It’s like Air Jordans for your iPhone

Up until yesterday, you could buy an application for your iPhone that costs $999.99.
What does it do?
Nothing.
Not a darn thing.
It simply puts that red icon in your iPhone’s desktop so that people will see it and know that you are so wealthy that you can afford to waste money just for prestige…
Apple pulled the app, [...]

I was a photographer for a day…

I braved a room with about 20-25 women for three hours and took 370-something pictures.
Then I went mountain biking to gain back my man points :0)
Photos coming soon…

Home improvement 101

We took our first major step towards getting our nursery ready when we bought a dresser/changing table/hutch thingy off of craigslist last weekend.
I spent most of Friday night painting the bottom half.
I’m a REALLY fast painter:

I wanna go back…

I would give a lot to be waking up in Samarkand today. I would walk down the street to get break baked just a few minutes ago, and I would come home and eat it for breakfast with sweet milk and tea.
Or I would fast and walk around the city all day and pray against [...]

We caved… for a reason

A few days ago I was driving home from work, and I heard this story come across the wire on NPR:
If you are a photographer with high-quality images posted on Yahoo’s Flickr service, you may soon get an e-mail message inviting you to become a paid contributor to Getty Images, the world’s largest distributor of [...]

A quick thought

This morning, on the way to work, I heard a short interview with a guy from Iraq.
He was really excited because this is the first wekk in at least four years when he feels comfortable leaving his wife and kids at home while he goes out to do something.
Hmmm…
Kind of puts my day in perspective…

Quick catch-up post

So, yesterday I took a glance at the stats for this here blog, and they have become downright depressing. Like 60% of the traffic has dropped off in the last week.
And I ask myself, “Why, Zack?”
And then I realize, “Oh yeah. It’s cause I haven’t posted anything in like a week!”
So, for both of you [...]

What’s been happening…

Money got really tight for us around Christmas time. We put a few gift purchases on our credit cards, and fully expected that when our tax refund came, we would pay down our credit card bills and put a little money in the bank, and start with a positive financial momentum in 2008.
Trouble was, we [...]

Pregnant women and pickles

You know how pop culture has this idea that pregnant women have these really strong, random cravings? When Steph first got pregnant, everyone teased me that I would be making late-night runs to the grocery store to watermelon, ice cream, and pickles.
Well, two weeks ago, this jar had about 20 pounds worth of pickles in [...]

Important Prayer Request

Amazon.com called this week and asked me if I’d be interested in doing a job interview.
I haven’t applied for anything with them, and I have no idea how they got my resume, but it got me kind of excited.
I’ll be doing a phone interview this Thursday. Please pray that the Lord will guide it and [...]