Why up so early?
Some people ask, "Why do you get up so early on the weekend?!" Well... hey, I've got all this blogging to do :). Updated FusionWorship (and still have a few posts to add!), and some stuff here... I'd keep going, but I'm playing percussion today and I've got to get READY! later...
Sunday, April 27, 2003
Pippin's Girl
On the way home last night I was talking to Jaime about my homepage and said that I had links to Tif's book club sites, as well as Jaime's sites (Pippin's Girl).
M: Even though you never update your site.
J: When is the last time you were there, I've put a number of entries out there lately!
Ah... I stand corrected! There are some new entries. Also, I should update FusionWorship, as I haven't done that in a while either!
On the way home last night I was talking to Jaime about my homepage and said that I had links to Tif's book club sites, as well as Jaime's sites (Pippin's Girl).
M: Even though you never update your site.
J: When is the last time you were there, I've put a number of entries out there lately!
Ah... I stand corrected! There are some new entries. Also, I should update FusionWorship, as I haven't done that in a while either!
Saturday, April 26, 2003
Iraqi InfoMinister
This is a bit dated perhaps - I got it a few weeks ago, but I figured it was worth posting anyway!
Some guys put together a site called We Love the Iraqi Information Minister. Some pretty funny stuff. It was mentioned in this news article.
This is a bit dated perhaps - I got it a few weeks ago, but I figured it was worth posting anyway!
Some guys put together a site called We Love the Iraqi Information Minister. Some pretty funny stuff. It was mentioned in this news article.
Home page
I can't remember if I posted this here before or not... and I didn't feel like looking for it! I created a home page on AngelFire. Tif has one there, sounded easy, so I put one out there. Did this a while ago... but spent some time this morning reorganizing it (breaking it into sub-pages) and adding way more information. Still incomplete - many "links" aren't actually links yet, but I'll fill them in, in time.
AngelFire actually has a pretty nice interface. I can mirror all my pages on my laptop, and just upload the files from the same directories. That way I can see exactly what it will look like local, do all the creation local, and just upload when I update. Much nicer than services where you HAVE to create everything on-line.
I can't remember if I posted this here before or not... and I didn't feel like looking for it! I created a home page on AngelFire. Tif has one there, sounded easy, so I put one out there. Did this a while ago... but spent some time this morning reorganizing it (breaking it into sub-pages) and adding way more information. Still incomplete - many "links" aren't actually links yet, but I'll fill them in, in time.
AngelFire actually has a pretty nice interface. I can mirror all my pages on my laptop, and just upload the files from the same directories. That way I can see exactly what it will look like local, do all the creation local, and just upload when I update. Much nicer than services where you HAVE to create everything on-line.
Friday, April 25, 2003
Thursday, April 24, 2003
Brick&Morter purchases vs Mail purchases
So... if you email your registration into the DMV, you can send a check. But if you actually go in person, along with your check you have to provide a picture id and then put your fingerprint on the check.
As I was wiping the ink off my finger, I decided I'd just mail it next time.
So... if you email your registration into the DMV, you can send a check. But if you actually go in person, along with your check you have to provide a picture id and then put your fingerprint on the check.
As I was wiping the ink off my finger, I decided I'd just mail it next time.
News update
School district north of here is closed, our school district is on a 2-hour delay, so it must be a bit slick out there.
While watching the weather banner, and listing to the news...
School district north of here is closed, our school district is on a 2-hour delay, so it must be a bit slick out there.
While watching the weather banner, and listing to the news...
- $200 million recovered at a Batha party leaders home
- Picture of a gold-plated AK-47
- A couple of soliders tried to take $900K for themselves
Yeah, its winter
Wow... It was really feeling like Spring, actually pretty warm out. Wore a sleeveless shirt and shorts to church last week. Now it is snowing, there is a couple inches of snow in all the yards, and the roads look icy. Lukily we haven't planted any spring flowers yet, although some bulbs are up which probably won't handle this too well.
Used to be, I would buy flowers for Tina every Mother's Day. We spend an hour or so planting them. Then within a week or so it would snow and they'd all die! Now I just wait until June...
Mom said her fruit trees are blooming. I heard last night they were getting up to 12 inches where she lives. Hopefully her plants make it.
Wow... It was really feeling like Spring, actually pretty warm out. Wore a sleeveless shirt and shorts to church last week. Now it is snowing, there is a couple inches of snow in all the yards, and the roads look icy. Lukily we haven't planted any spring flowers yet, although some bulbs are up which probably won't handle this too well.
Used to be, I would buy flowers for Tina every Mother's Day. We spend an hour or so planting them. Then within a week or so it would snow and they'd all die! Now I just wait until June...
Mom said her fruit trees are blooming. I heard last night they were getting up to 12 inches where she lives. Hopefully her plants make it.
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
May not be eating at Google... but it's still good.
I posted a link to GoogleMenus last week. A far cry from our cafe. But today I brought in leftovers from dinner last night. New York Steak sauteed in olive oil and garlic and then simmered with mushrooms, onions, sun-dried tomatoes, roma tomatoes, artichokes, black olives and zucchini.
Umm umm, good stuff!
I posted a link to GoogleMenus last week. A far cry from our cafe. But today I brought in leftovers from dinner last night. New York Steak sauteed in olive oil and garlic and then simmered with mushrooms, onions, sun-dried tomatoes, roma tomatoes, artichokes, black olives and zucchini.
Umm umm, good stuff!
Lessons of a low-carb diet
My lessons for the day...
1) Yes, they can make a sausage-egg McMuffin @ McDonald's, w/o the muffin... even if they say they can't.
T: We can't do that.
M: Ah... yes, you can. I get them all the time.
T: oh!
But... remember to tell them to put the cheese between the egg and the sausage... otherwise they throw it in first and throw the sausage on top, which melts the cheese to the wraper. :-S
2) Starbucks can make a Triple-Venti-CarmalMachiato(sp?) w/ sugar-free vanillia!
I didn't even know it had vanilla in it, I thought it was all carmal. But turns out they were out of regular vanillia this morning, and asked:
T: Would you like sugar-free vanillia with that, we are out of regular?
M: I didn't even know it was made with vanillia.
T: Yeah, no one did till we asked them this today.
:-)
My lessons for the day...
1) Yes, they can make a sausage-egg McMuffin @ McDonald's, w/o the muffin... even if they say they can't.
T: We can't do that.
M: Ah... yes, you can. I get them all the time.
T: oh!
But... remember to tell them to put the cheese between the egg and the sausage... otherwise they throw it in first and throw the sausage on top, which melts the cheese to the wraper. :-S
2) Starbucks can make a Triple-Venti-CarmalMachiato(sp?) w/ sugar-free vanillia!
I didn't even know it had vanilla in it, I thought it was all carmal. But turns out they were out of regular vanillia this morning, and asked:
T: Would you like sugar-free vanillia with that, we are out of regular?
M: I didn't even know it was made with vanillia.
T: Yeah, no one did till we asked them this today.
:-)
Running Red Lights
There is an highly conjested hi-way intersection that has been undergoing construction for over a year, Woodman & I-25. For about the last week I have noticed 4 motor-cycle cops there in the morning. This morning there were two, but when I pulled onto the on-ramp, there were two that had people pulled over. I assume people wouldn't be breaking the speed limit going up the ramp, or even coming down the road to the ramp (too much traffic). So my guess is that they must be ticketing people who run the red light. Good! I hate when the light turns green and you have to just sit there waiting for 3 or more 4 cars to go through their red-light!
Seeing as how the motorcycle cops are "self-funded", they must write quite a few tickets to be able to allocate 4 officers there!
There is an highly conjested hi-way intersection that has been undergoing construction for over a year, Woodman & I-25. For about the last week I have noticed 4 motor-cycle cops there in the morning. This morning there were two, but when I pulled onto the on-ramp, there were two that had people pulled over. I assume people wouldn't be breaking the speed limit going up the ramp, or even coming down the road to the ramp (too much traffic). So my guess is that they must be ticketing people who run the red light. Good! I hate when the light turns green and you have to just sit there waiting for 3 or more 4 cars to go through their red-light!
Seeing as how the motorcycle cops are "self-funded", they must write quite a few tickets to be able to allocate 4 officers there!
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Mourning
I'm in mourning over the fact that the RedWings got swept - to the joy of most of my co-workers who are Avs fans. Its not that I'm all that much into Hockey... but Brian is a HUGH fan, and he did propose to Tif at Joe Louis... so if I'm ever asked, I'd pick the RedWings over any other team!
Sorry kids... better luck next year!
I'm in mourning over the fact that the RedWings got swept - to the joy of most of my co-workers who are Avs fans. Its not that I'm all that much into Hockey... but Brian is a HUGH fan, and he did propose to Tif at Joe Louis... so if I'm ever asked, I'd pick the RedWings over any other team!
Sorry kids... better luck next year!
Saturday, April 19, 2003
Why I do what I do
So it is 8:14, and basically I've been working since I logged on at 5:45. Why is it that on a Saturday morning I'm doing work? And work that there isn't any real time crunch for? I'm on the wiki, writting up pattern templates, adding discussions on our DynamicFactory pattern, etc. Why? Well for one, everyone else is sleeping. But also because I really enjoy it. To me, it is almost playing... to a certain extent. I'm creating something. Something that is useful and other people on the team will use to get their jobs done.
I guess that kind of makes me a geek... but I also think it makes me very blessed. It is a blessing to enjoy what you do. To enjoy your "job".
That is probably why I do the other things I do as well. Why I'm on a worship team and why I work with the youth. Yeah, I feel called to it and I feel it is something I'm supposed to do... but one of the reasons I feel those things is, again, because I enjoy it!
Well... enough "playing". Time to get around so I can stop and get a Starbucks before getting to church at 10:00!
So it is 8:14, and basically I've been working since I logged on at 5:45. Why is it that on a Saturday morning I'm doing work? And work that there isn't any real time crunch for? I'm on the wiki, writting up pattern templates, adding discussions on our DynamicFactory pattern, etc. Why? Well for one, everyone else is sleeping. But also because I really enjoy it. To me, it is almost playing... to a certain extent. I'm creating something. Something that is useful and other people on the team will use to get their jobs done.
I guess that kind of makes me a geek... but I also think it makes me very blessed. It is a blessing to enjoy what you do. To enjoy your "job".
That is probably why I do the other things I do as well. Why I'm on a worship team and why I work with the youth. Yeah, I feel called to it and I feel it is something I'm supposed to do... but one of the reasons I feel those things is, again, because I enjoy it!
Well... enough "playing". Time to get around so I can stop and get a Starbucks before getting to church at 10:00!
Snow?
Hmm... its light out now and I looked out the window and there is either some heavy frost, or snow! on the grass, roof-tops, etc.
There has been a nice feel of spring in the air, and warm days. But this is Colorado. I think it is supposed to snow this weekend! Well... it will be good for the lawns!
Hmm... its light out now and I looked out the window and there is either some heavy frost, or snow! on the grass, roof-tops, etc.
There has been a nice feel of spring in the air, and warm days. But this is Colorado. I think it is supposed to snow this weekend! Well... it will be good for the lawns!
Easter preperation
I'm playing percussion for the Easter service. The service is going to be very cool with a number of testimony "skits". Amy is giving one, and Steve & Lana are giving one. Powerful stuff. We are opening the program with Smooth and then doing a few other songs along the way. Some cool percussion stuff. Everyone has been putting in a lot of work on this, especially the people behind the scenes. Thursday was the first large practice for this, and we ended up practicing till 10:00 PM. (Thanks Erika and Jaime for watching the kids an extra hour!)
Today we will be practicing from 10:00 AM till... well at least sometime before 7:00 AM tomorrow when we have to be back at church. ;-)
I think this is going to be GREAT. Just the annointing, etc. that comes over you when you do something like this is so awesome. It kind of feels like when we used to do The Thief up at NCF. Its gonna ROCK!
I'm playing percussion for the Easter service. The service is going to be very cool with a number of testimony "skits". Amy is giving one, and Steve & Lana are giving one. Powerful stuff. We are opening the program with Smooth and then doing a few other songs along the way. Some cool percussion stuff. Everyone has been putting in a lot of work on this, especially the people behind the scenes. Thursday was the first large practice for this, and we ended up practicing till 10:00 PM. (Thanks Erika and Jaime for watching the kids an extra hour!)
Today we will be practicing from 10:00 AM till... well at least sometime before 7:00 AM tomorrow when we have to be back at church. ;-)
I think this is going to be GREAT. Just the annointing, etc. that comes over you when you do something like this is so awesome. It kind of feels like when we used to do The Thief up at NCF. Its gonna ROCK!
MoinMoin
Been a pretty busy last few days at work. Dan installed the MoinMoin Wiki and I've been playing around with it quite a bit in my "spare time." A pretty nice Wiki with some cool features. I've been putting some user documentation and design pages out there, just to see how feasible a tool. So far it seems pretty good!
Been a pretty busy last few days at work. Dan installed the MoinMoin Wiki and I've been playing around with it quite a bit in my "spare time." A pretty nice Wiki with some cool features. I've been putting some user documentation and design pages out there, just to see how feasible a tool. So far it seems pretty good!
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Jim Richards
Jim Richards is one of the founding members of Sheriff. He left MCI a long time ago, and now works for Capstone. Got an email from their company lately with a link to their web site.
Jim Richards is one of the founding members of Sheriff. He left MCI a long time ago, and now works for Capstone. Got an email from their company lately with a link to their web site.
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