Todd P Paul

In hope for tomorrow!

I just read Ryan's Good Friday blog post, and it made me think about what life would be like without the hope tomorrow brings (Easter!). Life overall is pretty shitty, and I have it better than 99% percent of the global population. The grand world is full of much to despair about.  In the overall grand world, my wants are few and frivolous. I have WAY more than I need and never go without in any real sense. Yet, I still can not imagine living without the Hope of Easter morning.  A hope toward the kingdom coming to earth and a hope that ushers in new life (a new friend was born this morning, Asher Koch!) without despair. A hope toward a better life in heaven and a hope to engage change in my (new) neighborhood.  A hope that gives others hope for real change in a very real, unsavory world. This is the hope we wait patiently for tomorrow.

Jen's Blog

The Mrs. decided to take a shot at this blog thing as part of her New Year's resolution. I would invite you to take a look. Jen's Blog

Sleep... Who needs it!

I was reading in the latest Outside Magazine about Dean Karnazes. If you're not familiar with him, he is an ultra-marathoner. He was the guy who ran 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states. After he finished the New York marathon, he decided to run home (San Fransisco! .... 3000 miles away). I am amazed by this guy.
What I thought was really amazing was his schedule. He sleeps 4 hours per night and runs 20 to 25 miles before his kids get up for breakfast.
Inspired by his self-discipline, I have decided to change my sleep patterns. I generally function better on 4 to 6 hours of sleep a night but over the last few months I have been lazy. So I am cutting back to 5 hours. As I was thinking about this yesterday, I came across a website/ blog of Steve Palvina. He had an interesting blog about changing sleeping patterns. His main points were don't get in bed until you can't hold your eyes open anymore and always get up at the same time. Seems pretty easy, but well see!
You should check out Dean's travel blog. He updates it everyday, based on where he is in the US. Currently, he is running across the Midwest.

Blog Design

As you have notice, I have been playing around with different designs on the blog lately. This is pretty close to what I am looking for but I still want to make a few other changes. One thing I can not make work is have links in the Title header of the blog. I know it can be done but I am missing something. I want the pictures/ icons to link to the blog catergories. If you have any ideas about how to do this email me or post a comment. Also if you have any other design ideas, let me know.

Welcome Back

It has been a long very quite and lonely around here. I can list all sorts of reasons behind that, but I mainly just felt a little too reclusive in my thought life to write anything for public consumption. At any rate, I am working of a more routine posting schedule and hopefully will be providing some good content in the not so distant future.

Inverse and Blog

There has been a lack on "real" content lately (maybe always!) Writing post have been pretty low on the priority list. I am hoping the turn that around shortly. In light of turning things around, I thought I would inverse the color scheme and update things around here (thoughts?). Maybe, subconsciously, I am making another statement. I love the simplicity of white, but the black adds another side of simplicity. Enjoy!