Traffic

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This video was originally made in response to the months theme for Vlog-Internacional. The idea was to record the traffic of the cities we live in. Well since traffic here is having to wait behind one car getting out of the parking lot at the local Grand Union I decided I'd try to make it as interesting as possible. this is about thirty seconds of video shot near at the intersection of the town's only traffic light. This is also the intersection closest to the on and off ramps to the

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This video was originally made in response to the December theme for Vlog-Internacional. The idea was to record the traffic of the cities we live in. Well, since traffic here is: having to wait behind one car getting out of the parking lot at the local Grand Union, I decided I'd try to make this video as interesting as possible. This is about thirty seconds of video shot at the intersection of the town's only traffic light. This is also the intersection closest to the on and off ramps to the highway.

The music is original. It is just a bit of my guitar playing speed up a bit.

To see Spanish speaking vloggers from around the world sharing what traffic is like in there cities check out Vlog-Internacional.

Gift Making

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For Christmas this year, I decided I would make some of my gifts. Earlier this year I had given away some 5x5 photos as thank yous for those who had thrown me a surprise dinner for my birthday.

5x5 frames are hard to find so I thought some of those folks might also like frames. Here is part of the work it takes to make the frames. In this video the cardboard has already been cut and will be wrapped with jute cord. The frame back has also already been made and will just need to be tacked into place.

This video was made with some help from my web camera and one of the programs it came with that does time lapse. (Sorry my web cam doesn't have the best quality.)

What you see here is about one hour's worth of work shortened into less than a minute and a half.

Music Steam Train by John Williams Courtesy of Magnantunes.com

T-shirt courtesy Blip.tv. I got it at vloggercon 06. Thanks for the t-shirt blip.tv and thanks so much for being such great hosts for my vids and the cool vids of so many others!

What Christmas Is All About.

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Merry Christmas!

During a recent Christmas party at a friends house Jim was asked to read to us the Christmas Story.

There is much I can say about what the Lord has done through the life of Jim. Jim is a man who lives out what he says he believes. That example has been a factor used to positively impact the lives of people around him. Those lives include the life of a man named Paul who was(and still is) an influence in my life since before I knew Jim. And now Jim has also become a direct influence in my life by his testimony and even by this small reading.

This was a special moment in the evening. This type of thing is not a tradition I celebrated growing up. It may be the first time I'd heard someone read the Christmas story at a Christmas party. Here Jim is reading out of a new copy of the old Geneva Bible that someone had just gifted him. It is a version that has some of those old words in it like créche, that we don't use much today.

This video shares what this Christmas season is all about. It has much less to do with commercialism, obligatory gift giving, and long hours of travel. It has to do with the Baby that was born over 2000 years ago. The Baby who came from afar, freely as a gift to the world. The One who was fully man and fully God; who lived a life without sin and then died for the sins of man that we might be reconciled to God. After three days He rose again. And those who believe him have been graced with forgiveness and life forever with Him.

Toe Tapping, Foot Snappin' Moment

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A moment.

This is from a night at a coffee house in May 06.

(Clicking the image will make a flash video play in place on screen. (Thanks Enric and vpip!). Text links below picture will play in a thick box screen over the page. (Thanks again Enric and vpip!) Java Script should be enabled for proper play.)

Vacuum Cleaner + Salsa =

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I bet most of us have more than one silly thing we do when we think no one is looking. Like I bet a lot of guys have flexed in there bathroom mirror. Many of us sing to the top of our lungs as we drive. We all do little things that we enjoy when we think people aren't watching us. Sometimes when no one is looking I move my feet and try to dance. Add some salsa music to the plain ole house chore of vacuuming the carpet and this is one of my somewhat silly yet fun moments. I may not be a good dancer, sometimes I'm off timing and stumble my steps, but I did enjoy vacuuming my floor while shuffling my feet quick quick slow. And enjoying and being thankful to God for it all is pretty important.

I bet most of us have more than one silly thing we do when we think no one is looking. Like I bet a lot of guys have flexed in there bathroom mirror. Many of us sing to the top of our lungs as we drive. We all do little things that we enjoy when we think people aren't watching us. Sometimes when no one is looking I move my feet and try to dance. Add some salsa music to the plain ole house chore of vacuuming the carpet and this is one of my somewhat silly yet fun moments. I may not be a good d

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Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thess. 5:16-18

Motorized

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A moment.

(I thought about offering some other explanations but really sometimes things just catch my attention, I may find the moment interesting for many reasons or no reason at all. Something I see may make me think, or may make me stand in awe and praise. It may make me serious or make me laugh. Sometimes a moment captured is just a moment captured and maybe it is better left unexplained. Maybe I'll just leave the video to be the representative of the moment I witnessed and allow the images to speak and leave my words out. This is just one of many moments I've captured and hope to show.)

My Favorite Dessert: English Version of Vlog-Internacional Postre Video

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This is the English version of my latest submission to the vlog-internacional collaboration. There are over 14 of us participating in creating video that highlights things in our areas of the world. All videos have themes. The previous video was about the sunset in our part of the world and is already posted here on the vlog-internacional site. The first video was about a famous place in our part of the world. That is also already posted here.

Check out vlog-internacional.blogspot.com. To see the completed videos and vloggers from around the world working on this collaborative project.

Clean Out My Hard Drive Month

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Its December and I've decided to make it "clean out my hard drive month". I'll be clearing out the gigs and gigs of video and photographs so that I can have room for more. Sorting, deleting, editing, archiving, and posting a lot to my vlog.

I'd like to at least see 50% of my hard drive empty by the end of the month. And maybe 3-5 posts per week on my vlog until then. That's a lot of video. About 3-5 times more than I usually post a week.

We'll see how things go. I expect there to be some footage as old as a year old going up. And some as recent as the last couple of weeks. Things personal, political, God related, funny, serious, or just plain moments captured. Stay tuned. Or should I say aggregated??