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Earned 1¢ on the Stock Market Again!

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I promise not to write one of these every time I earn 1¢ (real money) on UpDown.com, however this one was significant because it follows the big stock market tumble. Of the original $1 million play money that I invested, the crash has taken out more than $200,000. However, even so, I have beaten the S&P500 index portfolio by nine percentage points—which is quite good in my opinion. In other words, even though I’ve lost a small fortune in play money, I still haven’t lost as much as they have!

(However, I’m still glad it’s not real money. It’s small consolation to be doing well, when “doing well” just means you have tanked, but not as badly as others.)

Set Design for “Give Me the Bible”

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A rush project that came to me about a week ago was designing a giant Bible for the set of our new monthly Kenneth Cox series, Give Me the Bible. This series will run four consecutive days each month, throughout each month of 2009.

The overall design and physical construction of the set (including the columns, flaming urns, vines, and other graphics) was the work of others. The Bible itself is a three-dimensional structure, with the open pages gracefully bowing out from the center and tapering to the edges. The page edging is painted gold, like an actual gilt-edged Bible. This structure was the work of Chuck, who is on The Voice of Prophecy team. My role was creating the Bible artwork that would be applied to the page surfaces.

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Caribbean Vacation

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Heretofore I had been the only person in my family who had not been to the Caribbean. I admit, I’m more of a mountains person than a beaches person. When I think of “paradise” or “God’s country,” I’m more likely to envision a rustic cabin overlooking streams, evergreen forests, and rocky peaks than a sandy shoreline with waving palms. Still, in the midst of an icy, sleeting southern Illinois winter, it is not hard to dream of tropical getaways. This winter my family decided to take a cruise.

Going on the cruise meant skipping GYC, the first one I’d ever missed. I felt a bit sad about that, but then there’s always 3ABN and AudioVerse, where the GYC highlights are captured in all their multimedia glory. The one part I really missed was seeing my friends — but I got to visit other friends, so am consoled.

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