In case you haven't heard, our country is in dire need of maps.

What can you paint in 5 minutes?

A little window into life in Kiev for an American foreign service officer. I found it amusing. His whole blog is fun reading.

Just a reminder to pray for some of those whose faith is being sorely tested. I received word about more kidnappings than are being reported so far in the news, but I think it wiser to not say any more than that.

File this under Jobs I Won't Be Applying For.

This might be fun if you had, say, an hour or two left to live.

Someday I'd like to be as rich as my spam says I am.