http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer ...the art of risk @ jesus college... Fri, 08 May 2009 14:39:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en i must admit, i am a bit of a perfectionist. i will argue that i am not...but when i'm worn down in a moment of weakness, i will admit this is my reality. i have this grandiose vision that everything i say or do will somehow serve as the grand ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2009/05/08/how-shall-i-put-this/ i like writing. honestly. perhaps the only thing i like more than writing is being given a forum to voice my thoughts and opinions. ironic, right? as my last post indicated, i have a severe case of senioritis. i think it has come full circle though. my senioritis is to the ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2009/04/27/writing/ upon sitting down to the current discourse, i cannot help but ponder the above medical condition: senioritis. yes, we all know this term very well...some more than others. some perhaps have experienced junioritis that, left unattended, spread into full blown senioritis within a matter of months. my interest for the moment ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2009/02/17/senioritis-and-things-of-that-nature/ i'm usually not that big into watching tv. actually, i think the dang thing rots people's minds...just because you watch the "700 club" doesn't mean you know a thing about christianity! wake up! (deep breaths, relax the blood pressure.) anyway. i have recently quieted the little voice from within and ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2008/12/03/at-home-with-house/ the new coldplay ep, "prospekt's march," is out. i stayed up until midnight to get it from itunes (and then was up another 45 minutes dowloading and listening to it)! so worth it! it truly completes the "viva la vida" picture. GO BUY IT NOW!!! http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2008/11/24/yes-chris-my-feet-wont-touch-the-ground/ as a way to celebrate our 2 year anniversary, sandie surprised me with tickets to see coldplay in philly this past weekend. i was totally caught off guard...especially since i didn't even know coldplay was going to be in philly this past weekend. oh, just wait. it gets better. so we ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2008/11/03/know-thine-band-trivia/ congrats to the phillies. though it may have taken 3 days to finish one game...you have earned your championship. now go partay! http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2008/10/30/better-late-than-never-right/ then again, is it really jumping on a bandwagon if i never technically jumped off? if you're living in the middle of nowhere (i.e. grantham), let me catch you up to speed. the phillies just won the first game of the world series. now you're caught up. wow, that was easier ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2008/10/23/jumping-on-a-bandwagon-is-more-fun-when-its-moving-at-full-speed/ ...when professors give you an essay prompt that goes as follows: "tell me everything you've learned this semester about the the jews in germany." obviously this is for my holocaust class. what kind of lame question is that? i've learned a lot about the jews in germany so far this semester...perhaps you ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2008/10/15/you-know-what-really-grinds-my-gears/ amidst all the reading that i have for my classes this semester, i thought i would recommend one of my favorites so far. the title of the book is "can evangelicals learn from world religions?" by gerald mcdermott and you can check it out here. i had to read it ... http://blogs.messiah.edu/dan_custer/2008/10/06/a-book-recommendation/