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If you work in Photoshop, you need to check this out. Prepare to be amazed. Adobe has developed an amazing, new filter that will change the way a graphic designer works forever!
http://bit.ly/bQ7SZc

So today has been a good one for San Antonio. All winter, the weathermen have said our fair city would experience snow. To this point it never came to pass however, today it actually happened. Sort of.
All day was wet and rainy. Once again the weathermen made a prediction that snow would make her appearance [...]

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In our fast-paced, routine-filled world, it is so easy to get caught up in one way of thinking. Sometimes we find ourselves caught up in a world of routine; we wake up, breathe it in, go to work/school, endure traffic, enjoy 2 hours of socialization or prime-time television and then finally try to fall asleep. [...]

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A lot of times Christians go around trying offend people – either by how radical they are or how traditional they are. The radicals offend people by holding up signs, getting piercings and listening to heavy metal – hear me, I am not saying those things are wrong nor am I saying they are always [...]

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I found this today and was absolutely intrigued. I’m sure everyone has played the game Tetris. Today I stumbled onto a version of the 80’s game that puts you in the place of the Tetris piece. Check out this game in the link below and give it a try. Warning: it is a nauseating experience.
http://firstpersontetris.com/
After [...]

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We are created to love. We spend all our days trying to find love according to the way our world (media) depicts it when perfect love is right in front of us.
This is a song I wrote, this morning, about man’s never-ending quest for true love. Thoughts on the subject?
By the way it’s just a [...]

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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” – Maria Robinson
“But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ [...]

Every artist needs a canvas. For a graphic designer that might be a new 1024 x 768, 300 dpi, Photoshop project; it also might be photography. Not everyone has a good camera to take high quality pictures. Not everyone has enough money to buy professional stock photos. Now you don’t have to. This site has [...]

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Our Lead Pastor, Jim Rion, is leading our church down a scripture-reading journey called Well Versed – #wellversed on Twitter. During the month of January we are reading Psalm 1-75. Here is an excerpt from Psalm 18 that caught my attention.
Psalm 18:16-19 (The Message)
But me he caught—reached all the way
from sky to sea; he pulled [...]