Thank you Aaron Clark.
Monthly Archive for October, 2004
Have you ever been just sitting there and all of a sudden you feel like doing something nice for someone you care for… that is God. He talks to you through the Holy Spirit.
Have you ever been down and out and nobody seems to be around for you to talk to… that is God. He wants you to talk to Him.
Have you ever been thinking about somebody that you haven’t seen in a long time and phone! Call from them… that is God. There is no such thing as coincidence.
Have you ever received something wonderful that you didn’t even ask for, like money in the mail, a debt that had mysteriously been cleared, or a coupon to a department store where you had just seen something you wanted, but couldn’t afford… that is God. He knows the desires of your heart.
Have you ever been in a situation and you had no clue how it is going to get better, but now you look back on it… that is God. He passes us through tribulation to see a brighter day.
You Won’t Believe Who’s Related to Bush!
President George W. Bush and Senator John F. Kerry are related, according to Great Britain’s Guardian Unlimited and the December issue of Family Tree Magazine. The two presidential candidates share at least eight common ancestors, making them very distant cousins, says Family Tree. Emphasis on the word distant: The two are ninth cousins, twice removed, Massachusetts genealogist Gary Boyd Roberts told the Guardian Unlimited.
According to the British newspaper, both Bush and Kerry are descendants of one Edmund Reade, a member of the minor Essex gentry who lived in the early 1600s. Although he died without ever leaving England, his daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, sailed to New England with their mother in the 1630s. The two ladies married into powerful families named Winthrop and Lake, from which our two presidential candidates descend.
From Netscape “What’s New”
So as my wife goes out to ladies movie night at the USO and the boy is already in bed, I am sitting here at the computer with not much to do. I have read my usual web logs, and I am hit with random thoughts. None of these, of course, are enough to make an entire post about, but I would like to share them anyways.
Never let a pregnant woman watch Jersey Girl. Go Kevin Smith. And who knew George Carlin could act (somewhat). Now it is a good movie with a moral, and is kind of romantic, but keep pregnant women away; especially a pregnant woman who is about to try natural childbirth for the first time.
I hate Mac’s. They are decent machines, I guess, if you like one of the most illogical operating systems I have ever used. And the worst part is that I have to use a crapintosh for work and a non-upgradeable, old arse laptop at that.
I also now see why web designers go to school. I am all self taught, and I know quite a bit compared to the general public, but I am no where near the cutting edge of this genre of art. I know a little about a lot of things, but not enough about one thing to really understand what I am doing. Jack of all trades. Master of none.
I am done my ranting for now. For now.
What is with the latest trend of apologizing to the Iraqi people for liberating to Saddam? It is your God given right not to agree with your country, but common decency should prohibit you from demoralizing those who put their life on the line to protect your right to do so.
So, the next time you see a photo of someone apologizing to the Iraqi people, remember this …
I found this at the Drunk Report.
I know that this is rather facetious, but this really irritates me.
I decided that I would upgrade the web log to Word Press 1.2.1. They say that they have worked out some bugs with the administrative interface, but I have yet to see any changes. It is also supposed to fix some security flaws. (Isn’t it a shame that even a family oriented site like this has to worry about security issues?)
It was an easy transition, but I have also decided that I am going to get rid of the popup windows for all of the comment, track back, permanent link and e-mail links. It is still under construction, but I have worked out most of the kinks in the standard links. The e-mail link is another story, but I will work it out.
I have also listed my web log on Blog Shares. If nothing else, I get a cool logo button at the bottom of the menu. You should check it out for yourself, though.
I routinely, once a month or so, check my web site statistics and see what pages link to mine. I am pleased that recently I have found that related pages are actually linking to mine. It is a small thing, but it means that someone else besides my wife and my mom are looking at the site. I think they but it best in What about Bob? when they said, “Baby Steps.â€
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To promote family togetherness, we decided we were going to carve pumpkins this year. I like Halloween, but may parents have never really been into it, and it was a rare occasion to have a jack-o-lantern, so this was an atypical event for me.
We ended up purchasing our project pumpkins at Wal-Mart since their prices were lower than even the roadside pumpkin stands, which they do have in the Nation Capitol Area. So we each picked out a pumpkin (we chose one for “Tonyâ€) and we went on our merry way.
We made a photo journal of the life of our pumpkins. You can check it out here.
This site is delightfully entertaining and inspiring, and definitely worth a look.
The bible illustrated in LEGO. Brendan Smith’s work will amuse even thoe most conservative of persons. When I accidentally cam across this site, I was a bit apprehensive, but as I delved into the ilustrated stories, I thought, “This is GREAT!”
With a two year old who is infatuated with LOGO’s, I have found another great way to share the stories of the Bible with my son.
