Smart Pastor

1.  Need to save some money?
The “Dumb Little Man” on 16 Easy Ways To Slash Unnecessary Spending and save up to $12,410 a year.
2.  Another byproduct of Divorce
It can make you look older than you are.
3.  Do you own a laptop?
Makeuseof.com has a very helpful piece up on their web site that teaches us how [...]

1. Replacing the Google Notebook
I have complained before about losing my beloved Google Notebook and replacing it with Evernote.  Recently I ran into a post by Mashable that lists 17 more possible replacements for the Google Notebook.  Check them out.
2.  Now this is a creative illustration.
Bill Gates was speaking at the 2009 TED conference and [...]

1.  The ex-atheist professor who is now a pastor
The United Methodist Portal has a piece up on a pastor and his transformation to beleiver from being an athiest.  (Thanks, Brad)
2. How to fight the common cold
Wash your hands, eat well, and get a good night of sleep.  One is 3 times more likely to get [...]

1.  On teenage drinking
First, the closer teens live to where alcohol is sold, the greater the risk of binge drinking and driving under the influence.  Second, negative advertising about drinking does not seem to discourage underage drinking.
2.  No really, my dog ate it.
The top twenty items ingested by dogs.

photo credit: shinealight
3.  An inside [...]

1.  Wrapping up 2008
Not only did I recap 2008, but do did Dave Barry in his annual amusing look at the year that was.
2.  Great Leadership Blogs
Check out HR World’s Top 100 Management and Leadership Blogs That All Managers Should Bookmark.  Looks like some good finds.
3.  A couple of twitter related items
First, if you text [...]

1.  Do you know you will gain 5 pounds this Christmas?
If you think you will need to lose some weight after the holidays, check out the 10 Secrets of the Effortlessly Thin.
2.  Is technology making relationships better or worse?
According to Pew Research, 47% believe that internet and cell phones are increasing family communication.  I know [...]

1.  Attention Churches…this is not the great depression!
Church Solutions has a reality check for church leaders about the economic situation today.  Read this and ground yourself and your leadership team back in reality.
2.  Signs of Faith
Christianity Today has a cool piece up on their web site.  It is called “Signs of Faith” and is a [...]

1.  Beyond cutting…way beyond cutting.
A look at Self-Embedding Disorder: Teens Putting Nails, Paper Clips in Bodies, from Foxnews.com.  This is very disturbing.  (Thanks Paul Kuzma via Twitter)
2. One couple’s abstinence plan.
This Chicago couple did not even kiss before they got married.  While that may not be for everyone, I admire their commitment.  Plus, they don’t [...]

1.  On the auto industry bailout…
Mitt Romney says let ‘em go bankrupt.  It is sure hard to muster any sympathy when the leaders take private jets to beg for money.
2.  Yet another way to distract your opponent…
To divert attention of the goal keeper, an Italian team dropped their pants during a game.
3.  It is like [...]

Blatantly plagiarizing an idea from Caffeinated Thoughts, the posts I used to call smart links will, for the time being, be called 7 Items of Interest.  Shane, the author of Caffeinated Thoughts, does 20, but my attention span is to short.
So here is my first 7 Items of Interest.
1.  ON THE FIRST WORDS OF KIDS
Why [...]