zac | July 31, 2009
One of the cool things about having cancer is being able to watch the dichotomy of giving and receiving. We have been given so much over the past three months. Mandy and I made a decision early on: We would receive whatever was offered. For it is not just a blessing for us to receive, [...]
zac | July 31, 2009
But first, here are some cool gadgets you can buy for me:
Wooden Electronic Ruler — measuring is fun again
Infinitas Yacht — you know, to go places
Here are my choices for the dumbest gadgets of the week:
Shocking Sick Puppy — this is gross
BooxStore — illiteracy is not fun
LED-eity — dumb
Pop Tart iPhone Sleeve — another reason [...]
zac | July 29, 2009
As I sit in the chemo ward slowly getting poisoned, I am reflecting on something I read yesterday. We can all find things that are bothersome about this life. Having cancer is pretty bothersome to me. Chemotherapy is, too. But just about the time I started feeling bad for myself, God told me to look [...]
zac | July 28, 2009
One day, not long ago, I was laying in bed and I noticed the expiration date on my room-temperature Orange Gatorade. It said January 2010. I thought, “I wonder if I will be alive then.”
Expiration dates are fun. They provide a false sense of security for us consumers. We assume things are safe based on [...]
zac | July 26, 2009
Jake, my eight-year-old, is an aggressive rule-follower. He loves knowing what the rules are so that he can abide by them. When we play hockey on the Xbox, for example, he has an interesting tactic: If one of his players commits an infraction against my team and the referee does not call a penalty, Jake [...]
zac | July 24, 2009
But first, here are some cool gadgets you can buy for me:
Ink Calendar — this is quite impressive
Parajet SkyCar — yes, please
SHADE — I like this, but am a little nervous about a lampshade that conducts electricity
And this is something that we all need to buy for ourselves and our friends:
Handerpants — everyone needs support
Here [...]
zac | July 20, 2009
I am now a quarter done with [the initial phase of] chemotherapy. Perhaps it is mind over matter, but it appears that this round of chemo was a little easier than the previous two. And it has been more intense. What I mean is that the side-effects seem to have been much more pronounced these [...]
zac | July 19, 2009
It would do us all well to ponder this question:
Luke 12:25 — And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
If we worry enough, will we live longer? Another way to translate this phrase above is: And which of you by being anxious can add a single [...]
