Archive for March, 2007
31 March 2007 | 09:49 AM
My New Bike
~~~Day’?s Verse:Many plans are in a man’s heart,But the counsel of the LORD will stand.Proverbs 19:21~~~ After a few weeks of considering, and with some internet research bolstering my knowledge, I went this morning to Spoke ’n’ Wheel to talk to the experts. I left two hours later having been educated, measured, and committed to [...]
30 March 2007 | 01:11 PM
How Far I Have Ridden
~~~Day’?s Verse:Like apples of gold and an ornament of fine goldIs a word spoken in right circumstances.Proverbs 25:11~~~ For you visual types, here is a Google Earth picture with a straight line in showing the distance I have ridden total (about 1,585 miles; I measured 1,560 on the map, the distance on my odometer).For other [...]
29 March 2007 | 12:27 PM
Strange Thoughts, Lame Jokes
~~~Day’?s Verse:Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of the unfortunate.Open your mouth, judge righteously,and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.Proverbs 31:8-9~~~ I recovered from the donut holes, thankfully, but that whole day involved too many sweet bread-products and the rest of the week I have taken it easy on that. [...]
27 March 2007 | 06:18 AM
If Wishes Were Donut Holes
~~~Day’?s Verse:For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.Proverbs 23:21~~~ I just learned a painful lesson: When you come to work and feel like eating a donut but don’t have one and so eat your normal enormous bowl of oatmeal instead, don’t then get all excited [...]
23 March 2007 | 06:43 AM
The Skinny on Teeth
~~~Day’?s Verse:How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!Psalm 133:1~~~ Passed 1,500 miles on my odometer today, although that lacks about 25 miles I rode on Ian’s bike. You know what I like? Flossing. Probably that seems a little strange to most of you — who likes flossing, after all? Yuck. [...]
18 March 2007 | 04:15 AM
Pretend Accuracy
~~~Day’?s Verse:Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace,According to Your word;For my eyes have seen Your salvation,Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples,A light of revelation to the Gentiles,And the glory of Your people Israel.Luke 2:29-32~~~ People love decimal places in measurement, even when said decimals have no [...]
17 March 2007 | 04:07 AM
Wheels: A Short History of Car Domestication
~~~Day’?s Verse:“I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”Luke 3:16~~~ For almost a century now, humans and automobiles have interacted amiably, with cars becoming a mainstay of [...]
