http://www.joelvandenbrink.com This site is dedicated to recording one man's struggles, joys, and everything in between with this thing we call life. It is also a running record of my thoughts as well as a place for those in other places to stay connected. Fri, 25 May 2007 16:31:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Back in April sometime Nate and Dayspring, and Brooke and I were at one of favorite places for good, cheap food (Nanas Soup House) and we got the brilliant idea that we should all go to Fort Collins Colorado over Memorial Day -- so in about 3 hours we are ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/05/25/fort-collins-in-the-spring/ Since my site has been up and running a few things have changed in the world of the internet. First off, Google came out with PicasaWeb. So no longer do I need to spend hours formatting pictures and making them look nice. Google does it for me. ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/05/21/some-pictures-are-up/ So, I had to move my website to a different host -- what a hassle. So bear with me as I try to get all the pieces up and running again. You will undoubtedly see errors for quite some time. I may take this as an opportunity ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/05/10/had-to-move-my-site/ Today was my last day working as a part-time baker at Great Harvest Sandpoint. It is the end of a part-time job that I took to help pay the bills while still in graduate school but held onto for 6 months after graduate school ended. It was fun ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/03/26/a-chapter-complete/ Is it possible for a politician to speak with honesty? To speak with conviction? To speak about his religion without offending? Is it possible? I'm sure many of us doubt that this is possible. In a day where anybody from Jerry Falwell and James Dobson to Jim ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/03/13/is-it-possible/ so after wrestling with a decision on what type of business to open in SLU I think I have decided on at least a direction to start running in -- but this direction has to remain confidential for now. But in so doing, I have continued the hardwork of ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/03/06/business-plan-assistance/ its official as of 10 something this morning. our first condo is for sale. we are going to miss this place -- it has been quite good to us. from being able to walk up to dinner at our favorite place -- Nana's soup house. to ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/03/05/condo-for-sale/ Its official. They broke ground this morning at the parking lot. It is no longer a parking lot, which means that this saturday at 5:30ish Brooke and I will hopefully be the owners of a loft style condo in downtown seattle. do pray. joel http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/02/15/ground-has-been-broken/ hate. anger. disgust. resentment. these words destroy us. moment by moment. inch by inch. these words constrict the life in us until all we can feel is death. recently i was in South Lake Union and ran into a man named (for this conversation) ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/01/30/271/ i am writing this post to say that i have been converted to the one true faith. the original. the alpha. the one that started it all. yup, that's right. i now own a mac -- the cool silvery one. ahh, my coolness and trendiness just increased 10 fold. ... http://www.joelvandenbrink.com/2007/01/30/a-conversion/