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hippo coffeeI need to copyright this quick. Here’s a draft of the label for my new coffee. Any suggestions?

From 2009 As I look at this photo I have mixed feelings. I remember how excited [...]

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image Man, I remember this song so well. Does anyone know who wrote it? It was one of the first songs I ever learned to play on the guitar back in the 80’s. In this recording I’m pretty mellow, but if you ever get me going on this song I can get just [...]

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I have been having so much fun doing comics. In the process I’ve been learning a lot about the program GIMP. I’ve tried to resist putting antennae on my blobs but I couldn’t resist on this one.  [...]

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From comics

Two weeks ago in The Bible is not the Gospel I made the controversial claim that the Gospel is more important than the Bible. We are called to preach the Gospel not preach the Bible. And the overwhelming witness of the New Testament is that Jesus and all preachers after him used the Old [...]

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imageSome samples of Obama by South African cartoonist, Zapiro: See a large selection of Zapiro cartoons of Obama here. It’s interesting to see the tension in the US and Canada over caricatures of an African-American president. Political caricatures are brutal. But the concern over being racist has [...]

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But I was only trying to help… But I was only trying to help… [...]

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image Recognizing consumer need the Peepoo is formulated from a bottom up perspective putting the users need first. From the website: Peepoople The end of poor sanitation! The puns are flowing so fast that I can’t control the flow. I’m flush with excitement! In the [...]

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I need your help in finding examples of crazy, inappropriate or just plain unworkable ideas for doing development in Africa (or elsewhere). The kinds of things I’m interested in are: Unsustainable technologies Culturally inappropriate practices Some examples I’ve heard of: Russian [...]

From comics How about you? How have you changed Africa and vice versa? If you [...]

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image So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. (Acts 8:35, NET) This is my fourth year teaching exegesis to Mozambican Bible college students. I walk a fine line between getting the students to interpret the Scriptures properly [...]

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From comics My first color comic. I am such a moron at GIMP. But having fun. [...]