deepbrew

I was browsing around tonight on Steve Pavlina’s excellent personal development website, and became fascinated by the claims of PhotoReading, a reading technique which supposedly allows you to read books at least 3 times faster than normal.

He’s recommending the course from learningstrategies.com, and after the “special discount” the basic course is $99.

Have any of you heard of it?  Is this possible?  Wow, would I ever love it if it were!

The amazon website has assorted feedback.

The forum at stevepavlina.com also has varied reports.

This website is negative.

However, I really want it to be true!

are now married! HOORAY!!

What a beautiful wedding. Wow…

My friend Robin wrote a great speech for them. (I read it at the reception)

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Since I wasn’t the real photographer, the best I could do was this from behind photo.

It was a good wedding.  Hard to believe that my good ole buddy Vince is married.  Man.  Back in the day, at CBS, we used to stay up really late in the prayer room, hashing matters of importance.  When I was a second year student at FBEP he was a first years student, and that’s where he met and fell in love w/ Lydia, who was my classmate for both years.  Lydia is a good friend, a good lady, and definitely a great catch for Vincent.

Vince & Lydia, Congratulations! The world is better because of this union.  The world is waiting for you.

Yeah, I don’t think I told you I was going.  It was a quick trip, but wonderful in every way!  I went to see my brother Lavern as he was being ordained as official pastor of their new little mission church.  It was so good to be with him and Lolita, my sis-in-law, and with Hadassah, Annaliese, and Caleb.  I got to surprise my friend Robin Soukup, who is there as one of the English teaching volunteers.  Wow, was that fun or what?  He’s got a picture of us on his blog.  (can’t remember the URL).

I took hundreds of pictures.  Here’s another of my totally adorable, sweet, charming, intelligent nieces Haddasah and Annaliese and nephew Caleb.

I just turned 24 recently.  Some of you that knew it remembered.  Thank you.

24 seems very very old.  I hardly know what to do with myself.  I’ve been trying to act more grown up the last couple of days.  I don’t think it’s working.

I have been doing a lot of thinking about my life.  I plan to do more, tomorrow, for an extended period of time.  I don’t have to work tomorrow so I’m going to try to invest in some solitude.  I want to think, pray, and reevaluate my life goals, and think about where I am, how I am actually doing as a follower of Jesus.  They taught us how to do this stuff at FB, the school I went to once.  I’m glad for that.

I was going to post a pic I took yesterday morning, but the more I look at it, the more I think it’s not all that great.  But I do want to get back to doing a few photos.  If only I had an SLR….

Life is good and full.  Too full, I think, for doing the things that are really important (like writing on this blog and taking pictures).  In my solitude tomorrow I’m going to ask God to tell me how to do all the things that are important in life, namely people related things, yet get something done and be a competent and productive person.  I will let you know if he lets me in on the secret.

I think I might like being 24, though, because it’s such a nice even number.  I never did like odd numbers for ages.  They never seemed very friendly.  24 is two beautiful even numbers right beside each other.  You can’t lose with that deadly combination.