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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.

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Now that's Amazing

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

It's a quiet morning in the village (except for little Mi-Yo making her presence known to the world by using our bamboo platform as a trampoline). We are waiting for an Akha Foursquare friend of ours to come visit. In the relatively peaceful morning I caught up on some tech news and found an amazing article. It seems that the sharpest object in the world has been made - and at the tip of the 'needle' it is one atom wide.
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Comments on "Now that's Amazing"

Blogger daveboom said ::

that's so cool
hey did you see the latest news about Pluto's standing as a planet?
you can buy bumper stickers saying "Honk if Pluto is still a planet"

Pluto no longer a planet

12:24 AM  

Blogger Unknown said ::

Wow, what a big year 2006 is for the physics world! The solar system has lost a planet and the sharpest object imaginable has been made. You physicists are just trying to get some attention aren't you dave?

11:40 AM  

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