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I feel like I haven’t been focusing much energy here lately, so I’m sure you know that when that happens, it has been focused elsewhere. Some energy has been given to writing, so I thought I’d post links here. Other to my web work. And still other to good times with family (Labor Day Weekend, “NOT” back to school day, and other fun stuff). Here’s a few things from my (our) recent past…

• Labor Day Weekend: Walker Family Reunion
  We celebrate every Labor Day weekend with Jen’s parent and siblings (and all of our kids) and we call it the Walker Family Reunion. Lots of food, the big Labor Day parade, some fireworks, and usually a lot of playing with little kids. (At least, that’s my role, it seems…) 🙂 This year was fun. We’ll probably put some photos up soon at our WeTheCampbells.net site.
• “NOT” Back To School Day
  This didn’t turn out like Jen had hoped (I don’t think) but we at least had a little fun on Tuesday when lots of kids went back to school – we celebrated that our kids DIDN’T go back to school. 🙂 We like that they don’t have to go off to school, and since they don’t get to celebrate “back to school”, we figured we’d celebrate that they don’t have to “go to school”. We had a nice special lunch at McDonald’s. (Happy Meals, PlayPlace and all!)
• GregsHead at Newsvine
  I posted my Apple article below to my Newsvine page again. I haven’t posted there in a while, but figured I might get back into it as Apple is starting to do some fun things again. Stop by and visit when you get a chance. GregsHead.newsvine.com
• Apple @ BWD
  I have been doing a little background work on my Apple @ BWD website (GregsApples.com). Soon, there will be two sites. GregsApples.com and GregsApples.info. The dot-info site will be just that… info. Where you can sign up for the mailing list, there are FAQs, an information request form… stuff like that. All the good stuff from my old GregsApples site.

  The new site contains links to my new Apple store (bwd-graphics.com/apple) and a “blog” with news on the latest Apple products, and a podcast with some cool 2-minute tips about Apple products. There’s a bunch of great stuff there. Stop by when you get a chance and check out the new GregsApples.com. (There is a new blog and podcast episode posted there this week.)

• BBR @ BuffaloBills.com
  If you haven’t heard, the Buffalo Bills gave me a blog on their site. They have a “Bills Blog Squad” which consists of four bloggers including me. (Though, one of those doesn’t seem to be writing any more?) It has been fun to be able to post there and to be encouraged to do so by the Bills. 🙂 There’s a long direct link, so I will just refer you to my personal Buffalo Bills site – the Buffalo Bills Review. There’s a link at the top of every page there to BBR @ BuffaloBills.com.

  It’s a busy time with the beginning of the NFL season coming up this weekend, so there’s a LOT to read there. Have been posting a bunch of stuff there. Check it out if you like. (If you’re not a Bills fan, you’ll want to skip the next bullet point as well…)

• The Buffalo Bills Review
  This week also saw the official start of the season for the Buffalo Bills Review – our weekly Bills podcast. There’s a pretty decent following of the show, and it continues to grow. It’s been fun to do, to be sure. We’ll be doing the show weekly during the regular season (which begins tonight, actually!) and then we do it sporadically throughout the off-season. There are lots of ways to participate, so if you are a Bills fan, please do! And if you know one, please pass along the link. (www.BuffaloBillsReview.com)

  We hope to interview some former players this year again, like we did last year. Players like Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, etc. We do a nice thorough interview with stories from the past, and a where-are-they-now thing as well. Very cool interviews from last season… hoping for more this year.

  We have a new team member this year, too. Big Dre Smith. My bro-in-law Josh is moving, so he had to step aside for the season and his friend Dre is filling his shoes. Dre is a sports reporter (now sports designer) so he adds some extra expertise to our show.

  It’s certainly a fun thing going on here, and if you’re so inclined, I welcome you to join the fun.

• WeTheCampbells.net
  We made a few changes to the WeTheCampbells site this week. That’s our personal photos/movies site. Check that out when you get a chance… think there’s a new movie up… maybe some new photos… WeTheCampbells.net.
• The God Journey
  A few of you have read or heard some of Wayne Jacobsen’s stuff. He’s an author whom I have had the privilege of getting to know via e-mail and phone conversations. We have a similar path in our lives with God. He’s coming to visit at the end of this month, so we are looking forward to spending time with him in person. Well, he has a podcast called The God Journey, and on his website, there is a forum. That forum is chock full of people who are learning to live life with God in a way that does not involve systems as it once did for all of us. It’s been a great forum for sharing ideas, asking questions, and just encouraging one another. I have also been posting there on a regular basis. If you’re interested, here’s the link…

SHWOO!! That’s a LOT of stuff! I didn’t even know I was that busy!! And that’s just the past week!!! 🙂

Well, time to get to work. More to come soon. Don’t forget there’s a big Apple Event this coming Tuesday. It promises to be as big as the announcement of the original iPod back in 2001. More will be posted here, I’m sure…