Links Revealed

As both Susan and Trav have alluded to, the link between my last 5 blog posts was in fact the mention of a member of the Barnes family in each of the posts. The first two were originally done accidentally.

I first mentioned Susan in my post about books simply because I knew that was quite keen on books and that she read my blog.

Now that I've got your attention Susan ;-)
From the post 'Books!'

Trav was mentioned out of sheer luck, as I had accidentally clicked on his blog and read a post about the same book I was reading. Not only did I mention him in the post, but he was actually the star of the title as well.

It looks like I wasn't able to complete Captivating in the few days that Trav did.
From the post 'Travis, I Have Failed You'

After mentioning two members of the Barnes family by accident, I decided to see if I could fit in the other 3 as well, and more importantly if anyone would notice. Craig's appearance was a little more forced, as I slipped this line into my post about late night laser tag.

At about 10:30 we took the laser tag gear down to our local lake although Craig didn't want to come along.
From the post 'Fire, exclamation mark. Fire, exclamation mark.'

Next up was a short post about Odyssey, and wherever Odyssey is involved you're sure to find Karen just around the corner.

My friend and youth leader Karen came around to my house last night, and she wrote out the details for the Odyssey program
From the post 'Odyssey Returns'

I was in a little bit of a worry as to how I was going to fit the last member in. Then along came Craig's engagement party, I don't know what I'd do without it. That made it a piece of (engagement) cake to mention Ross.

I spent some time talking to Craig's dad Ross, about how his new Church is going for him and how the youth are there.
From the post 'Engagement Party (Belated Post)'

And there we have it, a small experiment in continuing sub-themes in blog posts. Stay tuned for my next post as we examine what makes a good partner (you might be surprised).

Past Links

I have a lot of friends that have blog, but quite often you'll find that they're quite stationary. I wanted to do something to help make my blog stand out and keep moving, and as such I've actually hidden an interconnecting element in my last 5 blog posts before this one.

If you think you can spot it, why not reply to this post and let me know.

Engagement Party (Belated Post)

A little over a week ago my friends Craig and Erica had an engagement party which I was fortunate enough to attend. Apart from wishing them all the best for their marriage, I always wanted to note that I really enjoyed the opportunity to walk around and talk to some people that I wouldn't really spend much time talking to otherwise. I spent some time talking to Craig's dad Ross, about how his new Church is going for him and how the youth are there. I also talked to a few other people including Sharon who is a teacher at a Christian school.

I always find it interesting talking to teachers at other schools, because I have somewhat of an insight into teaching as I work at a school, but still find it interesting to listen to other teachers and hear what their school is like. I know enough about teaching to not be totally lost and uninterested in a conversation, but because I'm not a teacher myself I don't get totally overwhelmed with teaching and not want to talk about it.

I really did enjoy the opportunity to move around and talk to people, and I've been thinking a little that perhaps I should take more of an opportunity to do that after Church on a Sunday morning.