Month January 2009

Parchment Reviews

Review: House of Dark Shadows

House of Dark Shadows: Dreamhouse Kings, Book #1 by Robert Liparulo I was pretty excited when approved by Thomas Nelson Publishers to be one of their book reviewers. I recently wrote about Holding Fast as part of that program. When…

Jeff Noble
January 9, 2009
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Goin' to Town

First real iPhone challenger

Palm announced their new Palm Pre today, which is the first phone of theirs to run their new webOS. I’ve smirked at phones like the Samsung Instinct which announced in gaudy movie theater commercials that it was the iPhone killer.…

Jeff Noble
January 8, 2009
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Shootn the Bull

7 weird or random facts

Shane tagged meon his blog for this meme. I’m supposed to list seven random or weird facts about myself and then tag seven other people.I did this meme a while back, but after reviewing it, I realized that I’d been…

Jeff Noble
January 7, 2009
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Homestead Happenings

Two birthdays of good news

Carolyn’s birthday is December 24. That was the day we received good news about her last needle biopsy. All the initial results from those came back negative for lymphoma or Hodgkin’s! That is truly a startling turn of events that…

Jeff Noble
January 5, 2009
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Goin' to Town

TGOM (Twitter Geeks of Monticello)

I would prefer not to receive catcalls and ecstatic derision from this admission: I’m a geek. I love computers (well, real computers… Macs). I love the intricacies of web design. I can sit in front of my iMac for waaaay…

Jeff Noble
January 2, 2009
8 Comments

Campfire Talk

2008 Roundup

At the beginning of 2008, I never dreamed… I would walk the streets of Krakow, Poland. See Auschwitz. Baptize Taylor James. Preach in a Polish Baptist church. Get published in a book for childrens charity. Attend the Arkansas Baptist State…

Jeff Noble
January 1, 2009
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