Sorry, this week hasn’t been the best for constructive thought, but I do have a lot of odds and ends bouncing around in my head. Hopefully you find one of them interesting…

While working on my taxes I started brainstorming ways to ‘beat the system’ you figure if the uber-rich can figure out all these tax loopholes maybe there is one or two I could utilize. Everyone has different opinions on taxes, and to the degree that they found things I’m in support of, I like them too. At the same …

I’ve seen this done on some big blogs, but never on tiny little things like mine. I didn’t have anything profound or worthwhile to write for today so I thought I’d try to just leave it completely open. If you have something you always wanted to ask me or say on the blog, or ask other readers, or just put on the “internet” then go ahead and leave a comment about it. I’ll do my best to further the dialog.

I’ve really been enjoying the dialog in the comment section lately. It’s so cool when someone comes across an old post and adds a thought, and then suddenly others who had previously added their thoughts join in. It reminds me of one of the reason I enjoy writing my thoughts on this blog, it’s the great thoughts and input I receive from you in the comments. That said, I figure it’d be worth starting a little series dedicated to just that, the discussion. And fortunately, it’ll get some questions that …

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Well folks, it was finally time to move Trying To Follow the blog to it’s rightful location at TryingToFollow.com. You probably got here by typing in the old url http://blog.iamnotashamed.net, but if you don’t mind taking a minute and bookmarking this new URL, it would be much obliged.
There’s a few obvious reasons for the switch to TryingTofollow.com:

It’s easier to remember
It’s shorter
I’m now more ashamed then I once was

Mainly, I intended to switch the url several years ago, but I …

I wanted to do NaNoWriMo again last year, but just didn’t have the time. Then, Createspace had a free Pro Plan deal going on and so I registered a book name, but I don’t have any material. Basically, what I’m saying is I’ve got a book-writing itch (or at least compiling). Yeah, crazy or a waste of time, but something to keep my mind occupied, so humor me.
I’d like to compile the best posts from the blog that I’ve written over the years. Something simple, concise, and covering a wide …

This is a Public Service Announcement. Back Up your Computer Hard Drive!
In the last month we managed to fry two hard drives on my wife’s macbook. The first one lasted a year and a half and suddenly stopped working and after getting it replaced (fortunately under warranty) the replacement fizzled out just a month later (right after we’d reconfigured everything the way we liked it). Fortunately, neither of us are in school anymore and so nothing immediately essential was lost. I’ve also backed up our music files recently enough that …

We actually read a chunk of the book. Let me know what you think.

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After a brief review, I present to you, the Top 10 Posts from 2008. I started with the most commented on posts, and then sorted through for the ones I felt carried quality content. That said, some of the best content is within the comment sections of some of these posts, so do hope on over and join the conversation. (In no particular order)

My December Experiment: Female Pronouned God
My attempt to think about things differently

To Christians in California, Arizona and Florida (Vote NO on Marriage Amendment)
My opinion on Prop 8 …