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the personal blog of paul vernon

Thank you for taking the time to view humblethorn. The purpose of this blog is to have an outlet to share my thoughts, quotes, ramblings and the occasional item of interest as I serve as a missionary to the Akha in Northern Thailand. Mostly, this is an outlet (in English!) for me to feel like someone out there is listening. So, to whoever you are, thank you for being my listening someone.

Many people have asked about the name "humblethorn". I would love to explain it, but I honestly don't fully understand it myself. In very simple terms, it is an identity that I have come to realize in Christ. I do not claim to be humble, rather that I am often humbled by my own weakness.

Feel free to navigate through the links on the top of this site to read more about me or just to view the photo galleries, videos, podcasts and journals about our lives with the Akha. Now... on to the posts!

Ouch

Monday, January 23, 2006

Well, those NFL conference championship games were nothing to write home about - but perhaps an even greater loss is coming for the Denver Broncos. Credit to the Steelers (or "Stillers" as the locals call them) who were very impressive. Seattle looked like a pretty good team against Carolina, but after seeing Pittsburgh pick apart both the offense and the defense of the Denver Broncos I think I'm going to have to throw my hat into the ring for them to finish it all at Super Bowl XL (it hurts even more that Broncos won't get to play in the coolest Super Bowl number ever - XL). How can you pick against them now that they have overcome incredible odds to become the first "6-seed" to go to the Super Bowl? Anyway, such is the up-and-down life of a sports fan - now it's on to the Avalanche, March Madness and Spring Training gloating now that Johnny Damon is a clean-shaven, above-the-collar New York Yankee.
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