Archive for June, 2006
30 June 2006 | 11:36 AM
Mind-Numbing Punctuated by Knee-Slapping
~~~Day’s Verse:Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?Isaiah 2:22~~~
So “knee-slapping” might be a little hyperbole (“mind-numbing” certainly isn’t!), but after an eight hour day with four hours of work (or fewer) in it, these do seem pretty amusing. They come from the “Non Business” email [...]
29 June 2006 | 05:34 AM
Things I Have Learned
~~~Day’s Verse:He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples.They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.Come, [...] let us walk in the light of the Lord.Isaiah 2:4-5~~~
Trees fall across train tracks [...]
27 June 2006 | 03:23 PM
Everything You Know Is Wrong
~~~Day’s Verse:“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool.”Isaiah 1:18~~~
I decided to wait and write about my first two days of work in one blog because they are distinct from [...]
25 June 2006 | 06:17 PM
Coming Right Up
~~~Day’s Verse:But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.Titus 3:9~~~
Tomorrow I start my job with Charles River Labs. I feel apprehensive, not particularly excited because the nervousness keeps mounting just above the excitedness level. Because orientation starts at 8:15, I am taking the car [...]
20 June 2006 | 04:53 PM
Back on Drugs; or, Off the W-Wagon
~~~Day’s Verse:Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.Ecclesiastes 12:6-7~~~
That’s right, sports fans, [...]
20 June 2006 | 04:29 PM
Report: Cross Country Drive Details
~~~Day’s Verse:Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them” – before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds return after the rain…Ecclesiastes 12:1-2~~~
The Cross Country [...]
19 June 2006 | 10:55 AM
Camping Trip One: White Mountains
~~~Day’s Verse:Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.Ecclesiastes 12:13 (NIV)~~~
My goodness me, have eight long days gone by since I last got my Internet fix? It feels like the blink of an eye… a very, very [...]
11 June 2006 | 02:04 PM
Real Quick Now
We made it safely across the country: Bozeman the first night, just outside Minneapolis the second, Mentor Ohio the third, and here we are the fourth. Got back last night at 5:00.
Unfortunately we dont’ have internet so I can’t actually write any more.
6 June 2006 | 07:09 AM
A Letter To Home
~~~Day’s Verse:Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer share in all that is done under the sun.Ecclesiastes 9:6~~~
Dear Washington,
For most of my life I didn’t really appreciate you. Although I enjoyed the outdoors, I took for granted your soaring mountains, your rolling farmland, your wide blue [...]
1 June 2006 | 07:28 AM
What I Did This Summer
~~~Day’s Verse:Sorrow is better than laughter,For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.Ecclesiastes 7:3~~~
I wanted to write about things that have happened in my life lately, but at home things seem to happen at a more leisurely pace. Yesterday Colleen, Ian, and I didn’t put regular clothes on until 5:00 in the [...]
