Jared Johnson

I don’t know much about the American News Project, but I...

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:47:29 -0400

I don’t know much about the American News Project, but I am really interested in their videos. This video is on the evangelical green movement.

Obama’s choice for VP could potentially swing a whole segment of voters that this video is talking about toward him, or it swing them to John McCain. Choose wisely.

This is a cool dance to “Falling Slowly” from the...

Sun, 25 May 2008 00:33:40 -0400

This is a cool dance to “Falling Slowly” from the movie “Once” performed at Mosaic in LA. This was performed as a part of the “Reclaim Your Life” message, Vital Signs series.

Song: “Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard

Jessica & I got goofy in the photo booth at Emma...

Sun, 25 May 2008 00:28:38 -0400

Jessica & I got goofy in the photo booth at Emma Church’s wedding to Russ Wood in Cleveland tonight.

Rain Go Away....

Fri, 16 May 2008 07:32:00 -0400

Looking out the rain, I’m just hoping that it doesn’t rain next week, when I have to manage the deployment of over 400 hundred computers. I really hope that it gets dry by Monday. listen Powered by Jott

I am really excited about seeing Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:53:32 -0400

I am really excited about seeing Narnia: Prince Caspian.

"We are not as powerful as we used to be because over the past three decades, the Asian values of our..."

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:18:54 -0400

“We are not as powerful as we used to be because over the past three decades, the Asian values of our parents’ generation — work hard, study, save, invest, live within your means — have given way to subprime values: “You can have the American dream — a house — with no money down and no payments for two years.””

- Who Will Tell the People? - New York Times

The Democratic Race in Seven Minutes If you’ve been off...

Sat, 03 May 2008 00:20:06 -0400

The Democratic Race in Seven Minutes

If you’ve been off the grid for the last year and have missed the entire presidential campaign, here’s a rapid-fire recap of the Democratic race.

This is a clever fast-paced video if you have seven minutes to spare. Thanks to Rebecca for pointing it out.

Guilty Until Proven Innocent

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:54:35 -0400

A student’s university ID card was found near my office today, and I figured I would be the kind soul to turn it in to the university police department. I walked it out of my way to the police headquarters, and to my disbelief, the dispatch woman treated me as if I had witnessed something suspicious. She made me provide my ID card and a campus phone number to prove that I was a member of the university.

“Look ma’am, I told you I found this on the ground. Sorry for trying to be helpful!”

Thomas Friedman is back

Fri, 02 May 2008 02:06:14 -0400

Thomas Friedman is back :

Thomas Friedman wrote about energy policy in his New York Times column on Thursday. Actually, he explained how both the McCain and Clinton camps have united on the ridiculous idea of suspending the federal excise tax on gasoline over the summer travel period of 2008. God forbid Americans are forced to reevaluate their choices for vehicles and their driving habits.

Friedman says that this is not energy policy, but instead money laundering.

We borrow money from China and ship it to Saudi Arabia and take a little cut for ourselves as it goes through our gas tanks. What a way to build our country.

I am ready for the U.S. Presidential campaign to start focusing on true policy issues. I want to hear the press ask hard questions of the candidates on their plans for U.S. energy policy. The United States needs to make some serious advances in renewable energy. I hope the next President will take on this issue, or else our situation will continue to look like the one that Friedman describes:

When the summer is over, we will have increased our debt to China, increased our transfer of wealth to Saudi Arabia and increased our contribution to global warming for our kids to inherit.

SeatGuru

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:48:44 -0400

SeatGuru: I am currently in the beginning stages of planning a trip to Europe this fall. I found this great tool called SeatGuru by TripAdvisor. This site allows you to choose your airline and airplane type, and then it returns seating recommendations, a list of ammenities on the plane, and general policies associate with the certain airline. This tool will be helpful when I finally buy my plane tickets.

I got a kick out of this video about Facebook from a comedy show...

Thu, 01 May 2008 23:43:00 -0400

I got a kick out of this video about Facebook from a comedy show called “The Wall” on BBC Three in the UK. Enjoy!

Jessica & I went to the Washington Nationals game today and...

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:52:00 -0400

Jessica & I went to the Washington Nationals game today and watched them beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0. (via JaredWJ)

The Pope Drives by IMF and the Mexican Embassy.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:29:00 -0400

The Pope Drives by IMF and the Mexican Embassy.

Happy Birthday to Jessica, and congrats to me on the lovely cake...

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:43:45 -0500

Happy Birthday to Jessica, and congrats to me on the lovely cake design! Thanks to Karim for the cellphone picture.

While Fred Armisen’s Obama can use some work, I really...

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:30:00 -0500

While Fred Armisen’s Obama can use some work, I really enjoyed this video. The overall theme was pretty funny.

Here come the millennials to the polls

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:23:00 -0500

Here come the millennials to the polls:

I was getting caught up on some of my podcast subscriptions this afternoon and I listened to this BusinessWeek Cover Story podcast from January 10th discussing the role of the millennial generation in this coming presidential election.

Ever since my Organizational Behavior & Human Dynamics class last year, I have been really interested in generational studies, so this discussion sparked my interest.

Authenticity and Suffering

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:08:00 -0500

Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

-Isaiah 53: 1-3 NIV

I tend to breeze past the descriptions of Jesus like we see in this verse. Isaiah presents a Jesus that is incredibly in tune with the suffering around him. When someone is suffering it is so much harder to approach a person that looks like they have it all together. The verse says that Jesus was familiar with suffering. He was that much more aware of the suffering around him because he was experiencing it himself. As a twenty-something, I can very easily lose track of my own mortality and when I am no longer thinking about frailty of life, my suffering radar can malfunction. I begin to lose touch with the meaning of life, and I quickly start to make selfish decisions.

It is also a picture of authenticity. Jesus is not putting on a cover in order to attract a crowd to himself. If you have an outward focus, instead of a self-serving focus, there is no need to put on a front in order to draw people to you. I think most people will be drawn to someone who is genuine before they are drawn to someone that is clearly faking their appearance.

Jessica and I on the Billy Goat Trail at Great Falls National...

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:14:00 -0500

Jessica and I on the Billy Goat Trail at Great Falls National Park in MD.

So many mothers (Gen. 29:11-30:22)

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:58:00 -0500

I never realized how many mothers were involved in the 12 sons of Jacob. I guess that I always paid attention to Rachel and Leah, but I breezed right past the two servant women.

Leah

Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dinah (daughter)

Bilhah (Rachel’s servant)

Dan
Naphtali

Zilpah (Leah’s servant)

Gad
Asher

Rachel

Joseph
Benjamin

Interesting Business 2.0 video on DayJet and Eclipse aviation

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:13:51 -0400

Interesting Business 2.0 video on DayJet and Eclipse aviation