshtick.com/2007/09/03/gods-grace-101.htm</link>
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