You think I’m kidding? (Ok, that was bad) No matter how terrible my pun was, read this:

The early-morning bleating of a dairy goat is a happy sound for children in countries like Haiti and Kenya. They know it’s ready to be milked! A goat nourishes a family with fresh milk, cheese, and yogurt, and can offer a much-needed income boost by providing offspring and extra dairy products for sale at the market. It even provides fertilizer that can dramatically increase crop yields. A perennial favorite, both to give and receive!

Read more over at Kat’s blog, then donate. She details in her blog post how you can get your dollar to her. Here’s the official World Vision donation page, just in case you wanted to check it out.

Wendy and I put in some money yesterday and the goal of $75 for a goat was met last night. What’s more, enough dough has been donated so far that we’re already half way to another goat.

Go be a part of this!

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While I’m all excited about seeing the next Christian Bale Batman movie, called The Dark Knight, I would be lying if I said the following trailer didn’t push Iron Man right up there next to it as one of my most anticipated movies of ‘08.

UPDATE: they took it down. :( It was awesome, too.

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I subscribe to nearly 200 feeds and go through them multiple times a day. Over the course of the past few weeks it seems like I can’t get through more than a dozen articles before someone is talking about how Facebook is the new “thing”. Real connections are being made on the Facebook platform, and it seems as if there are some safeguards in place that will keep it free of some of the crazy, over the top, weird, virus-laden profiles that so frequently don the pages of MySpace.

Finally, on Dave Ferguson’s advice, I joined. That’s right. I signed up for Facebook. I even created an eXchange group on Facebook, so if you’re part of eXchange I suggest you go sign up. Why? Who knows, maybe we’ll do something fun in the future with this. Who can say.

Are you a member of Facebook? How has it benefited you? Found long lost friends? Connected with an old college buddy? Tell me!

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Yes, I know, I’m lax, I suck, everyone hates me.

Okay, that might be a bit extreme, but I’ve definitely not been posting as I should be. That being said, let’s get these links caught up:

July 18 - Lorijo
July 19 - Euphrony
July 20 - Brody Harper
July 21 - Amy
July 22 - Erin Mount
July 23 - Dray
July 24 - Jessica
July 25 - Carlos

Make sure and give each of these a read and pray about their causes and what you can do to help.

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Do you live near Nashville, Tennessee? If so, check out Grace Notes, a benefit concert that can help a dad and his kids. Read, from the Shlog:

I didn’t know Jenny Carlisle.  I don’t know her husband Josh or their three kids Hannah (8), Isaac (6) or Gabriel (18 months).  We’ve never met or talked.  Not once.

But I know their story.

Jenny was diagnosed with rare drug-resistant form of ovarian cancer while pregnant with Gabriel.  She lived for about a year after he was born and passed away in Josh’s arms in her bed at home in February of this year.

Even after insurance paid its part, Josh still had a pile of bills to pay.  Doing that while spending time with three kids who need the love and attention of two parents from only one, is exhausting - exhausting enough for friends to notice and want to help out.

One of those friends is Cindy.  She teaches at the preschool my kids go to twice a week.  She stopped me in the hall one day and asked if I’d help her put on a concert to raise money for this family’s bills.  I am.  This show will only help if people show up and give so I’m asking you to help get the word out through your blogs and e-mail lists.  Here are the details.

WHAT: ‘Grace Notes’ - A benefit concert and silent auction for Josh Carlisle and family. Featuring Nathan Tasker, Paul Colman, me & Rick Hammond of Rev21.

WHERE: Fellowship Bible Church - 1210 Franklin Rd, Brentwood, TN. (in the Back Barn)

WHEN: Thursday 07/19/2007 7pm

What do you think of that pic of Shaun? He looks so antiestablishment.

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