Brother To Brother

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Last week, the ownership of my employer, Christian Book Distributors, changed hands. The company was sold by its owner, Stephen Hendrickson, to his brother, Ray Hendrickson. Ray has been with the company for just as long as Steve, and I think he’ll do a great job. Obviously, with a new person in charge, there will be changes, but by and large I think Ray will stay true to Steve’s mission. There are sure to be interesting days ahead!

Since CBD is a privately-held company, I waited to post this news on my blog until I was sure that the sale was public knowledge.The Boston Herald ran an article today on the sale, so there you have it!

If you have any comments or feedback on the CBD website, the best thing to do is probably not to talk to me. Rather, please use our feedback page to make sure it goes through the proper channels.

Also, if you are within a day’s drive of Peabody, Massachusetts, plan to come to our Warehouse Sale on Saturday, September 18! It truly is a fascinating experience if you have never attended. People from all over the nation show up – I’ve even heard that some churches in the midwest charter buses and drive out to make a trip of it! Our site has more information on the sale, if you’re curious. I’ll be there for much of the day, of course – almost all CBD employees put in a full day of work on warehouse sale days. So if you are planning on coming, drop me a line beforehand – I’ll be sure to keep an eye out for you!

Looking His Best

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Here’s to Uncle John, who brought us to the wonder that was Cabela’s:

ppp|Uncle John|ppp

I found a half-decent photo of him – aren’t you all surprised? (Sorry, it’s an in-joke… anyone in the Keefer clan can attest to John’s photogenicity. (Is that a word?))

You know you gotta have Faith…

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I don’t usually go for those mishy, mushy books about God and faith that seem to all be written by women. Due to this prejudice I was wary of the latest book lent to me by Mom, ***Keeping Faith|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0688177743/worldwidewood-20***.

Despite my doubts, I dug in. And to my surprise, I enjoyed it. The main story,that of a young girl who sees God, is surrounded by the marrital problems between her parents and the media’s obsession with her gift.

I appreciated the unorthodox approaches to the ideas of faith and God and religion. Author Jodi Picoult admits in her preface that she has and may again offend some in the religious world. I found her ideas to be fresh and intriguing, and not at all offensive.

I could not put this book down, but found the end just the teensyist bit unsatisfying. Everything just seemed to fall into place too perfectly and smoothly. But up until then it is a great, “makes me think” type of novel.

january 10

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One of the reasons that I enjoy watching old ‘ER’ reruns (besides seeing Dr. Greene alive, of course) is that I have the chance to analyze each episode and catching little bits of trivia. For instance, today I discovered that Abby Lockhart (played by Mass native, ***Maura Tierney|http://imdb.com/name/nm0005491/*** has the same birthday as me!

This makes number 2 on my list of fictional characters born on January 10th. Abby joins the club along side of ***Logan Bruno|http://www.scholastic.com/annmartin/bsc/meet/logan.htm*** of “Baby-sitters Club” fame.

The search continues…

Two Years of Site5

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I forgot to mention this last week, but prwdot.org has just passed its second anniversary of hosting at Site5.com. I originally signed up on August 15, 2002, after many bad experiences with my previous web host. My experiences with Site5 have been nothing but terrific. Their prices are great, their service is great, their support is great. I couldn’t be happier. Site5 has a very professional and personable staff, which is a rarity in this industry. I ask a lot out of their support personnel, as evidenced by my Site5 support mailbox, which contains 339 messages. These aren’t just common support questions, these are arcane issues that most people would never even encounter, such as setting up procmail in a shared hosting environment, setting up DAV support, custom Perl module installations, etc. They have had no problem responding to and taking care of each and every one of my requests.

You can get their basic account (which is quite a bit beefier than most places’ basic accounts, I must say) for just $6.95/month if you sign an annual contract. It’s $9.95/month if you prefer to go with a month-to-month contract. I currently have their Site4 account, which is just $25.95 for a month-to-month contract that provides 2 gigs of storage space, 60 gigs of bandwidth per month (with bandwidth rollover!), unlimited subdomains, MySQL databases, email accounts, FTP accounts, and more. Check out their site to see what plan is right for you.

Several other users are also happy with Site5, by proxy, since I am hosting them for free under my account:

Will Farnham
Amy Walton
Corey Lowe
Nathan Clark (though I’m not sure if he’s actually using his account any more)

yummy, sugary goodness

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I had to work today 🙁 Because I can park for free at work on Sundays I decided to drive into the city instead of taking the T. This turned out to be a fantastic decision, because it brought me dangerously close to the brand new Krispy Kreme store in Saugus.

Needless to say, I couldn’t just drive by. So I pulled in, got in line, and was fascinated by the donut making machinery. Yup, me and the 6years olds had our faces glued to the window watching.

I was all ready to pay for my one donut when the girls working the line offered me a free one, hot, and just off the glazer. yum, yum, yum.

Now, I don’t think I’d want a Krispy Kreme donut every day, but it sure was good!