1,000 visitors

at some point over the last month or so, my counter reached the heady landmark of 1,000 visitors to this site.

interesting observation from kirbs:

"I get more comments about mac's and dell's then about my deep life stuff.
I'm beginning to think this blog world's far too techy led, where are you
pastors!"

hmm... i wondered the other day if all the EmGenners (who possess all the toys, natch) aren't as postmodern as they'd like to believe. by constantly chasing the latest Mac they demonstrate that they subscribe to that most modern of meta-narratives, that of progress through science and technology. unfortunately, airing this thought will undoubtedly only encourage mrs hope in her habit of writing notes on the back of her hand.

trying to recalibrate the old noggin to live in the kingdom (remember, one is always safe in the kingdom of god - d willard) and starting small. last weekend i cleared out some of the (many!) clothes i own but don't wear very often because i don't have the time. ridiculous as that sounds, it's the truth now that i've got a school uniform again i just don't need so many cool clothes for week nights and weekends. so the wife and i have started looking at buying ethical clothing from now on. now the problem is our natural inclination to think we can go shopping and buy lots of nice new ethical clothes now, instead of waiting for something that needs replacing!