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So this morning I hit 300k miles in my 1993 Honda Accord SE! I've owned my car since 1999 and I got it with 78k miles on it. So I've driven it an average of 22,200 miles a year. At my current miles per gallon of 25 at the current gas prices I would have spent over $1580 a year or $15,800 over the last 10 years. I could have bought a new car :) I had my Flip Video MinoHD
(that Carla got me for my birthday. Thanks beautiful!) with me so I captured the moment of going from 299,999 to 300,000. A momentous occasion I'm sure.
Like I mentioned in the video I've had a great time driving my little Honda. Maybe I'll get another 100k our of it!
Yes it is dusty :) I haven't cleaned in awhile.
Originally published at Jeremy Heslop. You can comment here or there.
My wife started reading The Shack not to long ago and wanted me to read it as well so she could talk about what she was reading. My typical reading/listening is mostly filled with podcasts, self help, business and technical books. Novels work there way in my reading list but not often and not ones that are less than a year old from an unknown author. I was skeptical at best and had only heard short explanations of its contents from my father in-law and brother in-law that made the book seem less interesting. Everyone who talked about it had mentioned its controversial view of God and shock of their core belief system so when my wife asked me to read it I was reluctant. But knowing my wife she would not allow me to just put off such as request so I told her I would read it if it was on audible.com. It was. I have an audible.com account which had a couple credits queued up, so I downloaded the book to my iPhone that night. The next day I began listing to The Shack on the way to a clients two and a half hours away. I was hooked. The story was moving and captured my attention so much that I was disappointed at every interruption as I was driving in the car. The ride home was no different and I spent most of the evening at home with one or two earbuds in my ears. The book has some suspense so that evening when a transformer popped and made a bright light outside our bedroom window I was startled (you can read more about that on my wife's blog). The day after I finished listening and all I can say is "Wow". If this book doesn't move you in a way to become a better person I don't know what will. I won't spoil the book for those who didn't read it, but the main characters connection to God was so real it made me want to be familiar with God in that way. I can't say it challenged my view of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit as much as others, but it made me want to be a better person and to connect with God in a deep and new way. If you strive for those things you should get a copy today. You won't be disappointed.
For more info on The Shack you can go to http://theshackbook.com/. If you want to find more info on purchasing check out amazon.com's reviews and more.
