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Re: The Christian Carnival is up!

Rodney Olsen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:37:53 -0000

Thanks for the link. I'm glad you enjoyed the post. :)

Re: Two Sitting Ducks

Rodney Olsen — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:15:37 -0000

I love that at the end it says "Cordoba - the small Chrysler" That's small?

Re: Review: Bella

Rodney Olsen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:24:00 -0000

I loved the movie. It's no surprose that it won the prestigious People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.

I had the great honour of interviewing Eduardo on my radio show about the movie and the process of putting it together.

http://rodneyolsen.net/2008/02/eduardo-verasteg...

Re: Review: Bella

Rodney Olsen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:01:52 -0000

Thanks Penguin.

I've had a long involvement with Bike for Bibles.

I've crossed Australia by bicycle five times as well as riding in Canada once and India twice, all with Bike for Bibles. I've also done quite a number of rides within Western Australia. I was the WA Bike for Bibles Coordinator for five years before getting back into radio.

Have you had Bike for Bibles involvement?

Re: Australia Says Sorry: “This is history, unna?” (by Jarrod McKenna)

Rodney Olsen — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:40:12 -0000

Thanks for that wonderful insight, Jarrod.

Sorry will never heal all the hurt that has been done but it is a wonderful way to start.

I sat in front of my television silently weeping as the Australian Parliament took this historic step.

Re: Ragamuffin Readers…What’s Your Day Job?

Rodney Olsen — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:02:40 -0000

Radio Broadcaster.

Re: Announcing Jack Wheatley Bristow

Rodney Olsen — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:56:56 -0000

Wonderful news. Congratulations!!

Re: Starting Something Special

Rodney Olsen — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:19:58 -0000

Congratulations, the day has finally arrived.

Best wishes to both of you for today and for the many days that will now unfold for you as man and wife.

Re: The Ongoing Redefinition of Wealth

Rodney Olsen — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:14:06 -0000

I totally agree with you. I was amazed to hear people saying that the cut off should be $200 000 or even $250 000.

I think $150 000 is a very comfortable living. In fact, if we were able to have a household income of even a third of that, we'd consider ourselves financially well off.

Even though we're a low income family, we know we're rich. Just last month I was meeting the poor of Haiti.

Over there the people are literally eating dirt to try to get some kind of nutrition.

With today being Compassion Day we decided to make our already small budget stretch even further so we can teach our children what's really important. We're giving one Haitian child a chance at life through Compassion Child Sponsorship. There's nothing like reaching out to others to get a better perspective on our own circumstances.

We're so blessed to be living in Australia.

Re: Belated Blogiversary

Rodney Olsen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:57:18 -0000

Happy blogiversary.

The blogosphere would be a much poorer place without you. :)

Re: Join the Conspiracy

Rodney Olsen — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:23:41 -0000

I downloaded the Australian version from the site (adventconspiracy.org) for showing at church this Sunday. Great stuff.

Re: Climate changes in blogosphere

Rodney Olsen — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:05:26 -0000

It's not been too bad here in Perth, Western Australia. We've had some fairly hot days and have been very glad to have air conditioning but it's been nothing compared to the heatwave on the other side of the country.

There are huge bushfires raging across states in Australia's east. Over a hundred people have been confirmed dead and others are missing.

I'm not sure if it's about climate change or just the natural cycle of weather conditions but I do think we need to take better care of our planet.

Re: Madame Tussauds Amsterdam

Rodney Olsen — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:30:14 -0000

Some of them certinaly look more 'real' than others but they're all fairly remarkable.

Re: Some Housekeeping

Rodney Olsen — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:55:12 -0000

Well done on reaching 700 posts.

I've already got you in my blogroll and generally read you through my Bloglines account. Thanks for adding your full posts to your RSS feed.

Rodney Olsens last blog post..The Morning Tea’s On Me

Re: Drinking Age at 21 Causes Binge Drinking

Rodney Olsen — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:23:39 -0000

I think that young people will drink no matter what the drinking age but leaving it at 21 might save some from poor choices earlier on.

Here in Australia the legal drinking age is 18 and there are those who would like to see it raised to 21.

Young people can get their drivers license at 17. It'd be great to see a bigger gap between the two events.

Re: How Much Do You Have to Hate…

Rodney Olsen — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:16:26 -0000

I saw the video yesterday and it was the same line that struck me. "How much do you have to hate somebody not to proselytize?" Powerful stuff.

<abbr>Rodney OLsens last blog post..Cancelling Christmas</abbr>

Re: Friday Friends 3/6/09

Rodney Olsen — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:47:43 -0000

Your blog is titled Caffeinated Thoughts. So just how much coffee do you drink? How do you take your coffee? What's your favourite coffee shop?

Re: Christians & Alcohol – My Thoughts

Rodney Olsen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:53:06 -0000

I'll drink to that. Ah ... maybe the wrong thing to say.

My dad drank heavily as I was growing up. He was not a falling down drunk but he did like his beer.

I chose not to drink and it's only in the past several years, from my mid 30s to now my mid 40s, that I've started having an occasional drink. I've never been drunk in my life and don't intend to be. I enjoy a good glass of red or the occasional beer.

Your post is very balanced and pretty much sums up my attitude to alcohol. Thanks.

Re: Friday Friends Open Thread

Rodney Olsen — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:46:37 -0000

OK ... I'll jump in.

I'll shamelessly plug a post from a couple of days back regarding a survey taken regarding what people think of Jesus. Interesting results. The survey was taken in Australia but I'm sure it has value for everyone.

http://rodneyolsen.net/2009/04/what-do-we-belie...

Re: Friday Friends Open Thread

Rodney Olsen — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:29:23 -0000

If your readers are looking for more opportunities to promote their blogs they can add a post to this week's Christian Carnival.

I'm hosting this week. Details here - http://rodneyolsen.net/2009/04/the-carnival-ret...

Re: Larry Norman Home At Last

Rodney Olsen — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:04:07 -0000

Thanks for finding that video. It's one of the songs that I've had going through my head ever since I heard the news.

Right near the start of the video he flashes that amazing smile he had. He could light up a room with that one.