MichaelGowin.com/blog » Everything Else http://michaelgowin.com/blog For lack of a better title Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:06:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 © michael@coalroommedia.com () michael@coalroommedia.com() Just thinking out loud michael@coalroommedia.com No no http://michaelgowin.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg MichaelGowin.com/blog http://michaelgowin.com/blog 144 144 CNN Rejects Multitasking http://michaelgowin.com/blog/2008/12/23/cnn-rejects-multitasking/ http://michaelgowin.com/blog/2008/12/23/cnn-rejects-multitasking/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:37:16 +0000 Michael http://michaelgowin.com/blog/?p=176 Apparently embracing the “less is more” philosophy, CNN has eliminated the streaming newsfeed at the bottom of its screen (ht to SvN): “A lot of times, when you think you’re multi-tasking, you’re just switching your attention between one or two or three things.”

You can’t do everything.  Thanks, CNN, for recognizing this.

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In case you haven’t started your Christmas shopping–or if you’ve been waiting for the perfect deal–wait no longer.  December 18 is Free Shipping Day.  Some 100 online merchants have signed up and guarantee delivery by Christmas.  You can find me over in the movie and music aisles at Amazon.

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In the midst of all the punditry and commentary, I stumbled upon this essay by Chuck Colson.  Colson served in the Nixon administration and went to prison for playing a part in the Watergate scandal.  Interestingly, Colson says he “never regretted” his time in prison.  It was during that transforming time that he became a follower of Jesus Christ and renounced the self-indulgence and pride that led him to make the poor decisions that ultimately resulted in his downfall.  After his release from prison, however, Colson founded Prison Fellowship Ministry in 1976, a non-profit volunteer organization that serves prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their families.  Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by this ministry.  Last year alone, almost 440,000 children were assigned to churches through the ministry’s annual Angel Tree program.  The Angel Tree program helps ensure that the children of prisoners receive gifts at Christmas.

Colson concludes his essay in this way:

If Blagojevich is guilty, the best thing that could happen to him is to be tried and convicted. He’s going to have to reach rock bottom — just as I did — before he will be able to escape his own prison of pride, self-delusion and self-righteousness. But that’s a transformation we can never accomplish on our own. I can vouch for the fact that human pride is simply too strong.

Chuck Colson’s encounter with God brought about change that in turn has changed the lives of thousands of people.  Could Rod Blagojevich’s disgraced political career be redeemed by a similar transformation?

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Today’s the day.

Photo by Vaguely Artistic

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My wife is not a technophile but she’s enamored with the iPhone. The new price tag ($199) may put it within her reach. We’ll see…

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