Oddwalk Ministries

Month: September 2007

Zip Zap Rap?

As Oddwalk prepares to launch our new album, it’s worth mentioning that a lot of work went into the artwork, especially the cover: Apparently the same cannot be said for all albums: Click here for a list (according to stevecarter.com) of the worst album covers of all time.

Suing God?

Nebraska Democratic State Senator Ernie Chambers has decided to go straight to the top in an effort to stop natural disasters from befalling the world.[snip] Chambers says he isn’t suing God because he has any kind of beef with the deity. He says the suit is to fight possible laws restricting the filing of frivolous…

Ahh! My Bubble!

Tonight, Shannon had a youth ministry event in his parish called Prayer, Praise, and Drumsticks (the ice cream). It’s a regularly meeting group that spends time in prayer and fellowship. Once the program ended, they invaded his bubble and snapped a few pictures. Here’s one of the better ones:

Blogger Play

http://play.blogger.com/ In their own words: Shortly after Blogger launched photo uploading two years ago, one of our engineers whipped up a web page that would show us the pictures that were being uploaded in real time. The result was fun, often beautiful, but above all, compelling. We couldn’t stop watching. Over the years we’ve kept…

Scenes from an iBook Disassembly

Oddwalk’s laptop, the OddiBook, has been in some need of repair for a while. This weekend, Orin claimed it and brought it home, to check things out. He’s confident it can be repaired (fix a power adapter part, replace cd drive, replace battery) and upgraded as along as it’s all apart (bigger hard drive, it’s…

Scenes from a Youth Rally

Diocese of Jefferson City, MO Sr. High Youth Rally, Sept. 16, 2007. Oddwalk served as the house band and music ministers at mass. Bob Perron, on the right, light blue shirt, short hair, leads “the best ice-breaker in the world, ever.” More of the ice-breaker. Only at a youth rally (in a high school gym).…

Better with every call

Orin’s Mom continues to improve, better flexibility, speech, etc. They’re still doing physical therapy and regulating some medicine, but there was a reported “big jump” positively overnight in her condition. Things seem to be going quite well, thanks again for continued prayers and such. -Orin