MBA or Bust!

So I just can't seem to give up grad school. This time though, I'm going for an MBA. I've applied to University of Florida and Rollins College, both excellent nationally ranked MBA schools in Florida. Each has things I like about it, so I'm still not sure which one I plan on going to. The good news though, is that I found out yesterday that I was accepted into Rollins. Hopefully, I'll also be able to say the same for UF pretty soon.

Yesterday was my interview with the Saturday MBA (the track to which I applied) program director at Rollins College. I wasn't sure what to expect and what questions they would ask me. It turned out to be pretty easy. From the get-go I was told I was a strong candidate and that this would be fairly quick (while winking, I guess to let me know I was in). The director and her assistant only asked me 3 questions which were more or less personality and teamwork questions to aid them in placing me on a team. Only 44 students are accepted into the Saturday MBA program per year and everyone is assigned a team that has been pre-arranged based on the individuals skill sets to make the teams fair and well rounded. After the short series of questions the director got my "acceptance" pen, signed my acceptance letter and gave me the pen. I guess the pen is a ritual that they carry on and only those who have been admitted to the program leave the interview with the pen. Lucky for me, I left with a pen!

But Don't Take My Word For It

"We have to test everything.
I thank God for anybody anywhere who is pointing people to the mysteries of God.
But those people would all tell you to think long and hard about what they are saying and doing and creating.
Test it. Probe it.
Do that to this book.
Don't swallow it uncritically. Think about it. Wrestle with it.
Just because I'm a Christian and I'm trying to articulate a Christian worldview doesn't mean I've got it nailed. I'm contributing to the discussion.
God has spoken, and the rest is commentary, right?"
-- From the back cover of Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell

I read that today before church service while looking at some books. I love it! I think in so many ways it describes my feelings about Christianity. Don't just take my or anyone else's word without first testing it. I grew in a Christian environment that taught me that I should know why I believe what I believe. Not just because some guy on stage in a suit told me so. Unfortunately, I don't think many people who grew up in the church can say the same.

In case you didn't get it, the title is an ode to LeVar Burton's famous line from Reading Rainbow.

A New Sheriff in Town

Some of you already know, but for those of you who don't, I got a new dog a few months ago. He showed up at a coworker's doorstep and didn't leave. Eventually, I ended up with him and named him Cody. He's quite affectionate and can run like I've never seen. He's part whippet which is a racing dog and looks like a greyhound but smaller. At first, the turf wars were absolutely awful. Of course the two dogs have now resolved most of their differences and even share a bed (although not at the same time)! Cody is on the right, while Daisy is on the left.

Money talks, mine says goodbye!

Here's a new website that I find quite interesting, http://www.mint.com. You set it up to link to your bank, credit card, etc... accounts and it collects your transactions nightly and allows you to graph and track where your money is going. Best of all, it's FREE. They make money from advertisements based on the things you spend your money on. Maybe this will reduce the questions about http://www.wheresgeorge.com or for my fellow Canadians http://www.whereswilly.com.

Is she really with him!?

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It's about time!

Welcome to my lovely new blog. I wanted a better way to keep people informed about what is going on in my life, so I thought this would be the perfect medium. Instead of just getting a blip in a Christmas card once a year, you can now find out what is happening year-round!