Some of you may realize it and some of you may not, but www.strangerinthisland.com, is the official website address of my blog, but it really is hosted at www.jeffmclain.com/blog. I am in the process of trimming down and will be getting rid of www.strangerinthisland.com, make sure your bookmarks and rss feeds are updated. It will [...]
The hopeful Presidency of John F. Kennedy was more than an awaited answer for many people at the end of the rope with the current situation of politics quickly turning sour. I won’t disagree that his death helped his presidency reign in infamy longer then if he would have lived out his full term. However his short [...]
So it is 3:43am in the morning on the East Coast and I am processing through published Crime Reports from the Huntington Beach Police department and U.S. Census demographic reports, granted I understand I am not normal in the regards that most people would not be up all night reading through the reports most people don’t [...]
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In Video Log Episode #1, from Katie and Jeff McLain, Jeff tells the story on how we met and how our journey began together and where it is leading us. Katie and Jeff McLain – Episode 1: How Our Journey Began (Youtube)
Well I figured I would post to this, it my sermon from two weeks ago. Unfortunately not all the sermon was recorded, I had a video clip as a visual aid which the tech guys did not record and didn’t pick up recording afterwards. Of course, this is not a BIG deal, but listening to the recording I [...]
Being without work lately, has given me plenty of time to think. Sometimes those times of processing my thinking are down right awesome and sometimes, honestly, they are just disheartening. However in my times of thought, I have come to realize two dominating questions I do not have the answer for – they deal with [...]
This isn’t a thought provoking blog or intuitive sense of simplicity; nor will it probably interest 90% of you BUT in case….Katie and I have uploaded a few years worth of Pictures to our Picasa Account. Some of our favorites to encourage people to look at is the 2009 Summer Road Trip/Tour album. You can [...]
Well, I was going through my iTunes and checked out the automatic playlist that they make for you, based on your top 25 of recent played songs. I realized that all my top 25 came from 10 albums over the past few weeks. Ironically, all of the CDs on this list are also a few years old [...]
I love Marine Biology. In fact, in High School over 10 years ago, I took a few electives in this area of research, one of those being C.P. Oceanography and the other Animal Behaviors and River Life along the Susquehanna River. These classes were not only really informative, but featured a lot of great hands on opportunities including [...]
“No one has a right to sit down & feel helpless, there’s too much to do.”- Dorthy Day Every Wednesday I will be posting a weekly quote, either from an archived source or something in the news – feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section, below.
