Jul 04
It is the story that always repeats itself. A people once ravaged, insufficient in themselves to surmount the obstacle before them, turn to God in their hour of need. God hears the cry and answers — not just with a mere minimal escape — but with overwhelming victory and blessing. A nation on the verge of blight suddenly emerges in strength and prosperity.
Jun 14
Everyone knows that if you leave food out on a regular basis in your kitchen, that sooner or later you will attract unwanted vermin. It won’t take long for the ants, roaches, and mice to infiltrate your home and find a way to the goodies. At that juncture, you can spray, lay traps, or stay up at night with a flashlight and hunt, but until you put away the goodies, you are going to have a pest problem. This is a lesson that we need to take in to other realms.
Jun 12
One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping, because of the pain.
“One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said. But there’s one more thing to be said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things-trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow.”
Jun 06
Over the past few years I have learned to love Google’s Gmail. Every now and then I miss my old local Thunderbird instance, especially the fact that web interfaces never tend to be as good as their fat client cousins, but having access to my mail just about everywhere was slowly winning me over, until last week.
For some reason that I have yet to discover, Gmail has decided that it is no longer necessary to check related POP accounts. I can go in and force a manual check of those accounts which will pull in the mail as normal, but that is becoming a nuisance. It would only be a nuisance, except that when I do a quick search to try to find the resolution to the problem I discover a sea full of people with the same problem — and no answer from Google. My wife, in fact, is having the same problem, and since she uses the iPad client with her gmail account, she has no easy mechanism for forcing a refresh.
There is an old saying, “You get what you pay for.” I wonder if what we are seeing is simply what we should expect from a service that is provided for “free.” On the other hand, I don’t think I have ever had a problem with Ubuntu that a quick Google search didn’t fix.
Here is hoping Google gets the message.
May 27
Faith, Politics smoking 2 Comments
I despise cigarette smoke. I would rather skip a fabulous restaurant than have to battle smoke. I do not even like to get a wisp of smoke outside. It ruins the sweet aroma of the spring flowers on a cool breeze.
May 25
Faith, News, Politics God, gulf, oil, Ted Turner No Comments
Money talks, and if you have a lot of money, people tend to listen to what you say. However, just because you were smart enough to make money in one field does not mean you won’t embarrass yourself if you open your mouth on any number of topics. We are grateful to Ted Turner for giving us such a tidbit this past week.
May 23
Technology Apple, EULA 2 Comments
There are a lot of things to like about the guys in Cupertino. Although not necessarily the first to a particular concept, they are very agile at putting it in to a package that just works. They do a great job of taking bleeding edge and and showing us why it is important, while at the same time managing to smooth off most of the rough edges so that “Grandma” can use it. They are still pretty proud of their work, but as the market has spoken loudly, most believe their work is well worth what they charge.
May 20
Yes my friends, after much whining it looks like MacMall is finally coming through with the iPad 3G 32GB. FedEx says it is out for delivery, so after a month and a half of waiting, we are now only a few hours away. We can hardly wait to unwrap it tonight and really start putting it through its paces. Expect a review shortly.
May 18
Faith patience, purpose No Comments
Some of us are more likely to equate God’s patience with stubbornness. When God has a purpose for you to fulfill, or a task He wants you to accomplish, He is perfectly willing to let you spin your wheels a while until you take the hint. I can speak from experience. I guess that is one of the whole benefits of a thousand years being like a day, and a day like a thousand years.
May 17
I’m an opinionated person. I like to jump in on controversial Facebook wall postings. I have been unfriended more than once for chipping in my two cents. I respond to the blog posts of my friends, which is generally encouraged. One of my pet peeves is having my response deleted from a thread simply because the post author doesn’t have an answer or doesn’t want to exert the intellectual effort to defend their positions.
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