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Data Recovery
"For dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return” "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal" ——————————————————– My external hard drive failed me this Sunday, locking away from me some of my most precious treasures. I have done well I think, in not panicking and trying to get through this without falling apart. While I go through the motions of what I have learned is called, "Data Recovery", I have taken time to ponder and be spiritual in recognizing how fleeting life is, where we store our treasure on earth, and where we really should be storing them. Life here on earth is like a blink of an eye. For now, I’d love my data back. *sigh* … Read entire article »
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Washington D.C. (Episode II) Continued – Hirshhorn
After the Sculpture Garden, Laura wanted to go to the Hirshhorn , the Smithsonian’s museum of international modern and contemporary art. The Hirshhorn is a round building, which is handy for getting a chance to see everything. You go around twice per level and then you are back where you started. While there, I found an amazing piece by Roxy Paine called New Fungus Crop. I could have looked at it for hours! I am nuts about mushrooms…they … Read entire article »
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Washington D.C. (Episode II) Continued – Sculpture Garden
As we moved from the joyous place that makes up the blue water fountains, and crossed over back towards the Mall in Washington D.C., I heard yet another fountain in the distance. I suggested to all that we investigate. On a hot, humid, Washington D.C. day, it wasn’t hard to persuade them to enter into the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden . The Sculpture Garden occupies 6.1 acres of the Mall. It has a central … Read entire article »
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Washington D.C. (Episode II) continued (again)
The United States Navy Memorial at 7th Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Indiana Avenue in Washington, D.C. honors those who have served, and are currently serving, in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine. The memorial is adjacent to the Archives-Navy Mem’l-Penn Quarter station and the National Archives building. Our first trip out to D.C., I became rather enamoured with a fountain spilling out blue water. This our second time, my two and their friends … Read entire article »
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Washington D.C. (Episode II) continued
"Way too much coffee. But if it weren’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever." ~David Letterman After hours in the National Museum of History, everyone decided they wanted to go to Starbucks. Remembering seeing more than one last week, we set out to find them. Starbucks in D.C. can be quite impressive…. Miquel, the eternal doorman. A pose waiting for 2 vanilla bean frappuccino. Laura, enjoying a double chocolate chip frappuccino. Yum! Miquel and Erin enjoying Starbucks. … Read entire article »
Filed under: General
Washington D.C. (Episode II)
Not even a whole week after going to D.C., we decided to return. Having more of an understanding of how the metro works made a second visit easier. I took 500 photos this time! This time, we decided to visit the National Museum of Natural History. The main building on the National Mall contains 1.5 million square feet of space overall and 325,000 square feet of exhibition and public space; altogether the Museum is the size of … Read entire article »
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Don’t Work Too Hard
At least that is what the pope said this Sunday. “We have to guard ourselves, the saint observed, from the dangers of excessive activity, regardless of the office one holds, because too many concerns can often lead to hardness of heart,” the pope said. What do you think? Can too much work lead to hardness of heart? … Read entire article »
Filed under: News Items
Washington D.C. (via the Metro)
Thanks to a certain Mr Jeff, I was persuaded to finally go into the big city of Washington D.C. and do it in a way that avoided the traffic and parking issues, and take the metro. Getting to the New Carrollton Metro station was the first issue, as for some reason I had two sets of directions from google, and I had to pick one. Once there, I have to say, there was a lot of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Personal
Tears
Still into my “The Handwriting on the Wall” book. Did you know that God keeps a record of our sorrows? Psalm 56:8 Write down my poem of sadness. List my tears on your scroll. Aren’t you making a record of them? On the library shelf of heaven, God has a book called The Tears of the Saints. He can go to that book and find out when we cried. How awesome is that? … Read entire article »
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MySpace Layouts
MySpace currently reports just over 100 million members, with the 100,000,000th member signing up on August 9, 2006. The website also attracts 500,000 new members each week. So why wouldn’t I ’skin’ a MySpace? I have tried to skin everything else! So, now added to my SkinsGallery site, are my MySpace Layouts » Click here to see! Just one example of Xerraire’s MySpace Layout! ringtone free sprint phone 20 lgcell phone ringtone free free 3gto verizon phone add … Read entire article »
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The heartbreak of goodbyes
Enric and Miranda left today, ready to start their new lives with Enric returning to school at Northland Baptist Bible college. There is nothing easy with what they will be doing in the next years. Studying full time and working is something only for the most dedicated. Enric and Miranda filled our home for a week of joy, laughter, music and food for our souls. It’s this teary mother’s prayer that the Lord blesses them in all … Read entire article »
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There are limits to what I would do for a banana
I like bananas, always have. They are hailed as one of the most perfect foods. They are easy to eat, you just peel and go, and often I have made a breakfast on the run all the nicer because of the delicious and convenient banana. In Australia, Tropical Cyclone Larry destroyed 80 per cent of Australia’s banana crops earlier this year forcing a hike in prices which currently rests at an average of $12/kg. Ok, bummer, if you like bananas, that’s a lot of money to pay for them. But this was taken to extremes. An Australian, put his sole banana he bought and took photos of it, and placed it for the highest bidder at eBay. He got an offer of $26 (plus shipping). Man goes bananas over rate rise … Read entire article »
Filed under: News Items
What’s a 3K?
A three mile race? A future calamity? No, its a sex club at Ozen Senior High School in Texas. Specifically, it provided ninth- and tenth-grade girls to several athletes for sexual favors. Detective Sgt. John Boles said the incident took place in 2001, when the girl was 14 years old. He said the teen was inducted into what was commonly known to students at the school as The 3K Club, in which underclassmen girls were presented to upperclassmen boys for sexual favors. “I have no idea how long this has been going on but we know this club has been around since at least 2001,” Boles said in an interview with The Examiner. “It was pretty common knowledge amongst the students and recent graduates of the school that I spoke with.” When asked … Read entire article »
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China and Cuba drills oil off the coast of Florida
While we in the U.S. weigh responsibly the environmental outcomes, and while doing so keeps us dependant on foreign oil, China has sealed a deal with Cuba to seize the opportunity to drill and tap into our oil reserves. At the same time, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who controls the largest oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere, is making deals to sell his country’s oil to China, oil that is currently coming to the United States. Meanwhile, a new left-wing populist regime in Bolivia has nationalized the natural gas industry, threatening to cut off supplies to the United States. The irony is that Chinese drilling could be even more of an environmental hazard since China is not as concerned about or equipped to deal with any potential ecological disaster as a result of … Read entire article »
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Enric & Miranda visit: Annapolis
My son and his wife have graced us with a sweet visit before they go off back to Northland Baptist Bible College. Yesterday we went to Annapolis to just casually walk around. We looked at the shops, had some smoothies at Ben & Jerry’s, and went to the Harbor to see the boats and water. We also came home with one Tin Whistle from the Celtic shop, and one Wish Pearl Necklace. A wish Pearl is all pearl. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Personal
‘ANTI-WOMAN’ ‘TOON
I am by no means a women’s lib person. I am really rather old-fashioned. I have lived through and survived a generous amount of negative and bad treatment through my life without becoming a feminist. What I don’t understand is cartoons being created (and watched) that make women as mere slaves, shown on MTV. I am speaking of the new MTV series, “Where My Dogs At?” Industry pros are incensed over the portrayal of women and blacks in episode four. “Seinfeld”’s Jason Alexander voices Snoopathon Esquire III, who struts out of his Caddy with Parkay and Marjorie, two bikini-clad black women wearing dog collars and leashes. The rap star orders one to “hand me my latte” as she squats on all fours and scratches herself like a canine. At the end of the scene, Snoop dons a plastic … Read entire article »
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Grow a Blog
I was looking at the monthly stats to my blog, and even though there have been some ups and downs, I am pleased overall how the numbers are going, especially looking at how it began. I started in January 2005 with around 300 visitors a month. December of that same year, it went to 13,000 visitors in a month. That is quite a growth. It made me wonder, how did I grow this blog? December being an … Read entire article »
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Teacher Applicant
(This came to my email today, I thought it was cute) After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: “Let me see if I’ve got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning, and I’m supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits. You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self esteem. You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, … Read entire article »
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Where do your taxes go?
Did you know that, even in this day and age of technology and information at our fingertips, there is no single source of information explaining where federal money is spent? Small surprise there really. U.S. Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and Barack Obama (D-IL) have introduced the bi-partisan bill S. 2590, the “Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act,” a bill that will create a Google-like search engine and database to track approximately $1 trillion in federal grants, contracts, earmarks and loans. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved S. 2590 unanimously this past week. “All Americans deserve to know where their money is being spent. ‘Googling’ the government will not only help expose and eliminate waste, but dispel misconceptions about the scope of our commitments. Many Americans, for example, … Read entire article »
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Negative Internet
After a few hard days on the net, my site’s forum getting hacked being one of the reasons, I can’t help but feel so cynical about the internet these days. Like I often do when things are heavy on my mind, I look up quotes and stories on the subject… I found a few about the net, all different views: As the most participatory form of mass speech yet developed, the Internet deserves the highest protection from government intrusion.” Judge Dalzell “The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” John Gilmore “National borders aren’t even speed bumps on the information superhighway.” Tim May “How many of you have broken no laws this month? That’s the kind of society I want to build. I want a guarantee — with physics and mathematics, not with laws … Read entire article »
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Creative Economy
I’d like to think that I am creative. I am fairly sure that artistically, I am. I also seem to have a head full of ideas. My problem often is, I don’t know how to take those ideas and put them into action. Even so, this article in BusinessWeek gave me a little hope that perhaps in the coming years, business will seek out people like me. The Creative Economy Which companies will thrive in the coming years? Those that value ideas above all else Now the Industrial Economy is giving way to the Creative Economy, and corporations are at another crossroads. Attributes that made them ideal for the 20th century could cripple them in the 21st. So they will have to change, dramatically. The Darwinian struggle of daily business will be won by … Read entire article »
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