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Questions & Answers

February 26th, 2005 | 1 Comment

Today I went to a very intense question and answer session. You see, the children’s youth pastor was ordained today. This was the first ordination I had ever gone to, as churches I had gone to before, this was a very closed ritual. Where we attend now, its open to the whole church body. One has to feel sorry for the candidate seeking ordination in a way. He will be questioned by a large group of men and he has to come up with very good answers on the Bible and his beliefs. In the span of 2 hours 118 questions were asked. Here are a few, how would YOU answer the following? » DO YOU SEE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AS PART OF GOD’S MORAL LAW? IF SO, ARE THOSE STILL APPLICABLE TODAY, SPECIFICALLY … Read entire article »

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Maryland, My Maryland

February 23rd, 2005 | 1 Comment

Maryland, My Maryland

The weather-climate-events in Maryland are not for the faint of heart. *sigh* This morning I felt an awful rocking of the house, turns out we had a small earthquake here in coastal Maryland. Growing up here you never really notice it, it just *is* and you accept it. It wasn’t until I started chatting with people all over the world, that they would find some events here rather surprising. “I have to go, they are calling … Read entire article »

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Bad Day

February 22nd, 2005 | 2 Comments

Yes, even perky Xerraires have them. I woke up to find two of my sites, MXskinz and Xerraire.com had been hacked. Where my lovely sites once were, was this horrible demonic looking image. Further investigation led me to see that the hack was widespread, not a personal attack. However at that very moment, it wasn’t very comforting. So, part of the morning was spent restoring those sites. Next item was my photography sharing site. A few issues there came to be another source of tension for me today. The mail came and my cable bill was doubled, and a few other unexpected bills. If bad stuff comes in threes, perhaps that was the end of it. Some hot teas, a steamy bath, and a meal with my children later, I got a raise. … Read entire article »

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Music, Music, Music

February 18th, 2005 | Add a Comment

What does Rolling Stones, Jeff Healy, 3 Doors Down, and Linkin Park all have in common? They are all on my MP3 List, of course!! All my life has been surrounded by music. ..from my sister practicing the piano (she was a student at the distinguished Peabody Institute, to my dad’s twanging country music, to the lovely hymms at church, my mom’s love of classical music, to both my parents infatuation with the 40’s sounds, and the rhythms of my sister’s record player turning the sounds of the 50’s and 60’s. My sister would scoop me up and dance and try to show me how to twist. Even family gatherings would find us all sooner or later around the piano or at the feet of my Uncle Arthur who … Read entire article »

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A leaf…

February 14th, 2005 | Add a Comment

A leaf…

Give me a home among the gum trees… Gum trees bear gumnuts, little woody capsules with a pointy lid which open in flowering and which contain the tree’s microscopic seeds. It is the little gumnuts which gave the name ‘eucalyptus’ which comes from latin roots meaning ‘well-lidded’. Not that you would need to find the gumnuts to recognize a gumtree…the eucalyptus oil produced by glands on every leaf fills the air for miles around. The tallest … Read entire article »

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Religion

February 13th, 2005 | 1 Comment

There is a certain person, who shall remain nameless, who thinks I should dedicate some blog entries to a ‘controversial’ topic. When I think of something controversial, or topics people seem to avoid so as to not rock the boat, Religion and Politics come to mind. I enjoy discussing both, usually in a one on one format. This blog would be a first. Well today at church the pastor had a few things to say about religion…something I have always felt, but didn’t put into words as well as he did. Backing up for a moment, I have always wondered what to answer to people when they ask me, “what religion are you?” No matter what denomination you answer, depending who they know, or know of in that denomination, they will … Read entire article »

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(Hijacked) Car Show

February 12th, 2005 | 2 Comments

(Hijacked) Car Show

I’ve been on the net long ago to learn how to protect myself against predators who hijack your computer. I wish I had been better prepared for the hijacking that takes place in real life. Live and learn. We went to the Auto show in Baltimore, a yearly event at the immense ConventionCenter. This was something Miquel wanted to do for ages now, and I had promised him long ago that we’d go. Petra was interested in going as well, so that was a plus! So … Read entire article »

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Missing

February 9th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Missing

Amy Lee with her band Evanescence, keeps filling my house and my car CD player with music. First, at the hands of Miquel, and then, Laura, and it didn’t take me long to become a fan as well. Their entire CD is good, but they keep making these tearful, soulful, haunting songs like, ” My Immortal.” Then recently, as my daughter was playing a new DVD she got for Christmas, we were watching together, … Read entire article »

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Dust in the Wind

February 4th, 2005 | 4 Comments

Dust in the Wind

I never dust anymore. Well a recent deep look into my PC would prove it, but that wasn’t my fault, you see a technician had to uncover a certain hidden fan which revealed a mound of dust. However the rest of the computer’s insides were perfectly dusted, why? Because of my new favorite way to ‘dust’ – air in a can. Suddenly I find myself using it for everything. Dusting off the tv screen, the … Read entire article »

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