I decided I needed to do something less mentally taxing that programing for an hour or so last night. The choice led me to make some Parmesan Crusted Chicken (via Elise) since we had everything here we needed. It turned out really good and was a nice break for me. I might have added a…
Read MoreRemembering Mike Prins
It has been almost 8 weeks since my dad passed away and with the ALS walk coming up this Saturday I wanted to make sure that we had the audio from the Celebration of Life service available online. Video Slide Show (no audio): Eulogies John Prins: Brother (5 minutes) Ryan Prins: Son (11 minutes) Paul…
Read MorePhoto: Print from Paris
Last January Jordan and I spent a week in the city of lights for our 4 year anniversary. For those of you who don’t know, we feel called to move to (in my case, back to) France to plant a church. We had been thinking Paris but Jordan had never been before, so after all…
Read MoreThe new American Economy….
[M]any people in the U.S. and around the world lack the education and skills required to participate in the great new companies coming out of the software revolution. This is a tragedy since every company I work with is absolutely starved for talent… This problem is even worse than it looks because many workers in…
Read MoreMy Dad: My Eulogy
Update: Here is the audio of my eulogy I have a lot of great memories with my dad. Great trips all over the world, more good meals then I can remember, and at the end of the day a man who was there for me. When my brothers and I were little kids he was…
Read MoreThoughts on the Rapture… that never was
In light of the fact that it is May 21th and no-one has been raptured and we are still here, I thought it appropriate to share a few thoughts on this whole rapture idea that people have fallen in love with. Right down to the present day, this new apocalyptic is spread in the United…
Read More75 Minutes left in February
It is amazing to me how fast and slow time seems to move. Never do I catch myself thinking, ‘time is moving along perfectly right now.’ Rather it fluctuates between the eternity it takes for the waiter to notice your starving hands have closed your menus. Then it is the weekend with friends and family that seem…
Read MoreI miss my first love – skiing
It’s a bit bizarre, but every now and then I find myself in one of those moods. Wondering what life would be like had I not walked away. After years of hard work I had achieved an incredibly unique situation, having access into a very closed off industry and getting offered several jobs every year…
Read MorePhoto: There are no limits only plateaus
I know this is almost to awesome to handle. but the quote comes from a image my friend Ned posted to his twitter account. The photo I stumbled accross the next morning and thought that it was a match made to be. Photo By: junku
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