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Friday5: Tips for maximizing MPGs

Mar

2008

Gas prices suck. I know it, you know it, we all know it. Nobody likes to spend more on fueling up their vehicle than necessary, right? I didn’t think so. Fortunately there are a number of easy steps that anyone can take to maximize their miles per gallon (MPGs.) This week’s Friday5 tackles some of ...

Doing Girlfriend Theology 1

Mar

2008

Over the many years of my education I have encountered and studied feminism and various feminist theologies at different points along the way. Therefore I felt relatively prepared to enter into this world again recently as I began to read Dori Grinenko Baker’s Doing Girlfriend Theology: God-talk with young women. Centered around Baker’s effort to ...

Friday5: Favorite Kitchen Gadgets 2

Mar

2008

Friday5 is a weekly column that lists five items on a theme drawn from one of the various categories covered by From Bits to Bites & Windshields to Worship. I admit it, I’m a gadget-phile. Whether it’s tools for my garage, cell phones, cameras, mp3 players or a great little widget for my kitchen I’m ...

Is it wise to get smart? 5

Mar

2008

The car I currently drive has seen better days. It’s a 1994 with over 180,000 miles on it. It’s on its second engine, second transmission, and second paint job. Currently the second engine is still running fairly well, but the clutch is going out and the paint’s clear coat is peeling off at an increasingly ...

What is RSS? 5

Mar

2008

aka “How I Stopped Surfing the Web” All over the internet, little orange icons (like the one on the right) and invitations to “subscribe” to web sites are popping up everywhere. You may wonder what this is all about. RSS stands for “Really Simple Syndication.” But what is most important is that it literally turns ...