Create The Noise. Change Your World.

If you desire to try and make the world a better place, you will be left heartbroken.

I don’t know why I persistently preach that we can become a world of compassion and selfless sacrifice. It could never be true. It is a fight that one cannot win. There will always be someone taking advantage of us. There will always be someone that is out to hurt us…  There will always be that time when we are in it for ourselves.

For those of you who read my blog from an rss feed, you might want to come and check out the new Christmas theme I put together for Altnoise. I think it adds a little feeling of comfort to the site. Many websites seem so distant from the real world, but I was hoping altnoise can be a place that you can come and feel like home.

 I’ve been thinking about the Christmas theme for awhile, but the idea really surged into motion when I was reading Darren Rowse’s article on optimizing our blogs for Christmas. I think he is doing a wonderful job of keeping the blogosphere a friendly and welcoming environment.

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Here is an opportunity for you, my loyal readers, to take Altnoise.net to the next leve. Lately, I have been reflecting on the site and have decided that there needs to be a change at the fundamental levels. From your comments, emails and offline conversations, you have told me that my writing has encouraged and inspired you in your personal life. This feedback is what keeps me pushing forward into the unknown

Friday was one of the least enjoyable days of my life. My wife and I thought my job was going to finish paying through the summer, but we were wrong in our calculations. The weekly direct deposit that we were expecting never showed up in our account. This led us into a frantic state of confusion. Even worse, our account was low on funds and we had an eye specialist appointment an hour and half away for our youngest son. After the co-pay, gas and lunch, we were extremely worried about the account. We discussed (argued) about what job I needed to get right away.

Have you ever had a day where it could be part of Seinfeld or Friends syndication? My Monday/Tuesday experience of this past week could’ve been a 1996 episode of either show. It all started when I got out of my car Monday morning and my keys vanished. I mean they literally dissolved all of their nano bots into the surrounding air. After searching all day for them, I gave up and admitted my defeat around 5-6 that evening. I called locksmiths - nobody would come where I was at. I called my wife and she began the hour drive to come pick me up. While waiting, I called the insurance company and they actually told me that someone will be sent out that night to fix the lock for me. I called my wife and told her to go back home.

About a week ago I came across a blog called Atheistwager. Simply put, the author reveals his concerns, frustrations and confusions about Christianity and religion in general. I entered into his conversation through the comments and we ended up conversing through emails in a friendly manner. After a few exchanges back and forth, I proposed that we should work on a project together. We both reflect on something similar through our own faith perspective. Afterward, we would add thoughts on each other’s experience. He picked the topic about life struggles. Damn him.

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Last week I finally stopped procrastinating and added a new article to the Ginkworld database. The article is title “My Reflective Communication: Beyond Information Overload“. Its an easy read and pretty straightforward in its message. Its about the act of preaching and switching from a information teaching perspective to an information reflective. I think the idea of reflective communication is ground breaking, but not earth shattering. Enough talk and check it out.

Reflective Communication: Beyond Information Overload

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