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PrintMyThing: Presenting: an introduction to social networking
Yesterday my boss (Director of Ecommerce Sales & Marketing) and myself had the wonderful opportunity to do an introduction to social networking for a group of local business owners/leaders. It was great fun as this whole group is very smart and although not yet knowledgeable on this topic it was obvious they had an interest in this technology. Hopefully some of them will start a blog, update their websites or get involved in the online social world because of something I or my boss said.

The keynote speaker was a guy named Jack Kiefer (BabyAge.com), and in addition to hearing his presentation we had the opportunity to sit with him for lunch before the event and drinks afterwards. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience to his credit and was more than willing to share any and all helpful hints and advice.

I really see nothing wrong with asking anybody I can to come watch me run the 2008 Glass City Marathon in Toledo, OH April 13 (This coming Sunday)(You’ll want to stop reading now if you think I’ve lost my mind making this request, cause it doesn’t get better). I’ve pretty much decided on an aggressive goal for this race (3hrs 30mins), which will be almost 40 minutes faster than my time from the Columbus Marathon this past fall, so I’ll need all the help I can get.

After having looked at the course, there are a few great places that one could watch me run past, so I’ve made a map of these locations with approximate times to see me there. If you time it right, you’ll only be there for a few minutes to watch, so you can still get to church. There is a Facebook event for this occasion as well, so if you’re one of my friends there, you should be getting an invite…(Seriously, I’m not kidding about this being a shameless plug)

See map below (click the image for full size)

Seriously, November is really National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month. Oddly enough, I found this out at work (just today), where I was busy setting up a section on our website to commemorate this wonderful holiday. I apologize for finding this out so late in the month, but I hope you all can still enjoy the remainder of this fabulous observance of the mighty peanut.

Skippy Peanut Butter has a Fun Facts section for all you who favor the buttery goodness of the buttered peanut.

Here are before and after photos of Tiff showing her new hairstyle (The longer hair is before while the short is after, hehehe)

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Last weekend Kelly, my sister, got married. Her new husband’s name, Dave Stalica. The whole weekend was busy, tiring, and fun. It was a weekend packed with activity from friday evening through monday morning. We had so much fun with the bridal party and I know Kelly and Dave really enjoyed their wedding weekend. They were off to Paris on monday and will be enjoying their honeymoon for a week.

From Left: Amy Caperna, Diana Hartz, Kelly(bride), Carolyn Caperna, & Tiffany

Fun Auto Decoration in-progress, the whole car got modified to notify all passersby of their recent vows.

Nate Tobik (Best-Man) playing with some sparklers after the newlyweds left.

J.B. Core playing focused on his sparkler, making sure it doesn’t do anything exciting without him seeing it.

Me & Dave showing our manly sides

Newlywed’s first dance

Kelly with our cousins (from left) Rachel & Riley

Kelly & Tiffany @ Rehearsal Dinner

The question of where you stand (beliefs) gets as many answers as there are people, sometimes more. I recently found this site that allows anybody to make a statement of belief and back it up or not. As a registered user you can select whether you agree or disagree with it and why. Following are some of the statements i found interesting to me, so far as how far away from reality Christianity has allowed itself to come.

1) “If Christianity is accepted it must be in spite of science, not because of it.”

2) “Humans create God, not the other way around.”

3) “The concept of God is a tool for managing people.”

I find it very interesting that Christians have allowed themselves to lose sight of the logic and reason behind what they believe. It is my belief that, “all natural things have a supernatural explaination” just as i believe that “all supernatural things have a natural explanation”. Obviously we have not been able to find these explanations for all things, yet, but what I find is that we (Christians) have almost lost the desire to find it. Instead we seek to convince people of our beliefs by attributing all things not-understood to the Holy Spirit or another supernatural catch-all.

The book “Love your God with all your mind” seeks to encourage Christians to see logic and reason as a valid part of their faith. It is a well written book that really gets the mind going and helps you understand how faith and logic can be used together.